Where to find research on recipients of medals?

[Wat05]

Greetings everyone!

 

I have several British medals which are named to different people. These include: 

 

War Medals

Mercantile Marine War Medal

George VI General Service Medal in Malaya x 1

George VI Territorial Efficiency Medal x 1

British War Medal and Victory Medal x 2

 

Non-War Medals

George VI Police Long Service and Good Conduct x 1

George V Coronation Portrait Special Constabulary Long Service x 1

George VI Special Constabulary Long Service x 2 (1 with LS 1946 Bar)

Elizabeth II Special Constabulary Long Service x 2

Fire and Rescue Service Long Service and Good Conduct x 1

 

I would like to know where to search to find more information about these medals and the recipients. I know that Ancestry UK would have some information, but I am not sure what terms to search. It is easy to find the award cards of the common WW1 trio of medals, but finding the other ones are difficult. What terms should I search, perhaps any filters I should use? Does anywhere offer to find this information, that would include citations, battle places, military units and positions etc.? Thank you for any help that can be offered, any directions that can be pointed.

[Farkas]

On 19/01/2025 at 16:48, Wat05 said:

Greetings everyone!

 

I have several British medals which are named to different people. These include: 

 

War Medals

Mercantile Marine War Medal

George VI General Service Medal in Malaya x 1

George VI Territorial Efficiency Medal x 1

British War Medal and Victory Medal x 2

 

Non-War Medals

George VI Police Long Service and Good Conduct x 1

George V Coronation Portrait Special Constabulary Long Service x 1

George VI Special Constabulary Long Service x 2 (1 with LS 1946 Bar)

Elizabeth II Special Constabulary Long Service x 2

Fire and Rescue Service Long Service and Good Conduct x 1

 

I would like to know where to search to find more information about these medals and the recipients. I know that Ancestry UK would have some information, but I am not sure what terms to search. It is easy to find the award cards of the common WW1 trio of medals, but finding the other ones are difficult. What terms should I search, perhaps any filters I should use? Does anywhere offer to find this information, that would include citations, battle places, military units and positions etc.? Thank you for any help that can be offered, any directions that can be pointed.

There is so much at the National Archives, give this a quick read 👍

 

searching by name generally rather than within the specific collections (ie medal rolls) I have found often throws up the name in other unexpected collections 👍

[Wat05]

Thank you so much, I look forward to checking this out!

[Noor]

Also FindMyPast and Fold3 sites are good for a research. You can specify only a family name and service number. Also on FMP site then you can narrow down WW1 etc,

If you pass on some of the service numbers and names I can have a look at some stage.

 

Also, you can mainly research up to WW1. Anything for WW2 and after you can only be able to pull a medal index card from the National Archive site and then if you are lucky, using a person full name and aprox. year of birth ancestry or FMP.

Edited Tuesday at 11:48 by Noor