Description
Title: Medals – The Researcher’s Guide
Author: Spencer, William
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1903365635
Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 224 pages
Comments: This exceptional guide to researching medals shows how to trace individuals and actions using Britain’s best record collections. In combines in a single volume the unique resources of the National Archives and the India Office records at the British Library, featuring military and civilian awards, orders, decorations and medals from 1793 to 1992.
Meticulously researched and structured geographically for ease of use, the book includes campaigns from Java to New Orleans, Copenhagen to Egypt, as well as a comprehensive treatment of awards issued in both World Wars. Over twenty case studies also tell the stories behind the medal rolls, ranging from senior military figures to a 14 year old African bugler.
Written by a leading medal expert and military specialist at the National Archives, the guide is full of helpful and practical advice. It enables the reader to harness the awards system to benefit your own research, whether you are tracing an ancestor, regiment, medal and campaign. Details of the rapidly expanding online material and recent or imminent releases are interwoven with tips on extending research into areas such as the census and war diaries.
‘Medals’ advises on the best online access and places to visit, as well as strategies for extending research into sources such as the census and the War Diaries. Combining detailed descriptions – far fuller than those in online catalogues – with an insider’s knowledge on imminent record releases, this is the perfect, time-saving tool for family historians, military enthusiasts and collectors alike.
