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Originally Posted by JGgeoff

Hi I'm a new member, thank you for the welcome. I am researching my family tree. My Mother Mary J Shaw was born in Accrington 1901, the daughter of James Shaw a school teacher,who lived at 103 Manchester Rd. Mother, married
William Young Sept 1923 at Haslingden, he was an officer in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he was awarded the Military Cross & Bar in WW1 the address when applying for his medals = 50 Plantation St Accrington. Can anyone advise how i can obtain local records relating to this etc
JG

I don't have a William Young in my records, which cover the whole of Greater Accrington (now Hyndburn)
He may have moved into Accrington after the war.
Medals had to be applied for usually in the 1920's, its not often there is an address on the back, about 1 in 500, so your lucky. Have you tried seaching in the Haslingden area to see if he is on any of their R-O-Hnr.
I don't think theres any one in Rossendale doing WW1 research on the same scale as me, try the library first.

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