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I have a photograph of my great uncle during the war, it says "Capt. H Merry M.C."
Can anyone help please?
Many thanks
Sam

just a thought could it be Military Cross?

Master of Ceremonies

Thank you both... If someone was awarded the Military cross during WW2 would I be able to find out, or would that info not be made public yet?
Master of Ceremonies, I will just look that up
Thank you again
Sam

I would say Military Cross, and if so this medal was awarded for an outstanding act of heroism.

Here is one link which explains, but there are registers available of who won this medal.If you "Goggle " there is loads of info .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Cross

George

You could have a look at the London Gazette which is searchable online - it should be listed.

Its definately Military Cross !
London Gazette 1/1/1919 shows T/Capt MH Merry MC serving 13th Bn Welsh Regt. You mention WW2 and I wonder what the chances are of TWO Capt Merry's being awarded the MC

The man mentioned by Alan has a Medal card on Ancestry. His christian names were Mark Hepper and he lived in Leeds.

could it also mean Medical Core?

Ginny

Military Cross.....especially as he was an officer.

Try googling for links about the decoration

NOT Medical Corps......that would be abbreviated to RAMC

...definitely not medical corps, initials would be RAMC, the MC is after the name so Military Cross as awarded to Officers, equivalent is the Military Medal to other ranks.

Good hunting, Bob

I replied earlier and it' not here.... how strange ;-/

It was definitely WW2, Harry William Merry was born 6th June 1912.

I have indeed been Googling, always my first port of call, I am not finding anything conclusive so I asked for help here, thank you everyone for your thoughts and ideas.


This is on Wikipedia
"This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Military Cross .

It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients"

I have not come across a complete list, or anyway of searching an individual.
Am I right in thinking that thousands of these were awarded in WW2? I think I will have to visit Kew
Sam

Military Cross
Updated - Sunday, 2 March, 2003

The British Military Cross was instituted on 28 December 1914 as a means of formally recognising the courage of junior officers during wartime (officially for "gallantry in the field" for Captains and below).

In this way the Military Cross complemented the Military Medal which was awarded to servicemen below officer rank.

etc..........................

Awards of the MC were announced in the London Gazette along with a citation, other than for those awarded as part of New Year or Birthday honours. Some 37,081 MCs were awarded during the First World War, plus 2,992 first Bars, 176 second Bars and 4 third Bars

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The Public Record Office in London (website) also offers access to a full set of the London Gazette for research purposes.

Thank you Ricochet, am I right in thinking I would have to visit rather than search online, as it's WW2?

No - the Gazette is searchable online right up to the present. Bit of a nightmare to search, though!

Hi Smiley, my ex army OH reckons it means Military Cross.

Yes just a bit!!
Thanks Annielaurie

And thank you Annina