My grandfather originally enlisted into the Loyal Regiment TA in 1935, and was posted to 4th Battalion. In 1939, due to reorganisation in 1938, he re-enlisted into the RA TA at Chorley and was posted to 437/62 SL Regiment. From late 1941 until early 1945, he was posted with the 2nd Maritime AA Battery and in early 1946, was transferred to the South Staffordshire Regiment, before being discharged from Reserve Liability in 1959. As his service number is a Loyal's number, I wondered if it would be odd to have his name, service number and South Staffordshire Regiment engraved on a plate to include with his medals? I'm in the process of having the medals mounted for display, so any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Owen, that was actually something I toyed with, but thought I'd check with the well-informed here on the forum for suggestions too. Your "thumbs-up" helps a lot.
Hi Reid - if you check this forum for "Pavitt" there is a photo of a medal framing I had done for an old digger I met. He served in two different armies, with two different service numbers, across a couple of different theatres of operations and I included all of that service in a descriptive plaque and the framing included a couple of different hat badges. In short, the idea is to commemorate his service - do whatever would make you (and him) proud. cheers Dave
Hi Reid, My grandfather died serving with the 13th King's Liverpool although he was originally posted to the 9th Devons. His service number is that of a Devonshire Regiment soldier. I have a similar display and have included both units and cap badges to match. I will always consider him a 13th Kingsman myself, but many of his contempories that survived Burma tell me that their heart was always with their first unit of service, especially if it was the local regiment from where they lived. Do you know how your grandfather felt about the units he served in? This might help in choosing, or as Owen says, put them all down if the plaque can hold them. Steve
Hi Steve, Unfortunately he's no longer with us, and he never spoke of his time during the war, to either myself or my mother. I think he'd probably consider himself a Loyal, (I know my grandma did) but will never really know. I'd certainly be able to fit each of his postings on a plaque, but I might have his initial regiment listed at the top, with the others to follow. Dave, I'll check out your suggestion to search for "Pavitt" so I can see how you lay out the medals etc in the frame - always looking for ideas!! Thanks all, Nanette
Nanette - there are a cople of recent threads running on the subject of medal mounting. You should find one of them when you do the Pavitt search.
