Croix de Guerre.....

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GailMc
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Croix de Guerre.....

Post by GailMc » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:16 pm

I have recently discovered that my great uncle won the Croix de Guerre in WW2 Any ideas on how I can get more info? He was in the Territorials

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DavidWW
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Re: Croix de Guerre

Post by DavidWW » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:43 pm

GailMc wrote:I have recently discovered that my great uncle won the Croix de Guerre in WW2 Any ideas on how I can get more info? He was in the Territorials

GailMc

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Doing a Google on ' "croix de guerre" "UK recipients" wwII ' only produces a small number of hits, but I suspect that the use of French as opposed to English might help the search, - as, BTW, might well the name of your ancestor.

One of the TS moderators has lived in France for a few decades and will hopefully pick up on this post :!:

David
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Tracey
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Post by Tracey » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:36 pm

Hello GailMc

If you put Croix de Guerre in the word or phrase box on here http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp it brings back quite a bit although im not sure how much will be of use as i havnt gone through it all. Im not sure if your looking for information on the medal or the man that recieved it :?

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GailMc
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Post by GailMc » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:34 pm

Thanks Tracey - It is information about what he did to deserve the medal that I am interested in but I will keep the web site in mind as it seems a good on to search on for various things

Gail
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Post by garibaldired » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:48 am

Gail,

I think you may well find that the Croix de Guerre was sometimes awarded to entire battalions. I know this happened to some soldiers who fought in Belgium and were given it by the Belgian government.
Sorry if I've disappointed you!
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