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A citation or recommendation may sometimes survive in the service record of the individual.
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Search with the name of a medal using the advanced search to target the records of the respective record departments for each branch of the military, as follows: In most cases, the best place to start is the London Gazette, available on The Gazette website, though for many medals a citation was not published (see the table below for medal-by-medal details).Extracts from pre-publication copies of announcements are in series WO 389., AIR 30 or WO 32.For 1935-1990 see the online copies of WO 373, recommendations for military honours and awards.Whether a record of a citation or a recommendation survives depends, largely, on the type of award.Occasionally citations are published in the London Gazette but not always at the same date as the announcement.There was always a delay between the gallant deed, the actual award of a medal, and publication in the London Gazette.
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