is this all dad gets ? 1939/45 war medal. 2 Queens India

received dads war records it says 1939/45 war medal ?? on his records home 17/7/40 to 27/5/42

india 28/5/42 to 31/7/42 ceylon 1/8/42 to india 3/2/43 4/2/43 to 14/11/45

would he be entitled to any other medals?

and i need help to decipher his records... now go easy on me 66yrs young

thanks john

 

John, I'm sure someone better informed will be along shortly but I'd think that your Dad had a wider entitlement than simply the War Medal. It depends on where exactly he served and with what sort of unit.

https://www.gov.uk/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility

I'd expect the '39-'45 Star and the Defence Medal if he was non-combatant in India or perhaps the Burma Star if he was in certain areas.

The British authorities had a strong desire not to issue too many different medals but one result of this is that some who had an 'easy' war picked up medals all over the place and others at the sharp end hardly any.

 

hi rich he served with the second Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment can i post the records on here

will i infringe any copyrights?
john

 

As far as I know, there is no copyright to infringe. Plenty have done it on here.

It might be worth posting the records in a thread under the 'Burma and India' sub-forum referring to 2nd Queens in the title to make sure that the right chaps notice it.

 

thanks rich i will go for that
john

 

Hi Rich, have a look at this link, You will find that the regiment did a fair bit in the far east.

"Consequent upon the loss of Singapore in 1942, the 70th Division was moved to reinforce the Far East, initially the 2nd Battalion going to Ceylon and then to India, where in 1943 it became part of the Deep Penetration Forces (the Chindits) under General Wingate. The Battalion was divided into two columns, and with the rest of 16 Brigade marched under appalling conditions from the Ledo Road in the north to the centre of Burma using mule transport and re-supply by air. It finally took part in the operations in the Indaw area to disrupt the Japanese lines of communication. At the conclusion of these operations a long period to recover from the debilitating effects was required. After re-forming, the 2nd Battalion was training for the attack on Malaya (Operation Zipper), when the Japanese surrendered in August 1945"

http://www.allthequeensmen.co.uk/

 

Hi John

If you can get to the National Archives here are his units official war diaries that are available:



WO 169/359 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1939 Sept.- 1940 Apr.
WO 169/360 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1940 May - Dec.
WO 169/1738 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1941 Jan.- Dec.
WO 169/5047 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1942 Jan.- Feb.
WO 172/882 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1942 Mar. - July
WO 172/1542 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1942 Mar.- July
WO 172/1543 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1942 Aug.- Dec.
WO 172/2541 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1943 Mar.- Dec.
WO 172/4911 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1944 Jan.- Dec.
WO 172/7659 2 Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1945 Jan.-Dec.

 

hi rich kew is to far i was born in london but live in edinburgh dad meet mum in london in 1946 married edinburgh aug 46[mums home town] i popped out in may 1947 sis was born edinburgh 1948 [iam the eldest of 9] i retired in may last year they gave me a laptop[brothers & sisters] and said find out about dad & his family he never ever spoke of the war his family only found he had a brother and sister so trying to track them also

how can i post his records on here do i have to start a new thread ?

thanks john

 

drew my last post was for you

 

trying to pst them some are coming up to large so triedthis one

john

didnt work


trying again

going out for baby sitting duties will try again in the afternoon
john

 

Hi John,

If you want me to copy any of the records just have a read of the service, terms etc in the red link below and if your happy with them just drop me a private message and we'll take it from there.

Regards
Andy

 

2nd Queens were part of the 2nd Chindits Expidition in 1944. I would be surprised in the war medal is his only entitlement as he exceeds the requirement for the 39-45 star for his service in Ceylon as part of the anti invasion force.

Don

 

Hi John,

If he was in 2nd Queens in 16th British Infantry Brigade in 1944, he would have been in Chindit Column 21 or 22. Based on your information he would have been entitled to 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and War Medal. This is very much the standard entitlement for the men involved.

See attached.

 

Just for arguments sake, If he was left in India due to ill health, other duties, attached to another unit he wouldn't have taken part in the Chindit Expidition therefore no qualification to Burma Star, I am sure you are correct but we need to see the records.

Don

 

hi owen been trying for ages to find the admin email address can not find it.. i am new to this pc thingy so can you nudge me to it
john

 

hi don
here are some of the things i can make out

evacuated beyond .r.a.p sos and posted x[ii]----? 15/8/42
rejoined bn from hospital tos frojm x[ii]list ncf?same date 30/9/42

reposted to bn ----?70 div defenceplatoon tos xlist wwef23/10/43
john

 

''service records to be added here soon''

thanks john