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philip1957

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Hello Everyone,im from south wales and one of my relatives gave me a set of medals from WW1 and a British empire medal,im trying to find out if these are linked to my family as no one seemed to know why we have these medals..the BEM is named to a Harry Albert Victor Abbott,from the details ive found it was awarded in 1943,he was a manager at Chambon ltd which i think was linked to BSA,id like to find out why he was awarded this medal and personal details so i can research if he was related to my family.also with this medal came a set of ww1 medals,a 1915-15 star british war medal and victory medal all named to 3028 pte A.H.ABBOTT 3rd london regiment.if anyone can help please leave message
 
There is an Albert V Abbot in Harrow on the 1939 reg as a "Works manager engineer" - he is with his wife da. The reason that is key is that the marriage is registered as Harry A V Abbott to Ida Edwards. Chambon had premises in Hammersmith London so could he be linked?
There is also a WW1 pension record for
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philip1957 said:
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My mother was from london but moved to wales when she married my father in 1943,maybe thats how they were in the family?.the ww1 medals included a victory medal with a mentioned in despatches oak leaves on ribbon,did you see any mention of this on your search,thank you again.
 
Will have a look tomorrow. He may get a mention in war diaries. I was trying to find why he won BEM but no success so far.
 
The plot thickens,after talking to a relative on the phone last night i was told that there was originally a wound badge with these medals,but that seems to have disappeared over the years.i guess WW1.yesterday i checked out the company Chambon ltd where he worked and i think i saw it was connected with british small arms company,now i cant find the link!.i know it was bombed in 1940 ?s would the BEM have been awarded much later? for something that may have happened there,im not very good at this and thank you for the help you are giving.
Philip
 
As far as I can tell BEM civilian award seems to have been for bravery - the citations I found told of rescues etc during enemy action. At the moment I can't find Harry's. I will go and have a look at his ww1 record.
This is his ww1 medal card but I don't understand all the abbreviations used. SWB is Silver War Badge see post #13 below.
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Very frustrating as I can't find what his ijuries were but it looks as if the last service was at Gallipoli. He was invalided out in Oct 1916
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He was also given a silver war badge when invalided out - this was to show he had served. it was instigated to prevent injured men being targetted by the "white feather" campaign. Especially if they did not look injured. Is that what you meant by a "wound! badge?
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