Victory Medal


Victory Medal

Physical Description - The medal was struck in bronze. On the obverse is a full-length figure of Victory. On the reverse is the inscription "The Great War for Civilisation". There is no clasp, but an attachment through which the ribbon is passed. The official description of the colour of the ribbon is "two rainbows with red in the centre". An oak-leaf emblem was sanctioned for those who were mentioned in despatches. 5,725,000 Victory Medals were issued.

This medal was awarded to all those who entered a theatre of war. It follows that every recipient of the Victory Medal also qualified for the British War Medal, but not the other way round. For example if a soldier served in a garrison in India he would get the British War Medal but not the Victory Medal. In all, 300,000 fewer Victory Medals were required than British War Medals. All three armed services were eligible. It is not generally known that Victory Medals continued to be awarded after the Armistice, for the British forces who saw action in North Russia (up to October 12th, 1919) and Trans-Caspia (up to April 17th, 1919) also qualified.

The recipient's service number, rank, name and unit was impressed on the rim.

In all, 5,725,000 Victory Medals were issued, including the following from Aspall, Debenham, Kenton, Mickfield & Winston:

The following local people received the Victory Medal.

Abbott
George Herbert  b. between 1885 and 1887, d. 1919
Aldous
Thomas  b. 1898, d. 1918
Thomas Edward  b. 1890
William  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. 1917
Montague 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. 1968
Ernest 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. 1919
Nathaniel 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. 1918
Stanley John  b. 1896, d. 1915
Debenham
Frederick Thomas  b. between 1879 and 1881, d. 1941
Eade
Basil Stanley  b. 1894, d. 1918
James 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. 1916
Frederick 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. 1973
William 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
Kitchener
Knights
John  b. between 1874 and 1876
Laflin
Frank  b. 1888, d. 1918
Peter  b. 1889, d. circa 1968
Marchant
Charles Frederic  b. 1894, d. 1918
Marjoram
William  b. 1891, d. 1917
Marsh
John  b. 1890, d. 1917
John William  b. 1879, d. 1917
Mayes
Arthur  b. between 1887 and 1889
Frederick  b. 1894, d. 1918
Robert George  b. 1888, d. 1918
Miles
James Dowd  d. 1917
Miller
Bertie  b. 1891, d. 1917
Herbert Ernest  b. 1896, d. 1916
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. 1917
Stanley James  b. 1893, d. before 1969
Walter William  b. 1892, d. 1918
William  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. 1918
Spencer William  b. 1893, d. 1917
Thomas Edward  b. 1890, d. 1918
Saunders
Norton George  b. 1897, d. 1972
Sherman
Horace William  b. 1878, d. 1917
Smith
John  d. 1917
Joseph James  b. between 1877 and 1879
Snell
Archilbald Harold  b. 1895, d. 1969
Frank Albert  b. 1884, d. 1918
Reginald 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. 1917
Horace  b. 1876, d. 1916
Thrower
Jack Edward  b. 1897, d. 1916
William Oliver  b. 1898, d. 1916
Ward
Charles  d. 1917
William  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