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Michael · 20 September 2002, 08:44 AM

They were given to the next-of-kin of all British, Dominion and Colonial servicemen and women who died during (and after the War up to about 1922).

They are rare to Indian and African units, and I seem to recall that the 9th Gurkha Rifles (I think) melted theirs down and cast a memorial bell which still exists at the Regimental Centre.

Canadians also received a silver memorial cross IF they were survived by a wife or mother or both. If not, they just received the plaque.

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Michael Sage emeritus Join Date: Mar 1998 Location: Oakville Ontario Posts: 1,126	They were given to the next-of-kin of all British, Dominion and Colonial servicemen and women who died during (and after the War up to about 1922). They are rare to Indian and African units, and I seem to recall that the 9th Gurkha Rifles (I think) melted theirs down and cast a memorial bell which still exists at the Regimental Centre. Canadians also received a silver memorial cross IF they were survived by a wife or mother or both. If not, they just received the plaque. __________________ Adjt. Antonin Dominique Barthélèmy Gautier Médaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre - SPA 80 October 2, 1895-September 15, 1918 Mort pour la France en combat aérien.