MILITARY MEDALS EXPERT| THE DEBRIEF | TV's Medals Specialist Mark Smith

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MILITARY MEDALS EXPERT| THE DEBRIEF | TV's Medals Specialist Mark Smith

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In this episode of The Debrief, former 22 SAS Trooper Big Phil Campion speaks to Mark Smith.
Born into a family steeped in military history, Mark began his medal collecting journey aged just 6 years old. Turning his hobby into a career, Mark is one of the leading, and most highly regarded experts in military medals, RAF flying logs and the Victoria Cross. Mark is the Resident Arms and Militaria specialist on the BBC’s Antique Roadshow and is widely regarded as the foremost medals and orders specialist in the country.
Mark is the Medal Consultant at A.H Baldwin & Sons Ltd - www.baldwin.co...
And regularly delivers overseas battlefield tours as part of the tour team at Barbed Wire Tours - www.barbedwire...
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@lewischarles9450 6 ай бұрын

Mark Smith needs a TV series talking about medals, incredible way of bring the people back to life

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@alistairmills7608 Ай бұрын

Truth

@johndillon5290 6 ай бұрын

What an incredible man, he shows so much respect to the original owners of the medals and a great historian.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

He was a pleasure to have on the show, Thank you for watching.

@TheExsoldier1 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant!!! what an interesting bloke! I could listen to him for ages..Top marks for getting him Phil!!:)

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@markhardie4887 6 ай бұрын

Mark Smith , what an amazing man , thanks Phil great show again .

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BigPinkJohn 4 ай бұрын

The first time I heard Mark talk about medals I found something warm and gripping in his voice and the way he tells the stories.

@GrahamRozee 6 ай бұрын

I knew a member of the Guinea pig club in my childhood, he was scary to look at as a child in the 60's. Wish I was older and could have given him the respect he deserved.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@rayking2254 6 ай бұрын

What an amazing guy your are Mark thanks for your service both of you

@dustwadge 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant...! LEST WE FORGET🇬🇧

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@TellySavalas-or5hf 6 сағат бұрын

I loved those British Medals the most.

@laramieclarke5439 6 ай бұрын

Who is Mark? He is an expert on British medals and, more importantly, the stories behind them. Keep up the great work, Mark. Bless you.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@user-wd7vg5yl5g 6 ай бұрын

Watched twice - I collect British military medals- brilliant podcast 🇬🇧

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@TomJamesBarker 5 ай бұрын

This honestly wouldn't have been a podcast i would have sought out, but im so glad it played automatically because i thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish! Excellent!

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@cham3784 6 ай бұрын

Great interview. My grandad was a gunner in the navy during WW2 and my grandma was a land army girl. My grandad loved his ship and had lots of black & white photos of it hung on his walls at home. They used to try tell us stories when we were kids about the war and I wish so much I’d listened now.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@jasonwojcikLR130 6 ай бұрын

Great episode, really moving story to know that especially with the medals with no names but still representing a persons story 👍

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@richardwakefield2719 6 ай бұрын

If only you could get Mark, back once a month with a few medals to tell us the back story of the people and how they won them. Perhaps an hour split into four 15 minute segments on each recipient?

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!

@davebryant3441 6 ай бұрын

When you held the Waterloo and Balaclava medals that was very special, brilliant once again

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, Dave! 🙌🏻

@billybigskid 3 ай бұрын

I have my grandad’s WW2 medals, cap badge and photo in a frame on the wall, was the reason I joined the cadets as a kid and then the army in 1975 aged 16. He won’t be forgotten.

@ForceRadioHQ 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@ragnarl9130 6 ай бұрын

I have 27 ancestors who served in WW1, I have all their Info, from my 2 great grandfather's, to great great uncles, and 1st cousins 3 times removed, I'm extremely proud of every single one of them, between them they fought in every battle on the western front. They served in multiple regiments and even for Canada and Indian regiments,, I've 9 my learned this in the last 12 months as my cousin is a geaneologist and has tirelessly researched and found them all,,, I'd love to talk to Mark about them, wat a fantastic feature, bravo Mark

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@mikelucking4590 3 ай бұрын

The only debrief to have me in tears, history aand family remembered

@ForceRadioHQ 3 ай бұрын

Wow, Thank you for watching

@johnnunn8688 6 ай бұрын

Fascinating, Mark, thanks.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@alistairmills7608 Ай бұрын

So glad I watched this Phil and Mark. Thank you.

@ForceRadioHQ Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@robertmarshall2521 3 ай бұрын

In dads army Captain colonel Square said of Cpl Jones medals that hey where an illuminated history of the British Empire

@gavinchia5841 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic interview. The story behind each medal. My dad sat me down and told me a quick story about each of his medals I wish I'd written it down. He passed away 2 months later.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss.

@mdshovel Ай бұрын

Transfixed. Totally, and surprisingly, taken along from beginning to end without moving from my chair, while my brewing tea went cold. Another fine debrief .. you have developed something truly worthwhile.

@ForceRadioHQ Ай бұрын

Thank you for your support ⚔️

@KingsleyGallagher 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant, yes in every corner of the world 🌎,medals are cherished,

@karlv2876 6 ай бұрын

Great interview , many thanks .

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! We really appreciate it!

@guypenrose5477 6 ай бұрын

Writing this now I am looking at my grandfather’s mounted and framed set of medals from WW2. Sadly they are copies because he lent the originals to someone for a parade and they were never returned. There are many ways that they get lost or stolen. I hadn’t realised that the originals were not engraved with his details so in a way it makes the fact that the set I have now are copies less of a thing. This was a great podcast.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing!

@paralogregt 3 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work. The diversity of guests is really interesting. You maybe should interview some lads who have been really successful after leaving the forces. Like Bruce Compton, or the scottish fellow who runs old folks homes etc.

@ForceRadioHQ 3 ай бұрын

We are always looking for new guests! 😁

@Toe_M 4 ай бұрын

I remember seeing the sword of Captain Noel Chavasse VC & bar MC displayed in the officers mess of 208 field hospital RAMC in Liverpool in the 80s

@philipholme9911 6 ай бұрын

Intrestingly enough I met a gentleman on St Catherines Grove who was a member of the Guinea Pig club in the 1990s, i believe he went to the hospital at No 4 RAF Hospital Rauceby. If my memory serves me right there was marker plates on the wall of the buiding at Rauceby where guniea pigs where treat . In 1940 the building was taken over by the Royal Air Force; renamed as No.4 RAF Hospital Rauceby, it became a crash and burns unit under the control of nearby RAF Cranwell. During its tenure as a burns unit plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe worked at the facility, along with other members of the "Guinea Pig Club".[3] The wartime Burns Unit was situated in Orchard House, built alongside the hospital orchard.[4] There was a major fire in the hall in 1945 and it was badly damaged although it was subsequently restored.[1] The RAF handed the hospital back for civilian use in 1947 and it joined the National Health Service as Rauceby Hospital in 1948 although patients did not actually return until 1949.[1]

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@GrahamRozee 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant show, very educational and emotional.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@GrahamRozee 6 ай бұрын

@@ForceRadioHQ no thankyou Phil, I've enjoyed watching all your podcasts with force radio as you seem to get the best out of all of those you interview. One question I have always wanted to ask you is, are you the SAS soldier that during a hostage rescue mission the first thing you did after getting into position was get a brew on whilst firing at the enemy ?

@deandarvill3821 4 ай бұрын

What a interesting episode. I am lucky enough to have one of my Grandfathers original medals (UK service only) and WWII era copies for my other grandfather who was captured at the Battale of Arras in 1940 and spent the rest of the War as a PoW in Poland and germany until his release in 1945.

@JayMac-gh1kx 3 ай бұрын

Great show as always Phil from a oldswet my self an ex'service AB ALL THE WAY BROTHER 😊😊

@ForceRadioHQ 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support as always!

@JayMac-gh1kx 3 ай бұрын

Ur welcome brother!! Ur welcome m8t big thanks again 4all of ur shows 4rom me an my family members to u all at the show the team n ur family Phil have a grate wk n wknd etc ok bro cheers man!!

@marksimpson4258 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant 👍 I know a chap that's now in the resevers that has 16 medals from regular and reserve service, I've kept all my boxes from 1980 to now 👍.

@ForceRadioHQ 4 ай бұрын

Nice one!

@Schneter 5 ай бұрын

Mark Smith is an incredible man.

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@Sarah-JaneR32 6 ай бұрын

Such a lovely interview, having done battlefield tours and in particular where my grandad fought in WW1, it is always the persons personal story that I first thought of, thank you

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support! 😁

@stevehodgman2570 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely great interview. I had the great pleasure of meeting Mark his knowledge is incredible top guy Mark hope to catch up when I hit the uk

@spencerjennings3056 5 ай бұрын

This brought me to tears. Wonderful

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@colinjones7741 6 ай бұрын

Melvin and Coghill escaped with the colours at the battle of ishandlwa and they were both killed and the colours ended up in the river and about thirty years ago they were found and are now in Brecon Cathedral and the memorial to Melvin and Coghill.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@stever7066 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Cheers.

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@tobytaylor2154 4 ай бұрын

I loved this episode, saw some medals that's within my family, and Phil looking thoroughly interested and humbled. ✌️🇬🇧

@martinsmith6049 5 ай бұрын

Excellent

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@martinsmith6049 5 ай бұрын

@@ForceRadioHQ I imagine most of us who get these military feeds get a lot of the same thing and after 25 years of internet... But this guy was outside the loop, yet part of our story. The Balaclava/Chinese guns for the VC was an eye opener for me, big lad. Loved your story about the big pink settee in Kabul, BTW. I burst out laughing at that.

@briansims5059 5 ай бұрын

Excellent, as a fellow medal collector I really enjoyed this, and could relate straight away when he mentioned the human element behind the medals, I always think about this side. Thank you.

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@phys.ed74 3 ай бұрын

These podcasts are always entertaining, some great guests but I genuinely learned a lot from this one. Guy Gibson's VC would be priceless!!!

@ForceRadioHQ 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@vern6573 6 ай бұрын

Have a long deceased relative Louis Strange RAF has a amazing set of medals and story that are displayed in Dorchester, my son is named after him.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@stoneman886 6 ай бұрын

Superb .... very moving stories.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

@michaelblack7726 6 ай бұрын

What a brilliant podcast, so inspirational and exceptionally edicational, was almost away at the guy dying the last day, Thanks for that, this should be taught in schools up and down the country,

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! 😁

@inspectorclouseau3880 6 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that, fascinating to hear those stories.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching

@IntrinsicSV 6 ай бұрын

A fascinating episode, I will now have to do more research into my great-uncle who, I understand he was from Walthamstow served in the Essex Regiment died in Egypt of the Flu but was believed to have been involved in the Palestine campaign against the Turks. The rest of the family medal are German and Austro -Hungarian.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@reggieperrin4994 3 ай бұрын

Just brilliant show

@ForceRadioHQ 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@adamlewis560 6 ай бұрын

wow this is epic

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 👊

@granitesevan6243 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting stuff. It's also nice to see Les Battersby looking so well

@Smudger6938 3 ай бұрын

Great Idea! Very different type of topic to your usual. I've heard many recent servicemen slating medal collectors, sometimes with good reason but i think most collectors really do keep their memory alive. Lets face it, most people these days don't give a shit. They've ended up in the market because they're viewed as 'the past '

@daz.j 3 ай бұрын

enjoyed this one phil keep them coming

@christaylor491 6 ай бұрын

Great episode Phil, very interesting 👍

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@ryanmccarthy1215 6 ай бұрын

There's a 20 stone 6ft bearded and tattoed bloke here with tears in his eyes hearing those stories behind the medals. Fantastic watch/listen. Very very interesting

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@darrenbow4533 5 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work top shows Big Phil

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@deltacharlie1 6 ай бұрын

The hospital is not in Kent its in East Grinstead Sussex....

@Ruggers75 6 ай бұрын

Great Pod, as others have said, could listen to Mark for hours, alwasy enjoy his bits on the telly box, well dont Phil and team.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the support!

@green823jade 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating

@ForceRadioHQ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jasonpeter4491 6 ай бұрын

Only just started and soo looking forward too this discussion 👍🏼

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

We hope you enjoyed the podcast!

@taffdavies35 6 ай бұрын

Bloody dust in my eyes.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@pepperroney2847 6 ай бұрын

Best podcast out there. Keep making them.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

🙏🤩 Thank you

@mannycowen8357 6 ай бұрын

Gem, what a fantastic show

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the support

@adventureworlduk 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic show Phil, love the podcast 👏 👍

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support!

@ozzyfarrow9872 6 ай бұрын

What a great interview

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching.

@MC14may 6 ай бұрын

To recipients 99.999% of the time medals sit in drawers getting tarnished and neglected. I'm not ashamed to say I sold mine as they were never on my chest and at the time I needed hard cash for a deposit. I don't regret selling mine for a second

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@PhotographsFromGraeme 2 ай бұрын

Again another brilliant episode a lot more interesting than I thought top job Phil

@ForceRadioHQ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@PhotographsFromGraeme 2 ай бұрын

@@ForceRadioHQ i have more in my KZfaq to watch list I agree not putting the names on the soldiers models was a disgrace and a disservice to them men who put there lives on the line for our country they could have honoured them by putting their names on there medals

@pooooornopigeon 3 ай бұрын

Jackie Mann ( the former hostage in Lebanon ) was a member of the Guineapig Club.

@christophermellor-hill9643 6 ай бұрын

I Agree !!

@RobertLewis-el9ub 6 ай бұрын

Everyone I know wear mounted replicas - the originals usually remain in their boxes unmounted.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@pauljermyn5909 6 ай бұрын

Successive governments have been crapping on the military and veterans for centuries, we have always been able to rely on our military, rarely our government

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@petermanning1864 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting man.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Perhaps we should have him back on for another show!

@jodyburrows1253 6 ай бұрын

Another good one

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

wow thanks so much for the support!

@user-wd7vg5yl5g 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@timhannah4 6 ай бұрын

Great show, Many Thanks........My 6 are likely worthless 🤣

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@johnnunn8688 6 ай бұрын

If you watch the film The Battle of Britain, there’s an RAF officer in that who is a member of the Guinea Pig Club, for real.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TheFlagsofDawn 2 ай бұрын

Just watched mark Smith talk -thank you Phil. Would you tell him that I have a friend of the guinea pigs Metal badge presented to me buy one of the original guinea pigs if he is interested…

@VonDutch68 5 ай бұрын

My Dads medal group has 14 including the BEM.

@ForceRadioHQ 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@VonDutch68 5 ай бұрын

@@ForceRadioHQ I probably should have also mentioned that my Dads medals cover Korea, Malaya, Borneo and 2 tours of Vietnam. And as an ex matelot myself, might I say, BZ Phil !

@ThePhil543 6 ай бұрын

The Hospital is the Queen Victoria in East Grinstead which still has tributes to the guinea pig club

@rosemarieross4277 21 күн бұрын

Just caught this episode only 5 months late. Absolutely spellbinding could listen to him for hours. Any chance of getting VC ( josh) on the podcast. My nephew ( 1 para) was out in Afghan with Josh.

@ForceRadioHQ 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the support! Glad you enjoyed it 😁 We are always open to suggestions!

@marilyndeverell6613 6 ай бұрын

I served in Belfast in 1973 and when returning to my station Brize Norton I was asked if I wanted my medal GSM I said no the worst thing I have ever done as I got older I realised my gross mistake I have tried to re apply for my medal and I have been told they have no record of my service at Sydenham airfield which was the major diversion airfield for Aldergrove as I stand at the cenotaph on Remembrance Day I feel so sad I was proud to have been a member of the RAF Fire Service I am now 71 I wish I had my gong

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing, sorry about your medal

@pooooornopigeon 3 ай бұрын

You deserve your medal.

@user-td8hw2se7z 6 ай бұрын

My Grandad WW2 didn’t send for his, he said if they couldn’t be bothered to send them he couldn’t be bothered to send for them.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@user-td8hw2se7z 6 ай бұрын

@@ForceRadioHQ we are now in the process of getting his records to try and find his story, he did tell some of it when he was alive but he would tell me one story but not his sons, we have all since talked about this to find he told us all different bits.

@s.wvazim6517 6 ай бұрын

13 years service went around the globe on "operations" and not 1 medal on my chest..were did i go wrong

@andrewmallard2301 6 ай бұрын

Mark is also good company for a night out and a few drinks.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

We don't doubt that! Thanks for watching!

@ragnarl9130 6 ай бұрын

The tax free bounty now for a VC has been raised to £10,000 a year

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@chrissaunders697 2 ай бұрын

Queen victoria hospital east grinstead in East Sussex

@johnnunn8688 6 ай бұрын

I would like to know, what the Australian VC is made of?

@jbuckley2546 6 ай бұрын

He says in the podcast.

@scootjockey 6 ай бұрын

Lost my NI medal but i know who i am.

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

💪🏻

@jodyburrows1253 6 ай бұрын

P getting emotional

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@ianjacques-keen9137 6 ай бұрын

Permission for bottom lip to wibble Sir! 😢🤕🥵🤧🤓🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@ForceRadioHQ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@ianjacques-keen9137 5 ай бұрын

@@ForceRadioHQ Mr Campion, you won’t remember meeting me , but in 2019/20 you pulled into the gates at 42 Commando Royal Marines at Bickleigh Barracks in Plymouth in your Range Rover with your Wife in the car. You spoke to an MPGS Sergeant on the gate guarding the unit and were kind enough to say hello and shake his hand. That was me and I was very please to meet you. 🤓🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@MarkJones-el4gn Ай бұрын

I have my medal but not childern in my mid 50s I wounder when I am gone what will happen to my medals

@ForceRadioHQ Ай бұрын

what would you like to happen to them?

@MarkJones-el4gn Ай бұрын

@ForceRadioHQ well hope they end up with someone that will appreciate them, what this video has shown me is that I need to get the paperwork together to show the real history of my medals

@CharlesStevenage 2 ай бұрын

I sold my medals out of disgust

@ForceRadioHQ 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@JammyDodger45 Ай бұрын

Is that your "Jim'll Fix it Medal" you're referring to? You don't need to be disgusted pal, the nasty man did it to you.

@johnarnell4241 6 ай бұрын

This is a podcast,three msm churnalists talking about the same shit they talk about on msm ain't

@gavansimkin5685 6 ай бұрын

It's a shame that those Medals don't mean shit! In when it comes to protecting Baby Rapping, Gangs! In your Country, as much.uch as yous do in mine, as much as the Local Member of Parliament, does.

@andyk3802 3 ай бұрын

Recently I visited the local cemetery in Wareham Dorset. You see WWII graves post the war. Sailors that wash up on the beach and found after the war. Very sad.

@ForceRadioHQ 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@stevesharpe361 3 ай бұрын

I traced one of my ancestors medals (not yet found). He was awarded the punjab medal, Indian Mutiny and the LSGC. But I noticed that his LSGC medal would have had the same ribbon as the VC. That must be why they added the two white stipes to the edges.

@Wut3225 3 ай бұрын

No it wasn’t changed due to that.

@stevesharpe361 3 ай бұрын

@@Wut3225 In 1916 a new ribbon began to be used for the medal, as published in Army Order 183 of June 1916, to distinguish it from the ribbon of the Victoria Cross.