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Eligible Merchant seamen and officers were entitled to British War Medal and the Mercantile Marine Medal. There are Medal Index Cards available in the National Archives series BT 351/1/1, BT 351/1/2 and MT 9/1404. Refer [[Medal Rolls#Research Guides|Research Guides, above]] for a Search facility. Relevant records may be downloaded for a fee.
Members of the Indian Mercantile Marine were also eligible for the above medals<ref>[http://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/_Master/docs/Imperial/WWI/WWI-criteria-Mercantile-Marine-War-Medal-Australian-transcribed.pdf The Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914 – 1918] defence.gov.au</ref>, but it is seems probable these medals were issued by the Indian Governmentof India, and do not appear in the National Archives records.
==British Library records==
