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October 6, 2020 at 10:17 am #66199

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Back in the late 1960’s (probably 1968) I met an Army SPEC5 who was on recruiting duty in Bakersfield, California. I noticed that he was wearing the ribbon of the Soldier’s Medal and after a few conversations, he gave me this photo of him receiving the medal. As I remember the story, he received it for saving a little girl from drowning in England, and I seem to recall he actually received some kind of recognition from the British government as well. I don’t have any reference material on the recipients for the Soldiers Medal, and without knowing his name and the date of this event, none of the online sources I’ve look at have been helpful. Can anyone provide any information on this soldier? I’m guessing the even took place sometime between 1965 and 1969.

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February 17, 2021 at 7:34 am #66751

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Hello. I am also researching a couple soldiers who were awarded the Soldiers Medal during the 2nd WW. Is there an official registry of this medal and possibly citations ?
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The only information appearing to be available for this unclaimed clasp can be found in the London Gazette issue of 1849, where the approved NGS clasps were published:

Boats of ‘Fawn’ under Lieut. Morgan. Action with cutter and schooner ‘Guadaloupe’, and capture.

A search of the Navy List from 1793-1815 reveals a total of 18 commissioned officers with the surname of Morgan. Of these, 9 have a Lieutenant’s commission date after 25 July 1809 or died before that date and can be ruled out. Of the remaining, three died between 1817-22 before receiving a promotion and must also be ruled out. Out of the remaining six, four have entries in either Marshall’s or O’Byrne’s Naval Biographies, two with service records, but these two do not mention anything about the action, which would be highly unlikely if it resulted in the man’s promotion. This leaves four potential candidates, one being promoted as late as 1827, he is probably not the man. The remaining three were promoted to Commander between 1814-16, and could all have been the man in charge. Unfortunately, all died between 1817-43, and it’s not likely much biographical information on either of them can be found.


Name	Lieut	Cmd	Died
MORGAN, John Fortescue	15 Sep 1806	12 Oct 1814	9 Dec 1843
MORGAN, Thomas	10 May 1809	16 Nov 1814	Apr 1843
MORGAN, Charles	15 Jun 1781	1 Jan 1816	1817
MORGAN, James (1)	2 Sep 1783	25 Apr 1827	1835

One would have to search the muster books for HMS Fawn to identify who the Lieutenant was.