"Contemptibles"

[Guest scott leader]

Pals

I seam to think this might been a hard question to ask of the approximate number of recipients of the Mons (1914) star who went on to win gallantry awards by 1918.

If this is not possible how about the below only.

MM's?

Dcm's?

Scott

[Annette Burgoyne]

Hi Scott

Can only give figures for one Regiment, the K.S.L.I. (there are about 50 entries on the 1914 star roll that I could not make out, so there may be one or two more to add to numbers below ?).

M.C. -4

D.C.M. -31

M.M. -45

Bar -2

M.S.M. -7

Mentioned in Despatches -10

Medals from other Countries -9

Annette

P.S. Does not include officers awards

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

A Copy of Honours & Awards of the Old Contemptibles will let you know how many won awards up to the beginning of 1915,there are some considerable amount! including MiDs & Indian Troops,with regard to others its a hellava task,I can give you the names of those in my own collection to start you off:

Cpl;Wm McDougall MM RFA.

Sgt;R Bain MM RGA

BSM;T.Cotton DCM,MSM,MiD{1914}RGA

Maj;A E J Wright MC MiD{2}RHA/RFA

Sgt;J.Murphy DCM{1914}RFA

Cpl;E Sheppard MM ASC

l/Cpl;L.Lofts MM 1/Queens{LC}

Cpt C Spain MiD{3} ASC

S.S.Mech;W.Buckle MiD ASC{3}

S S M;R.Sinden MiD ASC

CSM;S Rowland MM 2/Northamptonshire Regt {KiA & MM with 6th Bn}

Cpl;C.Stapleton MM 1/Northamptonshire Regt {KiA & MM with 6th Bn}

SSM S.Dye MSM ,MiD;ASC

Sgt;H Fry,MSM RFA 47Dvn. AC,

WOII A.Woollard MC,MSM,ASC