National Fire Brigades Association LS Medal

[Paul L Murphy]

This is a nice silver National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal which I got recently. It is named to Bernard Doyle (on the rim), Kimberly Fire Brigade (on the reverse). Does anyone know how to go about researching these since Doyle is an Irish surname and I would like to find out more about him. Also I am presuming that it is Kimberly in South Africa (or is there another Kimberly Fire Brigade somewhere ?) so there could be an interesting story behind this.

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Edited May 1, 2009 by Paul L Murphy

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This is a nice silver National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal which I got recently. It is named to Bernard Doyle (on the rim), Kimberly Fire Brigade (on the reverse). Does anyone know how to go about researching these since Doyle is an Irish surname and I would like to find out more about him. Also I am presuming that it is Kimberly in South Africa (or is there another Kimberly Fire Brigade somewhere ?) so there could be an interesting story behind this.

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2009/post-1487-1241215189.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2009/post-1487-1241215206.jpg

Paul,

You can contact the NFBA (they have a website for a phone number). They will provide you with a copy of the medal roll if you give them the name and the number on the medal. (There is a number on the rim...right??) They do charge a small fee. In addition to what you know, you will find out the date he qualified for the award. Occasionally there is information on his address, or other extraneous stuff, but not usually. Doyle would have received a bronze medal for his five years service, and they might be able to get you the number of that one and his date of award. The medals were issued as requests came in, and there are no relationships between the numbers on the bronze and silver awards.

Good luck. They have always been very helpful to me, even requests for sending the information to the US.

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[Paul L Murphy]

Paul,

You can contact the NFBA (they have a website for a phone number). They will provide you with a copy of the medal roll if you give them the name and the number on the medal. (There is a number on the rim...right??) They do charge a small fee. In addition to what you know, you will find out the date he qualified for the award. Occasionally there is information on his address, or other extraneous stuff, but not usually. Doyle would have received a bronze medal for his five years service, and they might be able to get you the number of that one and his date of award. The medals were issued as requests came in, and there are no relationships between the numbers on the bronze and silver awards.

Good luck. They have always been very helpful to me, even requests for sending the information to the US.

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Yes, there is the number 3039 on the rim. Many thanks, I will give them a try.

Regards,

Paul