Genealogy Chat

Can anyone please give me an idea on how to search for war medals on the National Archives?
many thanks
Val :~)

Do you mean for WW1? If so, you need to go to the documentsonline site.

Thank you so much Anne
lol Val:~)

Val, if you havent got ancestry, gives us the chaps name and we can look to see if he has a pension record on there.

Hi Heather
I have PMd you
many thanks for your reply
Val:~)

Ah right, Ive found which Val it was!

You want an ancestry look up. Can you give us his date and place of birth please. Did you find a medal card?

Ill add the details you pmd as I have to rush off now but others can see it if I add it here.

Hi Heather
we arent sure where he was born could be Oz or Manchester or even London!!!
We were told the year he was born was 1881!!
sorry to be a pain
Val:~)

"His name was Frederick Henry George, and was in the Machine Gun Corps."

yes thats right Heather, will look forward to a reply, hopefully a positive one!!
thanks
Val

Val, I think we need to start from scratch here. Frederick Henry George was your grandfather and you know he served in WW1?


What definite information have you got about him please? You have your parents birth cert which gives him as the father and who did he marry? When was his eldest child born and where? Do you have a marriage certificate for him?

Is this him on docs on line? Have you paid £3.50 to download this record if it is him?

on
Medal card of George, Frederick Henry
Corps Regiment No Rank
Machine Gun Corps 60856 Serjeant
Royal West Kent Regiment Second Lieutenant
Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/7links to the Catalogue
Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece Everitt H - Gibson A
Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection

Number of image files: 1
Image Reference

Format and Version

Part Number

Size (KB)

Number of Pages

Price (£)
164090 / 20341 PDF 1.2 1 301 1 3.50

Im afraid I cant see a man with this name on the ancestry pension records which is a shame so lets try to work backwards through the info you have to find him on census etc.

Can you answer the above questions please about the info you have for definite?

hello Heather
We never knew him!! he was my Dad and Aunts Father.
My aunt was born in 1925 (update 1924) and Dad in 1927, my Aunt remembered a tall man when she was tiny but nothing else and their father was never with them once Dad was born.(he is named on birth cert.)
Their mother (Lilian George nee Watt) told them he came from Oz after fighting in WW1 then came over to Manchester met and married her, my aunt believed they wed in London!! (have no date or wed cert)
sorry Im not a lot of help
Val

Is that medal card above him then and have you downloaded it for £3.50? Is that why you said machine gun corps? (Though he is in two diff reg there and 2 different ranks.

So where was your aunt/dad born? What are your aunt and fathers names.And are there any other kids? And do they know when he died?

yes I believe that to be him Heather!!
he was in the Machine Gun Corps,
My Aunt is no longer with us,her children dont know any more than I do.
My Aunt and Dad were both born in Manchester.
We dont know if something happened, (could have done a runner or died) with him not being around after dad was born!! but Dad always understood his father died sometime in 1927 after Dad was born!!!
Hope you can understand all that??
Val

We need to find the marriage between Fred and Lilian. If we find that you can buy the cert for £7 from GRO online and that will give both of their fathers and their fathers occupations. From there you can work backwards.

Ive just looked at 1924 - through all quarters there is nothing on there. Just looking at 1925, nothing so far.

1924 No
1925 No, but Q4 missing
1923 No
1926 No


Im beginning to wonder if they married Val.

Anyway, I really must shoot now, OH is ill and I have to take the dogs out as they are scrabbling at the door.

If anyone else has find my past can you check Q4 of 1925 please for a George/Watt marriage.

I have to admit Heather Ive been unable to find a marriage myself!!
But will be fantastic if you can
Lilians Mother was Helen Stewart Watt
But have nothing at all on Fred

Is Lilian scottish? - The mothers name would indicate that? Was the mother married or was her maiden name Watt?

It does make you wonder!!
Suppose she could have just taken his name, as she was always known as Mrs Lilian George