Trooper "Jack" Hawkins LANE 1891 Redmarley (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, February 27, 2017, 02:18 (2833 days ago) @ JC1947

Hi,
sadly Slowhands doesn't post on the forum any more, a great shame...
If you have access to a subscription website such as Ancestry, the best bet is to search his Army records, sadly at the mo I don't have a subscription (altho it can be access for free from publicl libraries). Altho' about 2/3 of the WW1 Service Record documents were lost during WW2, the vast majority of Medal Index cards survive and images are on Ancestry, and that will be marked "MM" etc for any medal awarded.
Alternatively, the newspapers would probably have reported it, but my search on the BNA website hasn't produced anything yet. Ditto the London Gazette site, altho past experience tells me that this can be a tricky site to search and probably needs more time.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/

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LATER UPDATE

Yes, Jack was indeed awarded the M.M.
This site's own WW1 Soldier database details him as follows:

Record_ID: 3230
Year: 1916
Surname: LANE
Forename: John H (Jack)
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Service_Number: _
Residence: Hartpury
Notes_1: Escaped from Katia Egypt when A Squadron was Surrounded & Captured
Notes_2: _
Newspaper: Cheltenham Chronicle & Glos Graphic
Date_Published: 15-Jul-16

Record_ID: 3231
Year: 1918
Surname: LANE
Forename: John H (Jack)
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Regiment: Yeomanry
Service_Number: _
Residence: Hartpury
Notes_1: Awarded MM for gallantry in the field in Palestine
Notes_2: Location Palestine, won the MM
Newspaper: Cheltenham Chronicle & Glos Graphic
Date_Published: 19-Jan-18

http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/index.php/ww1-servicemen

"googling" has produced images of these articles, with photos of Jack, c/o the following WW1 forum link. They were kindly provided by dink999 aka David Drinkwater, regular contributor to this very FoD FH forum.

Thanks again David !!

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/194623-soldiers-pictured-in-t...

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