Exploring the new WW2 Campaign Medal Cards: a great new resource for this historian

Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum

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Join us this month as Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts explore an exciting new resource for the military and family historian: the Second World War Campaign Medal Cards. Containing valuable information including names, addresses, regimental numbers and details of units, these cards also confirm what WW2 medals the serviceman was issued with in recognition of service across the world during the conflict. They were available after the war and up until the 1990s at post offices for ex-servicemen to use.
Paul and Andy, using a number of Herefordshire men as examples, explore the information, provide research tips and highlight particularly useful areas of research. This includes many Home Guard medal recipients, where other records for the Home Guard are often very scarce. Some mysteries are solved and top tips shared.
These records, released by the National Archives, can be found on the family history site Ancestry, by clicking here.

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Theme Tune - The Lincolnshire Poacher, performed by the outstanding Haverhill Silver Band.

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