Guest pikemedals Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 (edited) last week saw a ww1 pair named to a J.86161 A.C.B. PIKESLEY ORD R.N. arthur charle baden pikesley was my great-uncle.my older family members say that he died by going over a ship i think that was after the war as he not on the cwgc site and he has 2 lots of service paper.so he must rejoin the royal navy after the war. as his two service numbers are k55307 and j86161 am one happy man to find a family member medals.today the medals came safe in the post.paul pikesley Edited May 23, 2013 by pikemedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeagleorder Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Well done. You are lucky to have such an unusual surname as Pikesley. The chances are that if any medals come with that surname they are most likely to be related albeit distantly. Alas with surname like Wood I could probably fill two medal cabinets with medals named to Wood and find that none of them are even distantly related (I like to think Sir Evelyn Wood is a relative but alas this is not the case). Nice find.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Paul, Try Johnson (and my wife's Murphy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 guys the thing is it ended on tuesday morning.and on tuesday we buried my nan same day.that day i was in mix feeling. happy to win the medals and sad to say good bye to my nan. my nan wish i got the family medals from her side of the family.so in 2 weeks i got 4 family members groups.1st a boer war group,2nd her father ww1 group and 3rd was her brother ww2 group who was killed and the last one from ebay.thanks guys paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPGilbert Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 You are very blessed to be the holder and guardian of your family's contribution to history. An absolute treasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Great stuff! Please post some pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Astounding good luck, well done.Please do show the medals once they arrive.RegardsBrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 first group named to 3424 PTE T.HEARE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS clasps OFS,TRANSVAAL,NATAL. ksa named as 1095 SERJT T.W.McD HEARE S.A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 2rd group named as 2006 PTE.J.HOOD ESSEX R the defence medal come with the box to the T.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 3rd group is to my great-uncle john joseph robert hood who was killed on 7/01/1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 last group named to great-uncle J86161 A.PIKESLEY ORD.R.N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Wow!!! Those are great! What is the last medal on the South African grouping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Paul - sincere condolences on the loss of your Grandmother. However, to have located so many family groups at least gives you a reason to feel happy. Best wishes Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 the end medal on the boer war group is a corps of commissionair long service medal and the little silver badge was for 10 years service and 10 pounds in the bank and the silver medal for 20 years and i think it was 100 pounds in the bank. a bronze medal was issued for 15 years and 20 or 50 pounds in the bank.i don't know if you give back the bronze medal to get the silver or you keep both if so am missing a medal ?.i never seen a bronze and a silver medal together in a group. thomas heare was my great-great-uncle.for a working class man to have 100 pounds in the bank in the 1940s was alot of money back then .just hope my 2 sons love the family medals as much as i do and look after them when i go ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pikemedals Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Paul - sincere condolences on the loss of your Grandmother. However, to have located so many family groups at least gives you a reason to feel happy. Best wishes Mervyn thanks mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Outstanding! Thank you for showing them to us. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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