British Campaign Medals Of The First World War

Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747811717
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Campaign Medals of the First World War written by Peter Duckers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain has issued medals rewarding war service since at least the early nineteenth century, and increasingly through the period of its imperial expansion prior to 1914, but examples of many of the early types are now scarce. However, few families escaped some involvement with “the Great War” of 1914 18, and many still treasure the medals awarded to their ancestors for wartime service. Today, with a growing interest in British military history and particularly in family history and genealogy, more and more people want to trace their ancestors' past. This book looks in detail at the origin, types and varieties of the British medals awarded for general war service between 1914 and '18, and gives advice on researching the awards and their recipients.

Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473829836
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Military Medals written by Peter Duckers and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.

Author : Robert W. D. Ball
Publisher : Antique Trader
ISBN 13 : 9780930625641
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collector's Guide to British Army Campaign Medals written by Robert W. D. Ball and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a complete reference that will appeal to collectors of militaria, or anyone interested in world or military history. Fascinating glimpses of the British Empire unfold in this detailed study of medals awarded to British Army troops over more than two centuries. Covers military battles and campaigns waged from 1791 through the Gulf War.

Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747811733
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Campaign Medals 1914-2005 written by Peter Duckers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military services from the First World War to operations of British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field for collectors, since the majority of British awards were officially named.

Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747811776
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Campaign Medals 1815-1914 written by Peter Duckers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time of imperial expansion, British forces were almost constantly in action against major powers, in wars of conquest, or in expeditions on the fringes of Empire, such as the North West Frontier, southern Africa or Burma. This book outlines the medals issued to British soldiers and sailors for military service.

Author : Peter Warrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783311385
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For Bravery in the Field Great War British Army Recipients of the Military Medal 1914-1920 a Register written by Peter Warrington and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instituted in March 1916 as an award for NCOs and men of the Army for acts of bravery. Later extended to women who showed bravery under fire. There was also a provision for the award of a bar for each further act of bravery. All MMs issued to British personnel are named, usually in impressed capitals, During the First World War some 115,000 awards were made, with 5,800 first bars and 180 second bars. There was one award of the MM and three bars. All issued MMs have a notification in the London Gazette. It is rare to find a citation for the Military Medal in the Gazettes It is possible that the reasons for the award will be found in the war diary of the man's unit. (available @ http: //www.nmarchive.com/ and on CD-ROM ). Also some details can appear in Regimental Histories and very rarely an original Divisional citation document that was given to the recipient will have survived. This register does NOT include Imperial troops, and Navy personnel.

Author : William Spencer
Publisher : National Archives UK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First World War Army Service Records written by William Spencer and published by National Archives UK. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Archives' celebrated First World War holdings include personal files of officers and other ranks, campaign medals, gallantry and meritorious service awards, courts martial and casualty lists. Its remarkable collection has records of Dominion forces and the Indian Army, the WAAC, the Royal Flying Corps and RAF, as well as auxiliary and nursing services. Over 10,000 individual unit war diaries cover all operational theatres of the British Army, while original trench maps illustrates areas from the Western Front to Salonica, Gallipoli to Mesopotamia, Palestine to Italy.

Author : John B. Hayward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902040776
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Battles and Medals written by John B. Hayward and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Persian Gulf written by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Taprell Dorling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ribbons, Medals and Regimental Badges ... written by Henry Taprell Dorling and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: