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 Welcome to North East Medals, we are based in the English border county of Northumberland. We specialise in the war medals issued to the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the British and Commonwealth forces. The majority of the British war medals listed on this site were issued for the wars and campaigns of the 19th and 20th century.

Please use the links above to navigate the stock pages of the site.

 
 

New and Improved Medal Index Card Database !!! -  Front and back of cards viewable!

    As you may know the Ancestry website has digitized the WW1 medal index cards and these are now available on their website, although (last time we checked) the database was not 100% uploaded - although it  soon will be - and there are a lot of cards online now.
    So what's the big deal?? the National Archives have had these online for years? - Well, the big difference is that the Ancestry site has a photo quality scan of the card, front and back.   I had heard over the years that the odd card had information written on the back - well this is definitely the case- after checking a few cards we have found addresses, correspondence from next of kin and various notes. The fact that the scans of the cards are colour photo quality also reveals different coloured inks showing information written at different times. The quality of the National Archives downloads was always a problem, this is now resolved with the superior Ancestry database.  All this is available for unlimited access for an annual subscription of about £70, and when the national archives charges £3.50 for a single (and poor quality) card download this is value for money. Considering that this subscription includes all the pension and service records for WW1 plus all the census and numerous other genealogy indexes, It's now basically an essential research tool.      Link to their military records: Search Military Records  -  Look for the British Army WWI Medal Rolls link to search the medal cards.
 
 

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 These pages list the campaigns commemorated with a campaign medal or clasp that a particular British regiment served in, with the numbers of medals/clasps awarded where known. This section compliments and integrates with the British Medal Guide above. These pages should be considered as a guide only and always subject to addition & amendment. Included are the mainstream campaign medals for each regiment. It is important to note that "odd men" and in particular officers can be found to be eligible for campaign medals/clasps their battalion as a whole were not generally entitled to.

latest additions :   The Rifle Brigade     The Dorsetshire Regiment     Wiltshire Regiment   Essex Regiment

South Wales Borderers    Welsh Regiment

 

 

Lost your ancestor's medals? , or are you a collector missing
a medal or memorial plaque to complete that group? you can list them here

about these pages &
A-B-C-D
E-F-G-H-I J-K-L-M-N O-P-Q-R-S T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
       
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31st May - 1st June 1916. Over 6,000 British sailors die in the Battle of Jutland - these men are listed here by ship.
A Virtual Visit: Military Graves: British Cemetery Argostoli, Kefalonia, and The British Cemetery, Corfu Town, Corfu, Greece.
EVIDENCE AND DOCUMENTS
laid before the Committee on Alleged German Outrages.
( the 293 page appendix to the Bryce report 1915 )
Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War
1899-1902
 

 

 
1914 - 1918
Military Operations: Egypt and Palestine ( coming soon)
Victoria Crosses of the Zulu, Basuto & 1st Boer Wars
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Medal Collectors Bibliography

(just started lots to add)
includes SDGW vols.

 

 

 

Army Numbers
 1920 - 1942

 

 

 

 

WW1 Research just got much cheaper...

Once upon a time........it was a very expensive and more often than not disappointing business paying a researcher to find WW1 service papers at the National Archives.

Last time I tried I asked the researcher to find and copy any service/pension records that may exist  for six WW1 infantry soldiers.  The charge was £10 each (whether papers existed or not ) and 40p per page photocopies. One soldier had documentation that survived - 11 pages copied at a cost of £4.40 . Final research bill £64.40 plus postage.

Big changes are afoot with the digitisation of these records and their availability online via ancestry.co.uk (look for the British Army WWI Pensions link on the Search Military Records page) - at a very reasonable £69.95 for a years unlimited access to these, and millions of other records. Births/marriages/deaths, census, other military records, you name it -it seems to be getting digitised and added to their database - even phone books. Plus of course there is the spin-off of being able to get started on you own family tree.

If you are a serious collector or researcher deciding whether to take a subscription or not then this really is a 'no brainer' and will become basically an essential tool for your hobby.  You can, for instance, check all those trios and pairs etc. before you buy for an interesting story.  In fact you could quickly recover the subscription cost by the value added effect of this instant research.

want to know more???......

WW1 army records - 300x250

These surviving burnt and unburnt series of documents (as they are known) for WW1 Army NCOs and other ranks have all now been digitised you can frequently expect to find: Attestation forms, Medical history forms, Casualty forms, Disability statements, Regimental conduct sheets, Awards. These records will generally reveal: Age, Birthplace, Occupation, Marital status,  Date of attestation, Physical description.
 

 


North East Medals:  www.northeastmedals.co.uk
 Northumberland based medal dealer, stocking: WW1 medals, WW2 medals,  British campaign military medals, all periods

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