Can anyone help me ??

[Fatboy Ken]

Hiya everyone,
Images, original medals and original ribbons bar of a WW1 hero, who lived through the war, and died in 1965.
(The ribbons to the medals are not original IMO)

I’d like to give you all, the story first;

The image is of the father of a neighbour of my brothers who sadly died in the 1980’s, her name being Dorothy (DINKY), she had no one to leave these medals too, and was offered £200 for them, from an unknown man.
She never knew much of them and so turned to my brother for advice, as she knew he was an “Ex” military man. He was told, “George” enlisted into the Army in 1914 and went to the front in 1915 and fought all the way through to the end of the war, but that is all he knows about this…
Chris told her she was not to sell them to this individual and they need to be looked after properly, so unbeknown to him and his wife, she left them to him in her will. After she died he was informed of her wishes, and inherited them, along with the Parchment paper for the MM.

He didn’t know what to do with them, but is now the keeper of them, he is now in a dilemma, as he does not want to sell them, because they were intrusted to him for safe keeping, but he doesn’t want to display them, cos he feels it is wrong, as he is not family and he felt embarrassed to have them and doesn’t know what to do with them.

So he placed them in the attic, ………. !!!

We were talking about military stuff, as you do, and I showed him some of my finds from Farnham, when he brought up the subject of the medals. They are worth a lot of money, and should be cared for, not shut away. I’ve told Chris, that we need to clean them up abit, and that I’ll make up a couple of Mounts to house this outstanding set, and I’ve also chastised him for hiding them in the attic out of eyesight.

This, in my eyes, is one of the true heroes of the Great War and he is an Old Contemptible (I think)

The Frame they are in is very basic, but has done the job of protecting them all from further harm.

I never thought to take complete images of the complete edges of the medals, and it was only when I got home late last night that I realised this guy “George” had 2 differing Army No’s So I’m now unaware of his history. Although it can be seen he was in the 11th Bn Royal Fusiliers as a Pte, I didn’t think it important to show the rest of the medal edges… (We live and learn) sorry.

Could anyone help us in finding out his military history?? Any help would be much appreciated, as I’m going to ensure these are well looked after, and presented in the manner they deserve.

He has the grave site he is buried in as well, and also another image of him with a group of his friends around an Artillery Gun from the same period.
I’ve told Chris, I’ll see if we can get hold of the Cap and Collar Badges of the unit, The RF “City of London Bn” so as to display them in the same mount, any ideas please would be more than welcome, are they overly expensive?

A quick search has found that the 11th (Service) Bn RF was formed at Hounslow Bks, which conforms with our man as he lived in Whitton Hounslow (Next to Twickenham Rugby Club) and he is also buried in the Cemetery there in Whitton. Dinky (I knew her as well) has always lived in the area as well and told him that “George” always held the “Parchment Paper” in his top left-hand pocket wherever he travelled, right up till the day he died and the parchment paper is now very dull from this.

Ken (The Fatboy)

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[Phil2M]

No sorry, Ken, you are way beyond help

[Fatboy Ken]

Clearly it can be seen that 2 sets of Numbers exist for this guy and to know the details of him would be wonderful to place into the frame with him.

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[Fatboy Ken]

Originally Posted by Phil2M

No sorry, Ken, you are way beyond help

i know that "young" Phil....

[Fatboy Ken]

A close up of the cap n collar badges

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[Nozzer]

PM sent

Great collection!

I bought a group of WW2 medals at a boot sale a couple of years ago with tons of paperwork. Turned out that I knew the chap and I consider it a privilege to care for his medals now.

Andy

[Nozzer]

Arrived in France 16/11/1915

I have also found an entry for the DCM dated 3 Jun 19

Its a start

[Nozzer]

Sadly I can't find any service or pension records

[Fatboy Ken]

Originally Posted by andyh

Arrived in France 16/11/1915

I have also found an entry for the DCM dated 3 Jun 19

Its a start

Wow !! excellent Andy

Wish I was able to look into these types of history, but havn't got the time, cos I work nightshifts...

[Nozzer]

Found the citation

[Andy.]

pm,d you the citation.

Andy

[Nozzer]

Originally Posted by Andy.

pm,d you the citation.

Andy

Andy,

Have you had any luck with the MM?

Regards,

The other Andy

[Fatboy Ken]

I've recieved the email Andrew, And we can't thank you enough, you're a star mate.

Thank you

Ken
PS
Andyh
No luck as the parchment paper is very faded, and maostly unreadable..... =-(

[Fatboy Ken]

Right i'll get this right now......

Thank you andyh for the emails and images of his records,and the citation, it is very much appreciated

also

Thanks for the citation Andy, this also is appreciated, and will go along way with the making up of a frame and mounts to honour this soldier.

I now owe you both a drink of "Tea or Coffee" at the next time we meet up lol
(I hope this pays for the costs incurred to you both)

Cheers

Ken

[Nozzer]

Anytime mate

Andy