Cause of Discharge A.O. 291/18 Para 2a

[MotherMave]

Hi can anyone help with the information that is written on a Medal Card :-

British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about Joseph Jas Grainger

Name: Joseph Jas Grainger

Regiment or Corps: RW Fus TF

Regimental Number: 240548

Rank:- L/Cpl.

Enlistment:- 4th August 1914

Discharged:- 3rd January 1919 Cause of Discharge A.O. 291/18 Para 2a

Action taken:- List J/1219 2

Nothing else written on card.

I suspect this soldier died in 1924 and he was treated and died in Liverpool at the Eye hospital there.

Found in the Undertaker's Books at Flintshire Record Office:-

Joseph James GRAINGER, 28th September 1924 age 36, Husband of Mary Catherine GRAINGER, 22, Princes Street, Connah's Quay. Died at the Eye & Ear Hospital, Myrtle Street, Liverpool, There were 3 Coaches at the Funeral..

Can anyone tell me what the cause of discharge means please.

[GraemeClarke]

Hi

See this link which says

 

AO 291/18 para 2a would be Army Order 291 see below.

Regards Mark

Army Order 291 Silver War Badge - October 1918
1. In view of the provisions of the Military Service (No 2) Act, 1918, His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the amendment of the conditions governing the award of the Silver War Badge granted under Army Orders 316 of 1916, 50 and 265 of 1917.
2. Under the amended conditions the badge will, subject in every case to the approval of the Army Council, be issued to the individuals specified below, who served with the Colours for at least seven days subsequent to the 4th August, 1914:
(a) Disabled men who have served during the present war outside the British Islands, or have served in the field in any previous war.
-b ) Disabled men who although they have not served as in (a) above, are in possession of Army Form B 2079 endorsed by the recruiting authorities to the effect that they have been found to be totally and permanently unfit for any form of military service; or who have left or been discharged on account of neurasthenia or allied functional nerve disease certified by a Special Medical Board to be the result of military service in the present war.
c) Persons who have left or been discharged from the military forces for reasons other than misconduct, and who at the time of the receipt of their application for the award of their badge are over the military age specified in the Military Service Acts at that time in force.
3. The badge will, subject to the approval of the Army Council, also be issued to the undermentioned persons who have served with the military forces subsequent to the 4th August, 1914:
(a) Persons who are in possession of Ministry of National Service Form 2079, or who are over the military age specified in the Military Service Acts for the time being in force, and who:
(i) have served with the Royal Army Medical Corps under a fixed agreement
for a period of service; or .
(ii) have with the sanction of the military authorities been employed with the
army overseas and have resigned their military employment on account of
disablement or ill health.
- b ) Female nurses and members of Voluntary Aid Detachments and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps who have been discharged or have relinquished their duties on account of physical disabilities such as would render them permanently unfit for further service in their respective corps.
4. In this Order the phrase "disabled men" means men (including officers) who have left or been discharged from the military forces in consequence of disablement or ill-health caused otherwise than by misconduct.
5. Army Orders 316 of 1916 and 50 and 265 of 1917 are hereby cancelled

Regards,

Graeme

[MotherMave]

Thank you so much for your swift reply, I am very grateful.

Many thanks again, Mavis