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Tuesday, March 15, 2005

WW1 Campaign Medals

The National Archives has the WW1 Campaign Medals available for search online.

I searched for Roche and found 648 entries - too many to be posted here, so here is the summary.

Catalogue Reference vs #Records
WO 372/5 - 9
WO 372/11 - 18
WO 372/15 - 1
WO 372/17 - 573
WO 372/23 - 25
WO 372/24 - 22

There were eight records that were definitely India related:

Roche, P J - Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army. WO 372/17
Roche, M J - Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service. WO 372/17
Roche, H - in the Indian Medical Service. WO 372/17
Roche, E D - 1st Class Assistant Surgeon in the Indian Medical Department. WO 372/17
Roche, C A - Captain in the Indian Cavalry. WO 372/17
D'Roche, E - 1st Class Assistant Surgeon in the Indian Medical Department. WO 372/5
Roche, I A - Lieutenant in Gurkha Rifles. WO 372/17
Roche, H J - Lieutenant Colonel in the Jat Light Infantry. WO 372/17

There was an entry in the Royal Engineers (amongst 25 others) that I knew was India related:
Roche, Robert Trivadar Henry - Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. WO 372/17

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