TV's Beloved Medal Expert Introduces Medals from WWI 

My grandfather was in India before WW1 with the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. There he served for 7 years and was at the Delhi Durbar when King George was crowned Emperor. For this he recieved a commemoration medal. When WWI broke out he was transferred to France in 1914 and fought all through the war and recieved Pip, Squeak and Wilfred to add to his Indian medal. He also won the Military Medal during the battle of the Somme with an under fire claps. This medal was awarded for supplying the front line troops with ammunition when they were running out. Others had tried and failed, but despite this he succeeded and all while under fire .

Nice to know what the medals were for told by a knowledgeable man

My Second Great Grand Uncle served in WW1 and WW2 and received 9 Medals for his incredible service.

Perhaps worth adding that all three of the medals mentioned were also awarded to those serving in the Royal Navy.

I have my grandfather’s set of WW1 medals as illustrated. But he was Royal Navy. They have his name and number on them. I display them alongside my own set.

We have our uncle's WW2 medals. He was a Pearl Harbor survivior and we had a box of his stuff we need to go through.

I have my Grandfather's medals, Mutt and Jeff, never knew why there was only two. He spent 1919 in France digging graves. He joined the TA after his service. In 1933 he died of pneumonia, my Gran said it was because he had been gassed and lost the use of a lung. The Medical Board of the War Office said he had had pleurisy as a child and denied her a War Widows Pension. Thanks for answering one of the many questions about a Grandfather I never got to meet.

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I have my grandfathers pip squeak and Wilfred also his QSA and KSA medals from the Bore War, never knew they were called Pip Squeak and Wilfred until it was mentioned on Dads army, when Sergeant Wilson said to Corporal Jones the Captain Mainwaring did not have them, not sure what episode, but it was the one where he tried to stop the wearing of medals at a ceremony

My granddad volunteered for the British Army in 1899 in Fermoy. I never met him but he had Pip, Squeak and Wilfred as I've seen his medal card online.

You should know that Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, were in fact a dog (Pip), a penguin (Squeak), and a rabbit (Wilfred). Pip and Squeak were the first and later adopted Wilfred. I remember reading about them once when I was a kid, in a library, where I used to wait for my mother to get out of work, and spent hours reading books about everything, especially encyclopedias of all kinds.

That brought a tear to my eye

Got these beside my bead my great great uncle fought in the Great War his name was Lance corporal William penman he got the 1914-1915 and the other 2 medals

I found my great grandfathers medal from WWI as he fought with Scottish Canadian Highlanders and became wounded In a battle ( not sure which one) then proceeded to fight in paschendale where he was killed I wish I knew more

My great great grandfather had the 1914 star.

So sad in the 20 ties and 30ties granda in ww1 1914 to 1918 kosb.would go into whites pub and by the whole pub a drink probably in remembrance of his mates killed 😢 every year.he also suffered 2 mustard gas attacks he lived very happily 😊 till 1973 ,the medals ment nothing to him 1921 ,gave them away ,he got a couple of pints for them , he was sent to Ireland 🇮🇪 and when recouping he served in bycle coastal battalion , his regiment was amalgamated with the hampshire regiment ❤❤

I have my granduncles pip, squek and Wilfred, he also had the Irish war of independence medal 1919-1921 with comrac bar, Irish Emergency medal with 2 bars 1939 -1945 and the 1971 medal for the anniversary of the War of Independence along with a few others mainly service medals. He took equal pride in both sets of medals and attended both Irish & British commerations in his later years. Thankfully in his later years he started to speak about his military service so at least we know what he went through although we still can't find out his full service records especially in the 1939 to 1945 era.

My Grandad was given pip, squeek & Wilfred, but was at Salonika as well. I still have his medals.

Perfect tone on this video, well done

Thank you so much for this fascinating review.

I have the medals of 2 of my great-grandfathers from world war 1. One was awarded the war medal and the victory medal as part of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. The other was awarded the war medal and a GSM with Afghanistan NWF 1919 clasp as part of the Border Regiment sent to India in early 1915.

Besides Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred, my grandfather, who served with the Royal Artillery as a sergeant in charge of a team mending phone lines, also wore a little round red button. What was that?

Thank you for the great explanation, I wonder if you know how these medals are encoded in the World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls?

My grandfather was awarded MC and Bar. He fought at the battle of Manchester Hill. The idea of him talking about it is laughable.

Very interesting and you did well in explaining it.

Great information only just found a medal this week. Just subscribed to you. Hope you have a great week. 👍

I have two lots of Mutt and Jeff, but unfortunately not the Ribbons that were lost before they came into my possession. Is it possible to obtain new Ribbons for these medals?

WW2 was the bloodiest war that the world has ever seen though

Just curious why the Victory Medal has the dates 1914-1919 rather than 1914-1918 (as per the War Medal).

I have This mnan

i have a question i have the 2 round medals from my great great grandfather but there smaller then the ones shown in this video does any one know why?

I have a first war medal

ninayo iyo medari

G BROMN REXETINDIAE IMP ipo ninayo jamania anae tafuta niko tanzania niriongota

Have you missed the Territorial Medal?

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Mark Smith's explanation implies that the troops who were awarded a campaign star never fought in the great battles of 1916 onwards - like they were sent away on an extended holiday somewhere. In reality, those troops who fought in the period 1914 - 1915 also fought in the battles of 1916, 1917 and 1918. Also the Mons Star veterans faced machine guns without the protection of trenches and after the race to the sea, the trenches they had were primitive compared to those of latter years. They also faced gas attacks without proper gas masks and lived in the mud without the complex support measures that the British developed later on. All in all I think the troops that were awarded Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, by having endured up to 18 months more in the conditions of the early war had earned the right to look down on those Johnny come lately troops who were not entitled to a campaign star.

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