stephenh Posted 26 November , 2003 Share Posted 26 November , 2003 Pals I have a military medal to a Canadian Artilleryman which was gazetted on Feb 1919, any ideas how long before that his gallant action took place? Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 26 November , 2003 Share Posted 26 November , 2003 Roughly speaking, it's usually about 5-6 months after the action that the award was gazetted making the action for which your man was awarded the MM taking place approx. late October to November 1918. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted 27 November , 2003 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2003 Dave Found my man in the war diaries of OCT 1918 being granted the MM for actions in late August. Why does the LG mention him therefore in February 1919 Confused Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Grundy Posted 27 November , 2003 Share Posted 27 November , 2003 In my experience, the time delay is about 3-5 months but I think it is much trickier trying to pin down post-war gazette dates. There were instances of men being given something retrospectively because they'd "had a good war" and deserved recognition for their overall service rather than for any one specific action. A friend even has a MM & Bar group in his collection which includes a reply to a letter sent by the actual recipient who asked what he'd been decorated for - HE didn't know! They couldn't tell him!!!! Sorry if all of that doesn't exactly help! Cheers, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted 27 November , 2003 Share Posted 27 November , 2003 Stephen Have a man that was Gazetted in the June of 1919 for a action in the Sept of 1918, making that nine months. Regards Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 27 November , 2003 Share Posted 27 November , 2003 I have quite a number of citation dates to compare to gazette dates and there is a wide variation, from two and a half, to nine months. Interestingly, the Battalion War Diary often contains notification that the awards have been made only ten days after the date of the action. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Bluestein Posted 28 November , 2003 Share Posted 28 November , 2003 There may be a citation available at the 'Honours and Awards Section' of the Canadian National Archives. Not sure if they are reachable on line at the NA? At the very least this soldiers service file is available. Good luck, nice medal David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 28 November , 2003 Share Posted 28 November , 2003 I'd agree with Jim Grundy; from my analysis of MGC awards, the AVERAGE delay for the LG notification was about three months. It could be longer for 'non-immediate' , or 'periodic', awards (those published in the Birthday and New Year Honours). There are plenty of examples in War Diaries of higher commanders visiting units and pinning on ribbons of awards approved in principle but not yet Gazetted. (It should be easier to correlate for WW2, as the recommendations survive..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 29 November , 2003 Share Posted 29 November , 2003 I've found the same for some Australians who were recommended for awards on Gallipoli in the last few months of 1915 and yet were not gazetted till June 1916. In a couple of instances the men were actually with different units by the time the awards came through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 30 November , 2003 Share Posted 30 November , 2003 Stephen: I have some WWI unit histories for Canadian batteries/brigades. What was your man's name? Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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