two ww1 medal roll cards??
Article about: Hi everybody i am currently doing a little bit of a ww1 project for the village school. Its a bit of an unusual one, as it has two ww1 memorials, one is the boys that didnt come back, but th
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Is it possible that two men named Joseph A Garfield served in WW1? I can see no other reason for two separate cards unless the same man served with the Leicesters left the Army then re-enlisted in the RGA.
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thankyou mark,
yes it could be two different people. any ideas on why the one for the leicesters is marked with "returned"?
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Yes the recipient may have moved address or they were not signed for at the address. Medals were sent out by registered mail to the address provided by the soldier.
regards
Mark
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From How to interpret a British medal index card of 1914-1918?
Returned
The remarks “Rtd”, “Retd” or “Retd undisposed of” sometimes appear on cards. Soldiers did not have to apply for their medals – they were automatically sent out. Sometimes the man (or his next of kin, if he had died) had moved and the medals were not deliverable. They were then returned to the Medals Office. Sometimes an error was made in the rim inscription, and the soldier returned them for re-issue.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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thanks guys,
so would it have been possible for both of the cards above to be for the same soldier having served in both regt, and by error he had been sent out both sets?
choosing to return one?
bit of a long shot i know.
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