I understood the medals were forfeited because he didn't serve abroad and I'm fairly certain that came from someone who should know, but will have to ask OH when he gets home. All the letters JH wrote to his fiancée in 1917 and 1918 were written from army hospitals (bronchitis again) or garrisons in the UK.
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 Merry
"Something has been filled in that I didn't know was blank" Matthew Broderick WDYTYA? March 2010
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