Missing medals
I picked this message up from a Facebook group that I am a member of. If anyone can help I'm sure it would be appreciated.
"Hi. I work in a charity shop in Spain and we received some donated clothing which had two medals in the pocket. They were for Cpl P A Bennington service number T1347156. It would be nice to trace his family so we can reunite them with the medals. One is his LSGM and the other a Saudi campaign medal. Please help if you can." As a side issue, can anyone shed light on when this person might have enlisted? Thanks |
I have had a look but no joy, others no doubt are as well, do not give up on this.
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Saudi campaign medal |
Don't know where the shop is in Spain, or even if it's an RAF Service Number but there are 3 very active branches of RAFA on the Costa Blanca who may be able to help.
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TankerTrashNav's the man for this.
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Originally Posted by 2Planks
(Post 11085764)
Don't know where the shop is in Spain, or even if it's an RAF Service Number but there are 3 very active branches of RAFA on the Costa Blanca who may be able to help.
MoD Medals Office, Room G36 Innsworth House Imjin Bks Gloucester Glos GL3 1HW |
Does "Saudi campaign medal" mean the spangly thing they gave out after GW1?
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https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/rfc_raf.pdf
If I’m understanding this correctly, according to this site, Cpl Bennington would have joined the RAF in 1941. |
Originally Posted by Tashengurt
(Post 11085848)
Does "Saudi campaign medal" mean the spangly thing they gave out after GW1?
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That does not mean they could have become separated though.
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11085871)
That does not mean they could have become separated though.
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Originally Posted by Speedywheels
(Post 11085856)
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/rfc_raf.pdf
If I’m understanding this correctly, according to this site, Cpl Bennington would have joined the RAF in 1941. The alpha 'T' check character says that he was serving in 1965 when the check character was invented. |
The alpha 'T' check character says that he was serving in 1965 when the check character was invented. Has the "Saudi Medal" got his details on - could the 2 medals be from separate people and just part of a small collection? |
That could be an Army "RASC" number. The Army did not normally use a prefix for a Service number, but the Royal Army Service Corps was an exception. RASC numbers were prefixed S (Supplies), T (Transport), M (Mechanical Transport) or R (Remounts).
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