sandra Posted 26 October , 2003 Share Posted 26 October , 2003 I was recently given a copy of my grandfathers medal entitlement record. His name was Henry (Harry) Gilbody and he was a sapper in the Royal Engineers. There were 2 Regiment numbers-1206 and 440172. Then it has Medal Roll Page Victory RE/101B167 39386 British - do- -do- 15 Star RE/21B 5414 Theatre of War first served in 3 Date of entry there in 26.9.14 Can someone please explain what it all means. Sandra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 26 October , 2003 Share Posted 26 October , 2003 Sandra, Your grandfather was entitled to a 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory medal. They would be inscribed with the number 1206. The other number was given to him when certein units were renumbered in 1916. He went overseas 26 September 1914, and '3' stands for Egypt. The numbers and letters after the medal types are references for medal rolls. Unfortunately the rolls, in this case (REs) will not give you unit information. You could however work this out from the embarkation records in WO 25. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 26 October , 2003 Share Posted 26 October , 2003 He was almost certainly with one of the RE units attached to the East Lancashire Division. They went to Egypt in September 1914. More details can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 26 October , 2003 Share Posted 26 October , 2003 Sandra It was one of a block of numbers allocated to 428 Field Company RE. I have the unit history for all of the East Lancs Divisional Engineers. Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra Posted 1 November , 2003 Author Share Posted 1 November , 2003 Thank you, Ian, Chris and Terry for your replies.We now have some more pieces of the puzzle. Sandra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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