Gunner Bailey Posted 5 September , 2013 Share Posted 5 September , 2013 Quick question. Is there any easy way of tracing a Navy SWB (yet)? Thanks. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 6 September , 2013 Share Posted 6 September , 2013 You can download the rolls for the Royal Naval issued Silver War Badges from the National Archives (search through ADM171) for free. There is also a down loadable index. Otherwise, you can search by name on Ancestry.com via this linkhttp://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1687 Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 6 September , 2013 Share Posted 6 September , 2013 ADM 171 Silver War Badge Rolls have not been digitised and cannot be downloaded from Kew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 6 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2013 Thanks Horatio. I think I'll have to bide my time. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 6 September , 2013 Share Posted 6 September , 2013 Sorry, I was absolutely convinced I had downloaded them in the past from the National Archives... Either way, they are available from Ancestry via the above link. This is a link to one of the Silver War Badge bookshttp://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1687/32164_A001957-00000?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1687%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=32164_A001957-00004 Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 6 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2013 Well done Sepoy. You were right all along. The Navy lists have appeared and I've found my badge holder (No 610 L J Dyer) Many thanks - John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7KRRC Posted 18 January , 2015 Share Posted 18 January , 2015 Can't locate mine...............any ideas? No: 37685 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawryleslie Posted 12 December , 2015 Share Posted 12 December , 2015 (edited) Can't locate mine...............any ideas? No: 37685Badge Number 37685 belonged to Private Henry Withey Regimental No 2535 of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment discharged 10/6/16 aged 47 yrs. According to his MIC he was awarded the 1914-15 Star for active service in France as well as the British War and Victory Medals.SWB Record here...... http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/2456/wo329_3125-00159/506235?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dSilverWarBadgeMedals%26gss%3dangs-d%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26_F8006879%3d37685%26MSAV%3d0%26uidh%3dh33%26pcat%3d39%26fh%3d0%26h%3d506235%26recoff%3d39%2b40%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord MIC here...... http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/1262/30850_A001713-00462/5099935?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dmedalrolls%26gsfn%3dHenry%26gsln%3dWithey%26_F0007E0F%3dRoyalWarwickshireRegiment%26_F0007E0F_x%3dXPN%26_F8007A65%3d2535%26_F8007A65_x%3dXPN%26rank%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26pcat%3dUK_WWI_COLLECTIONS%26fh%3d0%26h%3d5099935%26recoff%3d9%2b10%2b54%2b55%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord Edited 13 December , 2015 by Lawryleslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted 13 December , 2015 Share Posted 13 December , 2015 Can't locate mine...............any ideas? No: 37685 If it has the RN prefix it's to Lt. G Denham RN. If it doesn't have the prefix it's army and for Henry Withey as mentioned above. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawryleslie Posted 13 December , 2015 Share Posted 13 December , 2015 If it has the RN prefix it's to Lt. G Denham RN. If it doesn't have the prefix it's army and for Henry Withey as mentioned above. Tony Hello Tony, is the prefix you refer to written on the badge? I ask this because my Grandfather, who was in RNVR, has Badge Number 100 in the ledger of War Badges it is recorded in. Unfortunately I don't have the actual badge to identify the full inscription of the number on it. What is the inscription that differentiates between various armed forces the man was serving with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted 13 December , 2015 Share Posted 13 December , 2015 Don't know, we'd have to ask 7KRRC what's his particular badge if he still has it but yes, in general there's a prefix. Off the top of my head the badge numbers read as follows: No prefix = British army A = AIF B = British army C = Canadian army I = Indian army NZ = NZEF RAF = RAF, previously without a prefix (I think?) RN = Royal Navy SA = S. African army There's the O prefix too which I believe is also British army. Is there MN for Mercantile Marine/Board of Trade and N for Newfoundland? Badge RN100 belonged to P.O. ET Ellis RNVR, can't quite make out his number ?? Z.205. Tony P.S. sorry, just realised what you asked. Yes as far as I know all RN issued badges which includes RNR, RNVR etc. will, as far as I'm aware, have the RN prefix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawryleslie Posted 13 December , 2015 Share Posted 13 December , 2015 (edited) Don't know, we'd have to ask 7KRRC what's his particular badge if he still has it but yes, in general there's a prefix. Off the top of my head the badge numbers read as follows: No prefix = British army A = AIF B = British army C = Canadian army I = Indian army NZ = NZEF RAF = RAF, previously without a prefix (I think?) RN = Royal Navy SA = S. African army There's the O prefix too which I believe is also British army. Is there MN for Mercantile Marine/Board of Trade and N for Newfoundland? Badge RN100 belonged to P.O. ET Ellis RNVR, can't quite make out his number ?? Z.205. Tony P.S. sorry, just realised what you asked. Yes as far as I know all RN issued badges which includes RNR, RNVR etc. will, as far as I'm aware, have the RN prefix. Thank you for this, you're right Petty Officer Evan Thomas Ellis RNVR. His number is MZ/205. On a lot of his records this is shortened to Z/205, I believe that the M denotes that his parent unit was the Mersey Division of RNVR before transferring to RND and Collingwood Battalion. Just one point from the very useful information you have provided.....were Merchant Navy Sea Men awarded the SWB? Edited 13 December , 2015 by Lawryleslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted 13 December , 2015 Share Posted 13 December , 2015 Just checked Howard Williamson's Great War Medal Collectors Companion, he states MN for Merchant Navy so yes, they must have received them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 16 January , 2016 Share Posted 16 January , 2016 Hi I am trying to find out where i can see the records for RN and RND Silver war badges , Ancestry only seem to do British Army? Just wanted the same search facility as Ancestry but for matelots Any ideas? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bid Posted 17 January , 2016 Share Posted 17 January , 2016 Hi, I was trying to find them as well. Links on the above thread don't seem to work. Did it work for you NR72 ? If not, did you find them another way ? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 18 January , 2016 Share Posted 18 January , 2016 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1687 This one works for me. I wonder if it depends on the Ancestry membership you have? For example, Essentials doesn't include everything which listed as available on the Ancestry website . This is misleading: Access the largest online collection of British World War One military records - from pension and service records to medal indexes and more. Just a thought .CGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 18 January , 2016 Share Posted 18 January , 2016 Hi Works for me, too and I'm not even a member, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bid Posted 18 January , 2016 Share Posted 18 January , 2016 Thanks, this works. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 17 February , 2016 Share Posted 17 February , 2016 The ancestry one does not include RN unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 17 February , 2016 Share Posted 17 February , 2016 I have found SWB records for an RNAS man on Ancestry in the main Naval medals area. Never looked for RND men. Keith Edit in this section: in the UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 20 February , 2016 Share Posted 20 February , 2016 Keith was that using the search by badge number tool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 20 February , 2016 Share Posted 20 February , 2016 Look under "Browse this Collection" on the right-hand side of page, shown in Keith's Link. Just set the "Medals" drop down menu to "WW1 Medals and Awards" and then the "category" drop down menu to Naval War Medals - Silver War Badges. This will give you a list of RN SWB related items including the badge number indexes. Just click on the volume that includes your badge number. Then just scan through until you find the relevant badge. If you are still struggling just post the SWB Badge number. Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_harvey Posted 8 March , 2016 Share Posted 8 March , 2016 Alternately if you know the mans service number and name, under the naval medal roll type it in and not only will it bring up his ww1 medal roll also lsgc and swb entries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 9 March , 2016 Share Posted 9 March , 2016 Thanks guys spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 January , 2019 Share Posted 2 January , 2019 Hi, None of these seem to work for me. Could somebody help me? My badge has RN7566 on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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