Guest Kieron Hill Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Hi all, What does ORD mean on a medal issued to someone in the Royal Navy? inscription on medal = ORD. R.N. And does anyone have an original Victory medal ribbon they want to part with? I have a replacement but it looks **** if you know what I mean. Cheers Kieron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDick Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Hi Kieron It's short for Ordinary Seaman. A Boy Sailor would be made into an Ordinary rating upon attaining the age of 18 years, and a man would enlist at that rating. One rank below an Able Seaman. Richard (The Sailor Man, peep-peep!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kieron Hill Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Cheers Richard Nice to hear from you, haven't seen you on ther other side for a while. thanks again Kieron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 And does anyone have an original Victory medal ribbon they want to part with? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Kieron Yes I have some original Victory Medal ribbon. Have you been to Kew and looked up his records of service. In the main a man was an ordinary Seaman for 2 years. All the best Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kieron Hill Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Hi Fred, Thanks for your reply, I brought these medals on ebay to replace my grandads lost ones. With these medals came his record of service. I don't know if you can help with any of this Pembroke Greenwich City of Perth There is one more but I've got no chance of working it out. with regards the ribbon send an email kieronmichelle@aol.com Cheers Kieron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Pembroke was the Chatham base. Greenwich was a destroyer depot base (is there another name in brackets after it?) City of Perth nominal depot ship at Brightlingsea 1 October 1916 - 21/6/19. she was also a drifter hired in 1915 and served as one until becoming the depot ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kieron Hill Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Hi Fred, Thanks so much for everthing. I've spent the last 5 days trying to find out that information and seemed to hit a dead everytime. The other name as you said has got brackets after it, so have you got some ideas? Also in one of the columns it has CMB Base...any ideas? with reference to the ribbon consider it done, it's on the way...thanks again. Regards Kieron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDick Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Kieron I think the CMB Base would be Coastal Motor Boats, very active in the Channel and approaches. The bracketted name/number following the Greenwich entry should show the ID of the destroyer upon which he served. Small craft such as these and submarines were administered by a depot ship, so man would be attached to the depot ship for service in one of its craft. E.g "Titania (G10)" or "Titania for G10" would indicate a posting to the Submarine Depot Ship Titania for service aboard submarine G10. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kieron Hill Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Cheers Richard and Fred. That colmn that mentions the CMB Base reads the following: Lent to Messers C.J Hill & Co Ltd for work at U sea Island CMB Base - time to count for increase of pay, pension under gen... can't read it all and some of the above may well be misspelt. Regards Kieron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 The other name as you said has got brackets after it, so have you got some ideas? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What is the name? I can probably find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kieron Hill Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Hi Fred, This is a scan of part of the service papers with the details on, like I said a bit hard to make out what it is. Cheers Kieron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KONDOA Posted 26 March , 2005 Share Posted 26 March , 2005 Kieron/Fred/Dick, Not wishing to hijack the thread but I think complimentary. The second column of a RN SR shows a list number, what does this refer to and what can be found from it??? On one in my possession I have: Columbine 14 (1 superscript ) Pembroke I 14 (B1 superscript) President 15 Any pointers much appreciated. Roop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 27 March , 2005 Share Posted 27 March , 2005 Osea (Osea Island), Clacton on Sea, coastal motor boat base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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