weshallremember Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July hi where did the national archives get there ww1 medal index card records from ??????? thanks trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July The medal index cards were laid out into batches of 6 and were photographed in 1989. The images were then stored as microform. Both the index cards and the medal rolls were in the possession of the Army Medal Office at Droitwich. The original medal index cards were going to be thrown away, but were saved by the Western Front Association. They were scanned as colour images by Ancestry. The National Archives were able to use the microform to make the medal index card images that can be downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July So, that should be 1985 and not 1989 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14576 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July The colour images of medal index cards were made available via Ancestry in 2008. If you have signed up to Ancestry, even if your subscription has expired, they can be viewed free of charge. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1262/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 24 July Author Share Posted 24 July thanks keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July In 2011, it became possible to search the silver war badge rolls on Ancestry. I'm not sure when those rolls, and the WW1 campaign medal rolls - archive series WO 329 - were transferred to Kew, though. It was before 2004, clearly On 13/01/2004 at 22:39, robwilliams said: If you look at the SWB rolls at the NA you will clearly see everyone is individually numbered. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 24 July Author Share Posted 24 July (edited) so why is the index card on ancestry but not on the N/A TREVOR Edited 24 July by weshallremember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July The medal index cards, archive series WO 372, are available via TNA, in groups of six cards. They are in black and white, and are converted from the microfiche images photographed (at Droitwich?) in 1985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July Here is proof of 'the index card on NA' https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1005054 Reference: WO 372/1/53074 Description: Medal card of Allcoat, James H Corps Regiment No Rank Welsh Regiment 60944 Private Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 24 July Share Posted 24 July The medal cards were returned to the Army Medal Office after the B&W images were taken. You can find medal office annotations on the Ancestry versions that are not present on the TNA ones. These are usually date stamps following an enquiry. TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 25 July Author Share Posted 25 July thanks TEW INTERESTING CANT GO IN TO DETAILS YET BUT I FOUND A CARD ON ANCESTRY WHICH JUST HAS NAME NUMBER REGIMENT AND MEDAL ALLOCATION BUT NOTHING ELSE WHICH IS NOT ON N/A SITE REGARDS TREVOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 25 July Share Posted 25 July That may be an indexing issue or of course it's possible that the B/W scanning missed one. I have an MIC that isn't on either site! TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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