Can one of our Military Experts give an explanation please

[MaryA]

Hi everybody, after all the hype about WWI you would think that I would understand things better by now, but that's not true and I would like to be set straight if you can.

First question is what exactly does the Qualifying Date relate to? is it a battle? an enlistment date?

Second is what do the Roll and Page references mean for the medals? do these have anything to do with the War Diaries - probably not.

Thanks for your help and guidance

[Bertieone]

Hi Mary,

Explanation here,

http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/interpretmic.html

[daggers]

The entries within the rubber stamp, top right, relate to the Medal Rolls, still held by Kew and not yet online. They might show a little more detail, sometimes the battalion number, but CWGC shows this soldier as 7th Battalion KLR.
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[MaryA]

That's just what I needed, thanks a lot.