Victory medal found.

[JulieM]

Hi, this is my first time on here. I found a Victory medal many years ago, hidden behind a wooden panel in a house we had just moved into. I would like to give it to the chaps family, if any remain.

He was Private Charles Harrop, 2/7 battalion, Manchester Regiment. I have been doing some research myself. I know he died in Flanders on October 9th 1917, there's a memorial to him in Belgium. There seem to be a lot of Harrops in the Lancashire neck of the woods, how this medal came to Herefordshire I have no idea. I can't find his date of birth or if he married & is likely to have had children & then grandchildren who would like the medal.

I would appreciate any help you can give. Thank you.

[charlie]

Welcome to the forum Julie,
Charles Henry Harrop, Pte 7th Bn Manchester Regt, home address 39 Stanley St, married Eliza Jane Campbell of 35 Stanley St, at the Parish Church of St George, Hulme, Manchester on 24th December 1916, both were aged 24.

Charlie

[JulieM]

Great, thank you Charlie. That gives me something to go on. So he wasn't married long before he died.  I'll see if I can find out more about his family on Ancestry UK.

Julie