MACRAE Posted 28 September , 2004 Share Posted 28 September , 2004 I have a Silver War Badge No b316673 how do i find out who was awarded this and what does the prefix letter b mean ?. thank you Dan Macrae allways looking for Macrae medals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 28 September , 2004 Share Posted 28 September , 2004 I think this could be an MGC one - ask Steve - hmsk212. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 30 September , 2004 Share Posted 30 September , 2004 I have a Silver War Badge No b316673 how do i find out who was awarded this and what does the prefix letter "B" mean ?. thank you To obtain details of the Recipient of an anonymous War Badge from its Number alone you will need to contact one of those limited band of researchers,who offer that service,as evidently a breakdown code is required to access the Number Series,that give the breakdown required to find the recipient.Various researchers offer this service including :~ Great War Medals{Steve & Maggie Law} Jonathan Collins Military Research The letter "B" signifies an Army recipient from the later issue,the first issue being just numbers,from 1 upwards{Other services had their own Prefixes,MN,RN{RN/RM/Etc:},RAF,A{Australia}C{Canada};Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmsk212 Posted 30 September , 2004 Share Posted 30 September , 2004 I think this could be an MGC one - ask Steve - hmsk212. Ian Sorry, no it isn't an MGC badge, nor Tank Corps Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Matthews Posted 30 September , 2004 Share Posted 30 September , 2004 I have a Silver War Badge No b316673 how do i find out who was awarded this and what does the prefix letter b mean ?. thank you Dan The only thing I can tell you from the badge number alone is that it was probably issued at the end of October / beginning of November 1919. Rgds Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 1 October , 2004 Share Posted 1 October , 2004 I have a Silver War Badge No b316673 how do i find out who was awarded this and what does the prefix letter "B" mean ?. thank you To obtain details of the Recipient of an anonymous War Badge from its Number alone you will need to contact one of those limited band of researchers,who offer that service,as evidently a breakdown code is required to access the Number Series,that give the breakdown required to find the recipient.Various researchers offer this service including :~ Great War Medals{Steve & Maggie Law} Jonathan Collins Military Research The letter "B" signifies an Army recipient from the later issue,the first issue being just numbers,from 1 upwards{Other services had their own Prefixes,MN,RN{RN/RM/Etc:},RAF,A{Australia}C{Canada};Etc. And if you are really lucky Steve or I will do it for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 6 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2004 Many thanks i am okay at badges ie regimental badges but the research part on the rear of these ones realy gets me, I have just returned from somme it was nice the new visitors centre at Thiepval is now open its looks more like a tourist trap and will probally by the looks of it will expand to a BUSINESS more than anything else, It was sad to see the fake badges for sale in albert museum i have no problem with fakes as long as they are marked fakes, I was given 2 badge when i was there that was found by the person field walking (tank corp) (Australian ) again thank you for help on the badge it would be nice to know whom it was issued to . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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