Charge sheets?

[Eassierider]

Hello, all,

I've just been squinting at my great-uncle's RND service card and have only just noticed the following:

28.9.18. S.C., C.Ss (2), AFB. 122. recd. from SCO. Aldershot.

This was a year after he'd been KIA. After some preliminary rootling, I now know that AFB 122 is a record of charges and punishments. I'm guessing that "C.Ss (2)" means "charge sheets (2)"- is that right? And where might this documentation of ancestral nefariousness be found, if unburnt?

Thanks

P.S. There's an earlier note, which mentions his being on leave from the Division, with the reference "C.C./12583". Anyone know what this reference signifies?

[Eassierider]

Does C.Ss actually mean "conduct sheets"?

[sotonmate]

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I have seen them marked Conduct Sheets,and used for subjects other than... If there are no entries on the Conduct sheet they often have a comment added at the end of service in that unit certifying that no entries were necessary,and signed by an Officer (maybe the Adj.).

Sotonmate

[Nigel Marshall]

P.S. There's an earlier note, which mentions his being on leave from the Division, with the reference "C.C./12583". Anyone know what this reference signifies?

Might C.C./12583 simply be the reference number of the list on which the details of all those proceeding on leave in this batch were entered?

Casualty lists had a similar reference number format. It could be easier to enter in records that 'Leave party C.C/12583 has departed', rather than list all those who have gone.

I'm not certain of this but it seems a pretty reasonable guess.

Cheers,

Nigel

[Eassierider]

Thanks to you both. I've been in touch with the FAA museum in Yeovilton, which holds the records for the Naval Division- unfortunately, it seems likely that no AFB122s or conduct sheets for RND men have survived. The Marines apparently used a different form, copies of which are still in existence, but my relative served in a Naval battalion. I think that, as there were two conduct sheets with the B122, there must have been something more than simply "clean bill, well done", but I guess we'll never know.