H 42084 Smith, Edward, Rifleman

I see I have some catching up to do on the last couple of days posts from you-all ... which I will do shortly as I'm not quite awake as yet. After returning home from Acton, Geoff put on "THE BAND OF BROTHERS" DVD series which totally absorbed our attention until we went to sleep., therefore I didn't get back to this.

BTW ... "Band of Brothers" is an amazing series!

I do want to comment that I'm really sad to say that Grandpa Joe (Ed's Dad) never got to see his sons medals, as he died in that house fire Sept. 17th, 1945 ... (which also would have been the day of Uncle Ed's 22nd birthday) Granny Joe received the medals I assume, as they were around when I was a little kid. I don't recall ever seeing a "MEMORIAL BAR" though?

MARK ... thank you for taking the time to do this for me, and to post all of this information. As ever, you give SO much to help people know and understand. There are so many people in here that you've gone out of your way to research and answer for... and thanks you-all for your input.

Time for more coffee Back soon.

Karmen