Use the advanced search option in our catalogue to search within a department or series using the search criteria specified for each series in sections 4 to 9.Consult sections 4 to 9 in this guide to find catalogue references to departments (such as HO for Home Office or BT for Board of Trade) or series (such as HO 144 or BT 261) that contain records of specific kinds of medals and awards, then either: Target your search to a specific department or series within our catalogue.You may need to use abbreviations for medals – so, for example, to search for the George Cross you may need to enter GC as your keyword. For example, search for ’empire gallantry medal AND smith’ or ‘edward medal AND thomas brown’. Try a broad, speculative search across our whole catalogue using the medal name and/or the recipient’s name.The following search methods will cover most possibilities: The records we hold of civilian medals and awards are incomplete, scattered and varied. Alternatively, you could pay for research.įor general tips on searching the catalogue, use the Discovery help page.

Very few of the records for civilian medals and awards are available online. To view most of these documents you will need to either visit The National Archives at Kew or pay for copies to be sent to you. Use our catalogue to search for references to records of medals and awards. Searching for other records of medals and awards

You can use The Gazette’s own search tips for help with your searching.

Awards of medals were announced in the official government newspaper, the London Gazette, available on The Gazette website.Ĭitations and recommendations are sometimes included in the Gazettes but are rarely found in the documents held at The National Archives.

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