Newfoundland Volunteer Medal 1939 -1945

[Greeves]

Laurence:

WW2 service records for the RN and RNVR (with whom I think your father served) are held at the British Ministry of Defence. Only next of kin can access them (which would be you of course) and they do charge a fee (probably not too much).

Anyway, the addresses I found are:

Ministry of Defence
CS(RM)2A
Bourne Avenue
Hayes
Middlesex, UB3 1RF
United Kingdom

AND:

Naval Secretary (OMOBS)
Room 169, Victory Building
HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
Hampshire, PO1 3LS
United Kingdom

Not sure which one's the correct address, but maybe someone else on the forum knows - or you can just fire off a letter to both and see who can help best.

[Laurence Strong]

Geoff Thanks alot for that. It would be exceptional to get those I will be snail mailing them this week. once again thanks a lot

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Laurence, here is a link for you to doule check the address' you need:

http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/servicerecs/royaln.htm

Best of luck with your research! And keep us posted

Cheers, Ade.

[Simon O.]

Just for information Laurence this year's edition of the Medal Year Book states 7500 of these medals were awarded and the value to be £400 to £500.



Simon

[Laurence Strong]

Thanks Adrian. I will most certainly keep you all posted, the web site (I have not looked at it yet) should expidite things faster.

Thanks Simon. I appreciate that, at least I can put a value on for the Insurance, The rest of them would be what? 25 - 30 $US?

[Greeves]

Thanks! That's WEIRD! My own awareness of Canadian Confederation etc only goes back as far as the hoopla of 1967.

So nobody AFTER 1949 could apply for the VSM? "Forever non-Canadian?"


Every time zee Kaybeckwahz get... plebiscitical... I always think, you know, WE got some flag canton space for more stars for the Maritimes. Got enough "homefolks" from up there around anyway down here.

Well, not exactly. If you were a Newfoundlander who served in the Canadian Forces in WW2 (which some did) then you could apply for the CVSM. If you served with the British Forces (which some did) then you could not - but after 1981 you could apply for the Newfoundland Volunteer Service Medal.
Hope that clears it up a bit.