flaxxman Posted 5 March , 2010 Share Posted 5 March , 2010 I have just acquired a silver badge with the words For King And Empire on the front. It also has Services rendered as well on it. There is a number on the back, which is B26006. I would be interested to know some history about the person who was awarded this badge with a view to possibly returning it to the ancestors. However that last idea is not set in stone. I would appreciate any guidance on how to go about looking into this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longboat Posted 5 March , 2010 Share Posted 5 March , 2010 flaxxman, What you have sounds like a Silver War Badge This is from the LLT http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/swb.htm Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 5 March , 2010 Share Posted 5 March , 2010 F There are at least two members here who could probably tell you whose it was. If you can change the title to something like "Whose SWB was this ?" you might attract some more attention ! Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaxxman Posted 5 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2010 Thanks to both of you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 5 March , 2010 Share Posted 5 March , 2010 B26006 is not on the rifles SWB rolls. The nearest is B26044 with a Discharge Date of 24 Sep 1918 and it's the first badge on a roll page dated 19 Oct 1918. The previous roll page is dated 27 Sep 1918 and finishes with SWB badge number B21523. That might help narrow things down a bit Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 5 March , 2010 Share Posted 5 March , 2010 Hi it wasn't issued through Northern Command at York the nearest I can get is B26032 That eliminates NF, DLI, E YORK, W York, DWR, Green Howards, Y&L, KOYLI. regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 5 March , 2010 Share Posted 5 March , 2010 F You can begin to see that there was no particular consequential series allocated. Having seen a few SWB Ledgers I get the impression that a batch is allocated to a Regiment and whenever it reaches near the end of that batch it applies for another batch,by which time the intervening numbers have dissipated across the nation ! All this entirely dependant on the luck of the draw as to how many servicemen are wounded/sick and become recipients. All power to those here who have tried to provide an answer to the steady number of enquiries of your nature and are listing the 288 ledgers full of SWBs. Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 5 March , 2010 Share Posted 5 March , 2010 I can't see it on the Cavalry Rolls issued at Canterbury. The nearest I have is B26584 on a roll dated 23/10/18. List CC456. The previous page ends with B24027 and is dated 19/10/18. List CC455 Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 6 March , 2010 Share Posted 6 March , 2010 Having seen a few SWB Ledgers I get the impression that a batch is allocated to a Regiment and whenever it reaches near the end of that batch it applies for another batch,by which time the intervening numbers have dissipated across the nation ! Sotonmate From the rifles record office SWB roll that's exactly the impression I get too. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaxxman Posted 7 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 7 March , 2010 As always with this forum a fantastic response. Thank you all who have taken the time to have a look for me. Well it looks like I will have to search in the National Archive for an answer. I will keep you posted on any developments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 7 March , 2010 Share Posted 7 March , 2010 As always with this forum a fantastic response. Thank you all who have taken the time to have a look for me. Well it looks like I will have to search in the National Archive for an answer. I will keep you posted on any developments. At least you can be reasonably confident that the man's Date of Discharge will lie in the Sep-Oct 1918 range. Good luck! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riflegreen Posted 7 March , 2010 Share Posted 7 March , 2010 B26006 is not on the rifles SWB rolls Mark , There are approx. sixteen pages missing form the RB/KRRC rolls . probably removed by "researchers " in the past who couldn't be bothered to copy the page . Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 8 March , 2010 Share Posted 8 March , 2010 B26006 is not on the rifles SWB rolls Mark , There are approx. sixteen pages missing form the RB/KRRC rolls . probably removed by "researchers " in the past who couldn't be bothered to copy the page . Chris Thanks Chris - that's very well worth knowing since I'm planning on putting them all into a database over the next two years!!! Do you have the page refs for the missing ones? I can then annotate my copy of the rolls so I take the gaps into account in future. In this particular case the pages are as follows ... List M/1111 (WO date 04 Oct 18; Rifles Records date 27 Sep 18) - SWB Nos. B21511 - B21523 List M/1112 (WO date 23 Oct 18; Rifles Records date 19 Oct 18) - SWB Nos. B26044 - B26054 ... so it looks like these are adjacent pages. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riflegreen Posted 8 March , 2010 Share Posted 8 March , 2010 Thanks Chris - that's very well worth knowing since I'm planning on putting them all into a database over the next two years!!! Do you have the page refs for the missing ones? I can then annotate my copy of the rolls so I take the gaps into account in future. In this particular case the pages are as follows ... List M/1111 (WO date 04 Oct 18; Rifles Records date 27 Sep 18) - SWB Nos. B21511 - B21523 List M/1112 (WO date 23 Oct 18; Rifles Records date 19 Oct 18) - SWB Nos. B26044 - B26054 ... so it looks like these are adjacent pages. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riflegreen Posted 8 March , 2010 Share Posted 8 March , 2010 Mark , I didn't note the missing pages , it was a case of getting the RB ones into a database , took me over a year . Some of the entries are very hard to read & there are lots of errors in the service numbers . Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Anderson Posted 9 March , 2010 Share Posted 9 March , 2010 I have a note (cant remember the scource ) of badge B26006 being issued to a member of No 2 Coy 2nd Div Train, Army Service Corps, the soldier being discharged on 15/10/1918 and badge issued from from roll ASC/2848. Hope this is of some help, Donny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apwright Posted 9 March , 2010 Share Posted 9 March , 2010 Not sure if this helps, but the MIC of S/31514 Pte, Cpl & A/WO2 Richard ECCLES of No.2 Coy 2nd Div. Train ASC mentions SWB List ASC/2848. He also has cards for MSM and MiD, but none show a date of discharge or a SWB number. No Pension/Service rec found, though. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Anderson Posted 10 March , 2010 Share Posted 10 March , 2010 Adrian, Eccles was the soldier in receipt of SWB B26006 mentioned in my previous post Donny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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