Most of the references on the 1914-18 forum to medal forfeiture relate to desertion, but I thought this was interesting:
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According to the Who Do You Think You Are? episode with the gorgeous Patsy Kensit, medals were forfeit for any criminal conviction - not just murder - anything that brought the good name of the Army into disrepute.
Her paternal grandfather forfeited his WW1 medals on being sent down for 3 years for robbery in February 1921.
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http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/fo...owtopic=146705