Debenham, Suffolk, England - One-Place Study

British War Medal

Physical Description - The medal is a circular silver (or, in rare cases, bronze) design. The obverse shows a King George V bareheaded effigy, facing left, with the legend: GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP : (George V, King of all the British Isles and Emperor of India). The reverse shows St. George naked on horseback, armed with a short sword (an allegory of the physical and mental strength which achieves victory over Prussianism). The horse tramples on the Prussian shield and the skull and cross-bones. Just off-centre, near the right upper rim, is the sun of Victory. The dates 1914 and 1918 appear in the left and right fields respectively.

The British War Medal 1914-1920, authorised on 26th July 1919, was awarded to eligible service personnel and civilians. Qualifications for the award varied slightly according to service. The basic requirement for army personnel and civilians was that they either entered a theatre of war, or rendered approved service overseas between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Service in Russia in 1919 and 1920 also qualified for the award.

The recipient's service number, rank, name and unit was impressed on the rim.

The following local people received the British War Medal.

Abbott: George Herbert b. 1887, d. 1919

Samuel b. 1890, d. 1916
Aldous: Thomas b. 1898, d. 1918

Thomas Edward b. 1890

William b. 1890, d. 1917
Allard: Bertie Charles b. 1894, d. 1916
Allum: Frederick Charles b. 1896, d. 1917
Arbon: Russell George b. before 1888, d. 1915
Archer: William Edward Parker b. 1893, d. 1916
Artiss: Frederick William b. 1898, d. 1917

Montague George b. 1889, d. 1916
Balaam: Francis Ebenezer b. 1898, d. 1918
Barker: William Martin b. 1894, d. 1915
Barrett: Frederick b. 1886, d. 1917
Batchelor: Arthur Elton b. 1897, d. 1917
Bowman: Henry b. between 1876 and 1878, d. before 1948
Brett: Arthur William b. 1894, d. 1918
Brunning: George Albert b. 1884, d. 1918
Buckingham: Bertie b. 1895, d. 1917
Buckle: John d. 1916
Buckles: Cyril Stanley b. 1895, d. 1918
Carter: Alfred George b. 1890, d. 1968

Ernest William Stewart b. circa 1898, d. 1918
Challis: Reginald David b. 1885, d. 1915
Chenery: Ernest Edward b. 1890, d. 1915
Chilvers: Bertie Edward b. 1896, d. 1918
Collins: Sedley James b. 1883, d. 1919
Cook: George Matthew b. 1881, d. 1919

Nathaniel Augustus b. 1892, d. 1916

Noah Stanley b. 1888, d. 1918
Craske: Edmund Charles b. 1892, d. 1917
Cullum: William b. between 1893 and 1894, d. 1915
Curtis: Frederick Robert Sidney b. 1897, d. 1918

Stanley John b. 1896, d. 1915
Cutting: Henry Miles b. between 1875 and 1876, d. 1919
Debenham: Frederick Thomas b. between 1879 and 1881, d. 1941

Frederick Thomas b. 1890, d. 1916
Eade: Basil Stanley b. 1894, d. 1918

James Maurice b. 1886, d. 1917
Emeny: Arthur William b. 1898, d. 1918
Fisk: Robert Harry b. between 1891 and 1892, d. 1918
Friend: William b. 1894, d. 1917
Gillings: George Edward b. 1886, d. 1918
Gooderham: Frederick William b. 1899, d. 1918
Gooding: Leonard Elworthy b. 1895, d. 1959
Goodwin: Arthur Walter b. 1892, d. 1916

Frederick George b. between 1895 and 1897, d. 1916
Gostling: George Edward b. 1877, d. 1915
Goward: Frederick Ernest Albert b. 1888, d. 1916
Gowing: Albert George b. between 1892 and 1893, d. 1917
Green: William George b. 1888, d. 1917
Hall: Arthur William b. 1895, d. 1916
Harvey: Albert William b. 1884, d. 1973

William Horace b. 1892, d. 1918
Hawes: Walter Frederick b. 1894, d. 1917
Head: Albert Victor b. 1892, d. 1915
Hicks: Cyril Victor b. between 1891 and 1893, d. 1917
Hubbard: Claude Albert b. 1896, d. 1916
Huggins: Harry b. 1892, d. 1917
Jordan: William Henry d. 1918
Keeble: Oliver b. between 1896 and 1898, d. 1918
Kerry: Frederick James b. 1886, d. 1917
Kitchener: Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Viscount Kitchener, Viscount Broome and Baron Denton. Secretary of State for War. Col. Cmdt. Royal Engineers, Col. Irish Guards) b. 1850, d. 1916
Knights: John b. between 1874 and 1876

William Graystone b. between 1885 and 1886, d. 1918
Laflin: Frank b. 1888, d. 1918

Peter b. 1889, d. circa 1968
Ling: William Syer b. between 1875 and 1877, d. 1918
Manning: Frederick Thomas b. between 1896 and 1897, d. 1918
Marchant: Charles Frederic b. 1894, d. 1918

Vivian John Barker b. circa 1890, d. 1916
Marjoram: William b. 1891, d. 1917
Markwell: Arthur b. 1873, d. 1915
Marsh: John b. 1890, d. 1917

John William b. 1879, d. 1917
Marshall: Claude Albert b. 1899, d. 1918
Mayes: Arthur b. between 1887 and 1889

Frederick b. 1894, d. 1918

John William b. 1881, d. 1918

Robert George b. 1888, d. 1918
Miles: James Dowd b. between 1890 and 1891, d. 1917
Miller: Bertie b. 1891, d. 1917

Herbert Ernest b. 1896, d. 1916
Moore: Walter Redvers b. 1900, d. 1965
Moss: William Alfred b. 1876, d. 1917
Offord: Arthur William b. 1888, d. 1915
Oxborrow: William b. between 1884 and 1885, d. 1918
Paddock: William Francis b. 1894, d. 1917
Page: Lionel Peter b. 1885, d. 1918
Parker: Albert George b. between 1892 and 1894, d. 1918
Peachey: Oliver David b. 1891, d. 1917
Peart: Alice Elizabeth b. between 1868 and 1869
Peck: Spencer b. 1894, d. 1917

Stanley James b. 1893, d. before 1969

Walter William b. 1892, d. 1918

William b. 1888, d. 1916
Pells: Algernon John b. 1894, d. 1916
Pittock: William John b. 1891, d. 1919
Pratt: Cecil Henry b. 1896
Race: Ernest William b. between 1884 and 1886, d. 1918
Ray: William Frederick b. 1890, d. 1917
Rolfe: George Edward b. 1898
Rosier: Ernest b. 1883, d. 1916
Rowe: George b. 1890, d. 1916
Ruffles: Stanley William b. 1899, d. 1918
Runnacles: Martin George b. 1896, d. 1917
Salter: Arthur George b. 1896, d. 1918

Spencer William b. 1893, d. 1917

Thomas Edward b. 1890, d. 1918
Saunders: Norton George b. 1897, d. 1972
Sharman: Herbert b. between 1893 and 1894, d. 1916
Sheppard: Stanley Cecil b. between 1895 and 1897, d. 1916
Sherman: Horace William b. 1878, d. 1917
Smith: John d. 1917

Joseph James b. between 1877 and 1879
Snell: Archilbald Harold b. 1895, d. 1969

Frank Albert b. 1884, d. 1918

Reginald Frederick b. 1892, d. 1915
Sparrow: Harold Edgar b. 1897, d. 1918
Staff: Albert b. between 1887 and 1888, d. 1917
Stevens: Arthur b. between 1887 and 1889, d. 1917
Steward: Frederick William b. 1893, d. 1919
Studd: Percy Edwin b. 1897, d. 1918
Taylor: Arthur Charles b. 1895, d. 1917

Horace b. 1876, d. 1916
Thompson: Hilary b. 1892, d. 1917
Thrower: Jack Edward b. 1897, d. 1916

William Oliver b. 1898, d. 1916
Tollemache: Bevil Douglas b. 1889, d. 1914

Horace Murray b. 1890, d. 1918

John Eadred b. 1892, d. 1916

Leo De Orellana b. between 1879 and 1880, d. 1914

Leone Sextus b. between 1884 and 1885, d. 1917
Ward: Charles b. 1894, d. 1917

William b. 1897, d. 1916
Watling: Frederick b. between 1884 and 1886, d. 1915
Whiting: Edward d. 1916
Wightman: Arthur Victor b. 1898, d. 1918
Woolnough: Alfred Ernest b. 1890, d. 1916
Worledge: Frederick H b. between 1879 and 1881