George McLennan Wartime Records
* The contributor has typed up all info in the document they brought in that has been digitized. * Silver British War Medal 1939-1945 28 days Plus Services - Ribbon was made by King George the 5th. 1939-1945 Star military Campaign Medal for 180 days plus Services. The Star Medal Ribbon was orange due to the Dutch flag. George had lied about his age as he was a few months too young to join the army and had to get married officially so that if anything were to happen, his wife would then inherit. He joined a Pipe Band after he joined the war. He was in Aruba in the Caribbean with the Pipe Band d... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Text |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Armed Forces / Armies / Army / Britain / British / Dutch / Employment / Ensign / Europe / European / Flag / Holland / King / Medal / Military / Monarch / Netherlands / North West Europe / Royal / Royalty / Standard / The Netherlands / UK / United Kingdom / Work / Worker / Workers |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28625381 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25931977.v1 |
* The contributor has typed up all info in the document they brought in that has been digitized. * Silver British War Medal 1939-1945 28 days Plus Services - Ribbon was made by King George the 5th. 1939-1945 Star military Campaign Medal for 180 days plus Services. The Star Medal Ribbon was orange due to the Dutch flag. George had lied about his age as he was a few months too young to join the army and had to get married officially so that if anything were to happen, his wife would then inherit. He joined a Pipe Band after he joined the war. He was in Aruba in the Caribbean with the Pipe Band doing 2 years' service guarding allied oil to ensure. Nothing happened to it but just 2 weeks after they left, it was attacked. He took being in the army in his stride and nothing was ever too much for him.