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irish Ww1 Medal Cards

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~ Berni ~

~ Berni ~ Report 6 Oct 2006 21:24

hi thanks keith berni

Keith

Keith Report 6 Oct 2006 21:21

WW1 medal cards cover Irishmen serving in the Army in WW1 - they will give you the regiment and crucially the regimental number. With those 2 items you are on the way to getting hold of his service documents from Kew, IF they don't form part of the burnt records (about 70%) Good luck Keith

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Fletcher May Allison Ashcroft Moore

~ Berni ~

~ Berni ~ Report 5 Oct 2006 23:33

hi thanks for info kate thought it may have given his hometown or other personal info like you say look at lots of different things which i am had loads of good advice berni

Kate

Kate Report 5 Oct 2006 23:29

Hi Berni, If you are talking about the WW1 medal cards on Documents Online at The National Archives, it only costs £3.50 to download, so you needn't worry too much about whether or not to get it. But it won't tell you much, apart from what medals he got and which country he fought in, and what regiments etc. he served in, but it tells you that bit (regiment) on the free search anyway. It won't give you any details of his family or anything like that. But with these Irish ancestors, every little bit helps! Kate.

~ Berni ~

~ Berni ~ Report 5 Oct 2006 20:41

hi would like some advice please i am trying to trace info on my grandfather christopher o'shea born caherciveen county kerry on a2a i have found a medal card list for a christopher o'shea for ww1 my father their eldest child was born 1919 i have no proof he was in the army wondering if medal card is worth pursuing or should i get more info on him first berni