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New roll at the NA

Posted on Fri, 17 December 2010 by Phil Mussell - General News, Medal News

The medal roll for the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Long Service Medal has recently been made available at The National Archives at Kew.

 

The roll consists of a large sea green book containing the names of all those men and women who qualified for the medal and any appropriate bar(s), between 1967 and 1995. Arranged in alphabetical order, it records the surname and initial(s) of the recipient, if they were a Mrs or Miss is also recorded, the dates of qualifying service and to which command the medal was sent for onward presentation to the recipient.

 

The roll is available under the reference ADM 171/203 and it is not included in the recent release of medal rolls by Ancestry.