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
- Aldous
- Thomas b. 1898, d. 1918Thomas Edward b. 1890William 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
- Artiss
- Frederick William b. 1898, d. 1917Montague 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 d. 1918
- Brunning
- George Albert b. 1884, d. 1918
- Buckingham
- Bertie b. 1895, d. 1917
- Buckles
- Cyril Stanley b. 1895, d. 1918
- Carter
- Alfred George b. 1890, d. 1968Ernest 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. 1919Nathaniel Augustus b. 1892, d. 1916 Noah Stanley b. 1888, d. 1918- Craske
- Edmund Charles b. 1892, d. 1917
- Cullum
- William d. 1915
- Curtis
- Frederick Robert Sidney b. 1897, d. 1918Stanley John b. 1896, d. 1915
- Debenham
- Frederick Thomas b. between 1879 and 1881, d. 1941
- Eade
- Basil Stanley b. 1894, d. 1918James Maurice b. 1886, d. 1917
- Emeny
- Arthur William b. 1898, d. 1918
- Gillings
- George Edward b. 1886, d. 1918
- Gooding
- Leonard Elworthy b. 1895, d. 1959
- Goodwin
- Arthur Walter b. 1892, d. 1916Frederick George b. between 1895 and 1897, d. 1916
- Goward
- Frederick Ernest Albert b. 1888, d. 1916
- Green
- William George b. 1888, d. 1917
- Hall
- Arthur William b. 1895, d. 1916
- Harvey
- Albert William b. 1884, d. 1973William Horace b. 1892, d. 1918
- 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
- Knights
- John b. between 1874 and 1876
- Laflin
- Frank b. 1888, d. 1918Peter b. 1889, d. circa 1968
- Marchant
- Charles Frederic b. 1894, d. 1918
- Marjoram
- William b. 1891, d. 1917
- Marsh
- John b. 1890, d. 1917John William b. 1879, d. 1917
- Mayes
- Arthur b. between 1887 and 1889Frederick b. 1894, d. 1918Robert George b. 1888, d. 1918
- Miles
- James Dowd d. 1917
- Miller
- Bertie b. 1891, d. 1917Herbert Ernest b. 1896, d. 1916
- Moore
- Walter Redvers b. 1900, d. 1965
- Offord
- Arthur William b. 1888, d. 1915
- Oxborrow
- William b. between 1884 and 1885, d. 1918
- Paddock
- William Francis b. 1894, d. 1917
- 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. 1917Stanley James b. 1893, d. before 1969Walter William b. 1892, d. 1918William b. 1888, d. 1916
- Pells
- Algernon John d. 1916
- Pratt
- Cecil Henry b. 1896
- Ray
- William Frederick b. 1890, d. 1917
- Rolfe
- George Edward b. 1898
- Rowe
- George b. 1890, d. 1916
- Rozier
- Ernest David b. 1883, d. 1916
- Ruffles
- Stanley William b. 1899, d. 1918
- Salter
- Arthur George b. 1896, d. 1918Spencer William b. 1893, d. 1917Thomas Edward b. 1890, d. 1918
- Saunders
- Norton George b. 1897, d. 1972
- Sherman
- Horace William b. 1878, d. 1917
- Smith
- John d. 1917Joseph James b. between 1877 and 1879
- Snell
- Archilbald Harold b. 1895, d. 1969Frank Albert b. 1884, d. 1918Reginald Frederick b. 1892, d. 1915
- 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. 1917Horace b. 1876, d. 1916
- Thrower
- Jack Edward b. 1897, d. 1916William Oliver b. 1898, d. 1916
- Ward
- Charles d. 1917William d. 1916
- Watling
- Frederick b. between 1884 and 1886, d. 1915
- Woolnough
- Alfred Ernest b. 1890, d. 1916
- Worledge
- Frederick H b. between 1879 and 1881
