Herbert Crowley’s WWI medal card, and what it means. This is Herbert Crowley’s &

Herbert Crowley’s WWI medal card, and what it means. This is Herbert Crowley’s “medal card” from World War I. This was a form given to soldiers who were awarded a medal, and it lists some details about their enlistment. I did a little research to interpret it, and here’s what it all means: Crowley was a private (Pte.) in the Royal Engineers (RE) division of the Army Service Corps (ASC). ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps ) His medal was returned (Retrd.), and as decreed by section 992 of the King’s Regulation (K.R.) 1923, Amendment (Adt.) 8426 – “Kings Regulations 1923 Para 992 (a.) An officer receiving medals for issue will arrange for their safe custody. (b.) When medals are presented to individual’s receipts will be obtained from the recipients. 992. Medals which, at the end of one year, still remain unclaimed, will be sent to the Secretary, The War Office.” If the medal remained unclaimed for a period of ten years, it was then “broken up” (terminology of the war office/records office) and melted down for scrap. -- source link

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