..I don't know where! Is it Dadireele? It's not a j, a g, or an r afaik.
So here's the link to Certificate and Medals to help get this going. These have been passed to me by my grandfather and when I pass it'll be gifted to a museum. While it's in my possession for the few special years the universe gives us all I figured I'd try to share to with the Historians of Reddit to ask if anyone could identify the city, the activities that were going on at the time, and identify the medals. I'd like to get some input if you think it'd be ok to get the medals polished.
Hope you're all well. Thanks for reading and any input you offer. I'm looking more the historical aspect versus a /r/whatisthisthing thanks.
The town looks like the name 'Dadizeele', which would correspond to the Belgian village of Dadizele. Found ~15 miles east of Ypres, it was liberated by II Corps (which contained the 36th (Ulster) Division) during the 4th Battle of Ypres and the following Battle of Courtrai. During these battles, the 36th Division saw some heavy fighting, even against a German army that was exhausted by its previous attacks and reeling from a broad-front Allied offensive. On the 30th September, the 36th saw heavy fighting as they captured Hill 41, a significant terrain feature to the south of Dadizele. On the 13th-14th October, the division was involved in the opening stages of the Battle of Courtrai. The fighting saw the division break through the German front lines and capture the town of Moorseele, before turning south to take the strongpoint of Gulleghem, which was holding up the advance of the 29th Division. His citation for the award of the medal can be found here. It describes him showing general gallantry throughout the fighting in October and November, as well as a particular action where he displayed enthusiasm, courage and leadership under fire during preparations for the advance from Dadizele towards Moorseele.
As far as the medals go, two of them are campaign medals, awarded to everyone who served in a given campaign or timeframe. Going left-to-right, the first medal is the Distinguished Conduct Medal. This was awarded to other ranks (enlisted men, in modern parlance) in the British Army, with an equivalent medal, the Distinguished Service Order, for officers. It was one of the highest medals that could be awarded, second only to the Victoria Cross. However, it was also more widely awarded than the VC, to the point where the Army instituted a lesser medal, the Military Medal, to prevent the DCM being devalued as an award. The second medal is the British War Medal, awarded to any officer or enlisted man who served in the Army, Navy or RAF between August 1914 and November 1918. The third medal is the Victory Medal, which was awarded to anyone who had served as part of the armed services in a combat theatre in the same time-frame.