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In a war in which every man was a hero, the men named below did some deed which raised them above the rest. Many repeated their heroism hence the awarding of a Bar to their original medal - some men acquired two Bars but only one - an Australian - ever earned three Bars. Only when the award had been personally approved by the King and announced in the London Gazette (i.e."gazetted") did an award become official and this could take several months. This was generally linked to other rewards such as promotion or additional pay.

Most citations have been lost and we shall never know what the majority of these Devon men did. In various parts of the country however, a few citations survive. We include a random selection in the pages of the index so that searchers may judge for themselves the special qualities of the men listed on these pages:

Award to a Private in the Liverpool Regiment

"For conspicuous gallantry while a platoon runner during the capture of Hendecourt, on 1st September 1918. He successfully conveyed an important message through heavy enemy shell fire and returned with the answer in time to join the attack."

DEVON'S MILITARY MEDAL RECIPIENTS 1916 - 1920

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PAIGE, T	26332 Private Thomas Paige of the 1st Battalion, the Devon and Cornwall Light Infantry. Son of William and Eliza Paige. Born in Brentor, nr. Tavistock, in the September Quarter of 1884. Military Medal gazetted 21 January 1919.
PARDEW, F	9769 Corporal Frederick Vane Pardew of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Georgina Pardew. Born in Plymouth in the June Quarter of 1897. Military Medal gazetted 9 December 1916; Bar (Italy) gazetted 13 June 1919.
PASCOE, A	16245 Arthur William Pascoe of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Son of James and Mary Pascoe. Born in Paignton in the March Quarter of 1887. Military Medal gazetted 21 January 1918.
PEDRICK, C	207240 Sergeant Charles Pedrick of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Isabella Pedrick. Born in Teignmouth in the December Quarter of 1885. Military Medal gazetted 11 March 1919.
PENNINGTON, E	23599 Private Edwin Pennington of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Son of Harry and Annie Pennington. Born in Exeter in the December Quarter of 1897. Military Medal gazetted 22 July 1919.
PENNY, S	12987 Private Sydney Penny of the 2nd Battalion, the Coldstream Guards. Son of James and Maria Penney, 10 Bay View, Preston, Paignton. Born in Torbryan in the September Quarter of 1874. Killed in action 6 November 1918 aged 34. Military Medal gazetted 7 February 1919.
PEPPER, J	44535 Sergeant John Hamley Pepper of the 12th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment. Son of Frederick William and Amanda Pepper* (née Mutton). Born in Plymouth in the June Quarter of 1900. Military Medal gazetted 7 February 1919. (In the 1911 census, "Annie" Pepper states that she has been married for 20 years. The original marriage entry in the GRO gives her name as "Amanda" and this is confirmed by her birth entry and by her family entry in the 1881 census.)
PERRING, N	508301 2nd Corporal (later acting sergeant) Norman Thomas Perring of the 502nd Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of William and Ellen Perring. Born in South Milton, nr. Kingsbridge, in the June Quarter of 1881. Military Medal gazetted 11 March 1919.
PHILLIPS, C	241009 Private Charles Edwin Phillips of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Lavinia Phillips (née James). Born in Plymouth in the September Quarter of 1897. Military Medal gazetted 13 May 1919.
PHIPPEN, F	23685 Sergeant Frank Dennis Phippen of the Royal Engineers. Son of James and Emma Phippen. Born in Axminster in the March Quarter of 1892. Military Medal gazetted 26 February 1918.
PIDGEON, W	(Information supplied by a family member:) 21012 Sergeant William John Pidgeon of the 14th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of Albert and Eliza Jane Pidgeon (née Hellier). Born in Colaton Raleigh 1 November 1881 - later moved to Torquay. Military Medal gazetted 4 February 1918.
PIKE, W	15596 Corporal William John Pike of the 2nd Battalion the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Alice Pike of Pedley Cottage, East Worlington. Born in Kingsnympton in the June Quarter of 1895. Killed in action 24 April 1918 aged 23. Military Medal gazetted 26 February 1918.
PITMAN, W	457173 Sergeant William Charles Pitman of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of James and Rosilda Pitman. Born in Exmouth in the December Quarter of 1883. Military Medal gazetted 16 October 1917.
PITTS, F	204560 Lance Sergeant Frederick John Pitts of the Hampshire Regiment. Son of Fred and Bessie Pitts. Born in Torquay in the March Quarter of 1887. Military Medal gazetted 2 August 1918.
PONSFORD, E	695111 Private Edgar James Ponsford of the 22nd Battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of Warrick and Laura Ponsford. Born in Plymouth in the September Quarter of 1895. Military Medal gazetted 7 February 1919.
PONSFORD, M	203600 Private Mark Ponsford of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Emma Ponsford. Born in Crockenwell in the September Quarter of 1899. Military Medal gazetted 10 December 1918.
POOK, A	92216 Private Arthur William Pook of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of John and Annie Pook. Born in Plymouth in the June Quarter of 1899. Military Medal gazetted 21 January 1918.
POOK, F	240441 Corporal Frank Edmund Pook (also Pooke) of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment TF. Son of William and Hannah Pook. Born in Horrabridge in the June Quarter of 1891. Military Medal gazetted 10 December 1918.
POOK, W	41270 Private Walter Fred Pook of the 1st Battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of William and Caroline Pook. Born in Newton Abbot in the December Quarter of 1891. Military Medal gazetted 22 July 1919.
PORTER, F	5/2822 Lance Corporal Frederick James Porter of the Royal Irish Regiment. Son of George and Georgina Porter. Born in Tamerton in the June Quarter of 1889. Military Medal gazetted 16 November 1917.
PORTER, H	11974 Corporal Harry Porter of the Yorks and Lancs Regiment. Son of John and Charlotte Porter. Born in Plymouth in the March Quarter of 1879. Military Medal gazetted 29 August 1918.
POTTER, F	9634 Corporal Francis ("Frank") Henry Potter of D/83rd Brigade, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of Henry Albert and Mary Grace Potter of 15 Market Terrace, Tiverton. Born in Totnes in the September Quarter of 1893. Military Medal gazetted 14 September 1916; 1st Bar gazetted 19 February 1917; 2nd Bar gazetted 21 January 1919.
PRICE, E	10457 Private Ernest George Price of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Emily Price. Born in Harpford, nr. Ottery, in the June Quarter of 1895. Military Medal gazetted 21 January 1918.
PRIGG, G	141551 2nd Corporal George Bernard W. Prigg of the Royal Engineers. Son of George and Phoebe Prigg. Born in Ottery St. Mary in the December Quarter of 1883. Military Medal gazetted 21 October 1918.
PROUSE, P	118640 Private Percy Prouse of the Machine Gun Corps. Son of William and Fanny Prouse. Born in Plymtree in the September Quarter of 1896. Military Medal gazetted 12 July 1918.
PROVINCE, C	240336 Sergeant Charles Philip Province of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Neil and Emma Province (née Dumbarton). Born in Plymouth in the March Quarter of 1898. Military Medal gazetted 20 August 1919.
PUGSLEY, B	278023 Private Bertie Henry Pugsley of the 3rd Battalion, the London Regiment. Son of Philip Pugsley (widower). Born in Barnstaple in the December Quarter of 1898. Military Medal gazetted 13 May 1919.
PUNCHER, P	510018 Sergeant Percy Puncher of the Royal Engineers. Son of William and Emma Puncher. Born in Exeter in 1887. Military Medal gazetted 20 August 1919 for his conduct in the war in Salonica.
RABBAGE, A	30499 Corporal Andrew Rabbage of the 46th Field Ambulance, The Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of Robert and Louisa Rabbage. Born in Ipplepen in the June Quarter of 1894. Killed in action 28 July 1918 aged 24. Military Medal gazetted 1918.
RABBAGE, S	24832 Private Stephen John Rabbage of the 10th Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of Elizabeth Rabbage. Believed born in Dawelish in 1886. Military Medal gazetted 11 March 1919.
RADMORE, T	43234 Private Thomas Edward Radmore of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Sarah Radmore. Born in Plymouth in the December Quarter of 1885. Military Medal gazetted 22 July 1919.
RADMORE, W	240124 Private William George Radmore of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment (TF). Son of George and Rosina Radmore. Born in Chudleigh Knighton in the December Quarter of 1886. Military Medal gazetted 10 December 1918.
REDDAWAY, H	7955 Private Harry Reddaway of the Machine Gun Corps - promoted to Lance Corporal. . Son of George and Emma Reddaway. Born in Copplestone, nr. Morchard Bishop in the December Quarter of 1897. Military Medal gazetted 17 December 1917 - Bar gazetted 4 February 1918.
REDMOND, F	DM2/112155 Sergeant Francis Michael Redmond of the Royal Army Supply Corps, attached to the Siege Battery. Brought up with his uncle and aunt, Charles and Fanny Phillips. Born in Exeter St. Thomas in the June Quarter of 1875. Military Medal gazetted 7 February 1919.
REDWOOD, F	9336 Corporal Frederick Robert Redwood of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Sarah Redwood. Born in Newton Abbot in the December Quarter of 1890. Died of his wounds 16 September 1916 aged 25. Military Medal gazetted 25 May 1917.
REED, S	510462 Sapper (promoted to Corporal) Stanley Robert Reed of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Reed. Born in Teigngrace, nr. Bovey Tracey, in the September Quarter of 1897. Military Medal gazetted 19 November 1917; Bar gazetted 11 March 1919.
RENDLE, A	329614 Gunner Alfred Ernest Rendle of the 113th Heavy Battery, the Royal Garrison Artillery. Son of William and Florence Rendle of Ermington. Born in Ermington in the March Quarter of 1896. Millitary Medal gazetted 13 May 1919.
ROBBINS, G	15817 Private George Henry T. Robbins of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Fanny Robbins. Born in Reading, Berks, in the March Quarter of 1897 - the family later moved to Chittlehampton. Military Medal gazetteted 26 February 1918.
ROBERTS, W	241160 Private William John Roberts of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Minnie Roberts. Born in Buckfastleigh in the September Quarter of 1896. Military Medal gazetted 11 March 1919.
ROBINS, J	158762 Sapper John Wheeler Robins of the Royal Engineers. Son of Mary Jane Robins (w). Born in Otterton in the June Quarter of 1891. Military Medal gazetted 12 March 1918.
ROGERS, C	345269 Private Charles Rogers of the 16th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Rogers. Born in North Molton in the September Quarter of 1895. Military Medal gazetted 11 March 1919.
ROWSE, H	41599 Corporal Hawtrey Luther Rowse of the Royal Garrison Artillery, attached to the Trench Mortar Battery. Son of John and Emily Rowse. Born in Ermington in the June Quarter of 1892. Military Medal gazetted 16 October 1917.
ROWCLIFFE, H	31592 Private Harold James Rowcliffe of the 8th Battalion, the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Pollie Rowcliffe. Born in Thelbridge in 1900. Military Medal gazetted 22 July 1919.
ROWE, S	S4/056702 Stanley James Rowe of the Army Supply Corps. Son of George and Laura Rowe (née Couch). Born in Plymouth in the June Quarter of 1897. Military Medal gazetted 19 March 1918.
ROWE, W	104408 Sergeant Walter William Rowe of 175th Company, the Tank Corps. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Rowe of 59 High St., Topsham. Born in Topsham in the March Quarter of 1894. Military Medal gazetted 20 August 1919. (His brother Sidney was killed in action April 15th 1917.)
ROWSELL, A	2219 Corporal Albert Edgar Rowsell of the Devon and Cornwall Light Infantry, attached to the London Regiment. Son of Samuel and Sarah Rowsell. Born in Paignton in the December Quarter of 1898. Military Medal gazetted 4 October 1918.
RUDD, J	Private James Rudd of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and formerly of the Oxford Light Infantry. Son of Thomas and Susan Rudd; husband of Susan (née Damerell). Born in Kingsbridge 20 December 1875. Died 16 April 1918 aged 42. Awarded the Military Medal - gazette date not yet known..
RUNDLE, W	240193 Sergeant William Rundle of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Susannah Rundle. Born in Kingsbridge in the December Quarter of 1884. Military Medal gazetted 13 September 1918.