Hi, thanks to all who have helped me with my interest in my Gt Gt uncles MM search. I now have another question I hope someone can help me with. I have used the CWGC site to find another Gt GT uncle, Alfred Brown (older brother of James Walker Brown spoken of in my previous request), who died in the war in 1914. I used his regiment number to find his medal card on the national archives site. It has on it a stamped grid/chart with 3 columns with Medal/Roll/Page also stamped in, under medal it has Victory, British, Star. Can anyone tell me what the Star medal is, as written in my gt gt Uncles chart it has a handwritten 14 in front of the word star with F/1/3 under roll and 19 under page, does this mean he was awarded this medal? if so what do you get it for as I have noticed that not everyone seems to have been awarded this. I have also noticed on his medal card under the heading action taken it has a word which looks like clasp (but I'm not sure as the handwriting is hard to read) followed by /2/2693 does anyone know what this means?
This page should answers your questions: Medal Cards
If you have downloaded your relatives MIC then for someone awarded 14 star and clasp I would expect the date they first went overseas to marked on the card. See URL for expamples.
I have found it quite moving searching for info about my gt gt uncles, but I found out yesterday that had they survived I probably wouldn't be here. My gt Grandma was the eldest daughter of 13 children and when their mother died-my gt grandma was 18-she was expected to take on the role of mother, she didn't get married until the last sibling had left home and apparently she told my grandma one day, that had Alfred and James survived she probably wouldn't have got married as they would have expected her to stay with them and take care of them (a sign of the times). It makes you think how many thousands of people are here because of someones death and how many more families have never begun because of someones death.
Is there anywhere I can find photos of the regiments that my gt gt uncles were in or even photos of them individually, as there are no family photos. It would be nice to put a face to the name after finding out so much more about them.
As you say, it is interesting to know if possible, if we are here because of a death in WW1. My Dad's father died in Ypres, and when we had WW2, my dad was a CO (Concientious Objector,) refused to fight, and then became a stuanch CND supporter! I now think it was a reaction at him losing his father in WW1
