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Originally Posted by Nicky L

Oh I see. I went to see my great uncle Joe tonight and he was adamant his dad was called Joe so that makes a lot of sense. Could I please ask what the 14/15 star is? I printed off the document you posted above but to me it doesn't really make that much sense to me. Seen as he was of the Church Battery, does that make him one of the Accrington Pals or is that different? Its a shame I won't be able to see his DCM, somebody within the family that nobody ever sees has it so I can only wonder!

Joe or John, was in the Royal Field Artillery, the Accrington Pals was the 11th (service) Battalion East Lancs Regiment, an infantry battalion, completely different.
Only a few Accrington Pals got the 15 Star, they were part of an advance party sent to France, then the war office changed their minds and sent them to Egwipt, (Egypt)
What part of the medal card do you not understand, if you mean the numbers in the lower left quarter, it refers to the actuall medal rolls, which are large books each containing about 5000 entries, held at the Public Record Office Kew.

There are firms that can supply replica medals, but be carefull some firms take low value medal remove the numbers and remark them to increase ther value.
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