ADMIRALTY MEDAL ROLLS

The navy differed from the army in that all men who served got at least the British War Medal evn if he was on home service, or joined and dicharged after a short time. The Navy rolls are part of the ADM171 files at the PRO, they are not on a card index. The total entitlement is entered on a roll and there is only one roll for all medals. There are no records of issue of for the Mercantile marine medal, and also there are no records for the Silver War Badge.