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From: "caroliona" <>
Subject: [WW1] K.O.S.B. 7/8 th.Battalion
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 20:26:06 +0100


Dear All

I found mention of the award, of the Military Medal, to my uncle at the
P.R.O. He was Gazetted 12/6/1918. I know that this date is not the date he
"won" the award but is there any hope of finding which battle or action he
was engaged in at the time? According to his record, one of the "burnt
records", he enlisted in Berwick on Tweed but his Medical Examination was
carried out in his home town of North Shields Northumberland. The two towns
are almost 100 miles apart, any explanations for this anomaly.
My visit to the PRO has raised another set of questions.

Regards Carol

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