Hendrik

Thank you, Peter, for your illuminating input ! Shall we settle on either "Divisional Train Transport"  or "Divisional Transport Train" for the time being and until a better description is offered ?

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello Gents,

I've recently been able to acquire 2 campaign medals that I believe to have belonged to the same recipient :

General Service Medal, bar Iraq, to "4526 DVR. ALLAH DAD. S&T. CORPS" and India General Service Medal, bars Waziristan 1921-24 and Mohmand 1933, to "O-153463 DVR. ALLA DAD,17 D.T.T. COY."

Despite the missing "H" in the second medal's naming, could they indeed have been awarded to the same person ? As to the units involved, I think S&T Corps stands for Supply and Transport Corps but I have no idea as to what a D.T.T. company is other than presuming it is also transport related. I would appreciate being enlightened on the subject !

Regards,

Hendrik

Hi Sampo,

There's a few Belgian ones mentioned on this page :

http://hmc2.pagesperso-orange.fr/en/spotl/korcitations.html

Regards,

Hendrik

Hi,

I think that stands for "Lignes Aériennes Militaires" ...

Regards,

Hendrik

Hi Marius,

FI/OF stands for Front de l'Indépendance/Onafhankelijkheidsfront

PA = Partisans Armés

MP = Milices Patriotiques

All three are WW2 resistance groups.

Regards,

Hendrik

22 hours ago, coldstream said:

Am I right in thinking that his British medals would be worn after his Belgian awards and were they permitted to be worn in uniform whilst on duty?

Hello Simon,

Quite correct. The only exception, AFAIK, would have been the British War Medal 1939-45 : permission to wear it was refused by the Belgian authorities as the recipient would also have received its Belgian counterpart, the 1940-45 Commemorative Medal, for the same services rendered.

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello Kris,

I think he would have been entitled to both the 1939-45 Star and the France & Germany Star. Depending on the date of his arrival in Britain, he may have been entitled to the Defence Medal as well. Brigade Piron members usually qualified for those.

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello Chris,

Here's a mate of his ... I note the difference in the way their rank is rendered.

Regards,

Hendrik

Indeed it is - Thank you, Brett.

Thanks Chris ! Great stuff. As the medal recipient was a diesel mechanic, the article's praise of the boats' maintenance directly concerns him.

Regards,

Hendrik

Indeed it does ! Only recipients born in France or its "overseas territories" are in the database. Recipients of former colonies haven't been entered in it.

Regards,

Hendrik

Plenty of them but none with those first names :

LE BIHAN        Alain François Marie  1905/05/05    Finistère ; Lesneven  

LE BIHAN        Alphonse Edmond Louis        1882/12/17    Finistère ; Brest        

LE BIHAN        Ange Marie     1917/10/17    Loire-Atlantique ; Pont-Chateau      

LE BIHAN        Charles Marie Casimir          1798/12/01    Pays-Bas ; Delft         

LE BIHAN        Francis Alfred Henri   1890/11/24    Loire-Atlantique ; Saint-Nazaire      

LE BIHAN        François Marie           1896/01/15    Finistère ; Plouégat-Guerrand          

LE BIHAN        Félix François 1873/02/05    Côtes-d'Armor ; Saint-Igneuc           

LE BIHAN        Gustave Jean Adolphe           1869/01/11    Finistère ; Quimper   

LE BIHAN        Henri Lucien   1903/07/19    Finistère ; Kérity        

LE BIHAN        Hervé Marie    1892/06/09    Finistère ; Roscanvel 

LE BIHAN        Jacques Edouard Eugène Marie       1863/05/02    Finistère ; Brest        

LE BIHAN        Jean Mathurin           1881/06/29    Morbihan ; Locqueltas          

LE BIHAN        Joseph Léon   1895/07/17    Morbihan ; Port-Louis           

LE BIHAN        Joseph Marie  1882/09/12    Morbihan ; Pluvigner

LE BIHAN        Joseph Marie  1880/11/07    Finistère ; Plougasnou          

LE BIHAN        Joseph Pierre Marie   1887/04/05    Finistère ; Guilvinec  

LE BIHAN        Léon Joseph   1882/08/05    Morbihan ; Lorient    

LE BIHAN        Léon Victor Marie       1909/02/01    Loire-Atlantique ; Pont-Château      

LE BIHAN        Michel Yves Marie      1900/07/23    Finistère ; Pont-l'Abbé

LE BIHAN        Paul Emile Casimir Auguste  1830/08/17    Nord ; Valenciennes  

LE BIHAN        Pierre Désiré Charles 1865/06/06    Finistère ; Brest        

LE BIHAN        Yves François Marie   1872/04/30    Côtes-d'Armor ; Lannion       

LE BIHAN        Yves Henri      1875/11/05    Mayenne ; Laval

The dates and place names refer to birth date and place.

Regards,

Hendrik

Many thanks Arthur for the perfect answer to my question !

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello François,

I've not heard of or seen one so far.

Just a thought : could your man have become a Canadian national after the war and before he received the Legion d'Honneur ? Foreign recipients are not listed in the Leonore database ...

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello All,

I've acquired a small set of medals awarded to a South African gentleman for his services during WWII. With the medals came copies of some paperwork in which two units/postings were mentioned :

- a/m A.F.S. Gordon's Bay

and

No. 7 Motor Boat Sec.

Any information on those would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Hendrik

INFO SEARCH FRENCH VETERAN

Hi,

Nobody with that name and first names combination in the Légion d'Honneur database, I'm afraid.

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello,

The Léonore database should prove to be helpful  : http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/leonore/recherche.htm

Enjoy going through the 5 likely suspects among the 13 listed Gardes ...

Regards,

Hendrik

Hi ww1buff,

Far from being an expert in the matter, I hold the same opinion as expressed in your "guess" of a number of awards being made available to the US forces to distribute as they pleased. As far as I know the US forces were never actively engaged in the Belgian part of the front and thus, such awards would not be made with a very specific citation but rather more likely with a short sentence indicating "for services rendered during the war" or something of that ilk.

Regards,

Hendrik

Many thanks Guy ... I hoped it was :-)

Hello Gents,

Could anyone identify the maker's mark found on the suspension ring of a Belgian Medal for Courageous Acts, Dedication and Humanity ?

The mark :

The medal :

Thanks !

Hendrik

Hi,

If my information is correct :

V Division = Wandsworth and A Division = Whitehall

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello Jerry,

French language version of my site is at http://hmc2.pagesperso-orange.fr/

Working on the English version now, it'll be at http://www.medalcorner.fr/ in due course.

Regards,

Hendrik

Hello,

This one, I think :

Regards,

Hendrik

The website seems to be available again today ... and, yes, awards are "unofficial" ones.

Regards,

Hendrik

Indeed, the website seems to be down for the moment ...