George Rayner Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 AT our monthly Heritage meeting this badge turned up. Any information gratefully received. Does the six digit number (278983) on the reverse signify a service personnel number? George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303man Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 (edited) Worn by women on war work see attached PDF. On_War_Service_Badges_2.pdf Edited 3 April , 2019 by 303man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 3 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2019 Thank you for that. Very enlightening and will pass it on. What does the number refer to-its issue or the person? George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 1 hour ago, George Rayner said: Thank you for that. Very enlightening and will pass it on. What does the number refer to-its issue or the person? It's the badge issue number, not a service number etc of the owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 3 hours ago, Andrew Upton said: It's the badge issue number... Of which there are no issue records. Men received a certificate of issue with their badge; yet no individual certificates were issued with this women's badge. It's also worth noting that 1916 is the year of introduction, not of issue, and there was not a 1917 or 1918 badge. Cheers, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 3 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2019 To be clear then women's munitions worker 1916, 1917, or 1918 no ID possible Thank you all very much indeed for your help George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 2 hours ago, George Rayner said: To be clear then women's munitions worker 1916, 1917, or 1918 no ID possible Not strictly munitions only: "engaged in the manufacture of munitions of war or other urgent war work"; but otherwise that's correct. Cheers, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 (edited) The badges were accompanied by a certificate bearing the badge number and the name of the person it was issued to. The badge itself was not valid without the certificate so as to prevent fraudulent use. TR Edited 3 April , 2019 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 3 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2019 ...but no lists kept? George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorsetDan Posted 4 April , 2019 Share Posted 4 April , 2019 Just remembered I had this in my album , hope it helps George . Female war worker , proudly wearing her badge . DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 4 April , 2019 Share Posted 4 April , 2019 12 hours ago, George Rayner said: ...but no lists kept? George As above, and at risk of repetition: to quote Tom Tulloch-Marshall's definitive work on the badges: "No individual certificates were issued with the women’s badges and the employer could control allocation and reallocation of badges. They were basically left to their own devices in this respect, although the same rules as for the men’s badges applied regarding illegal wearing and handing in when leaving employment or coming off war work". In respect of lists of male badge numbers, such lists as apparently were maintained were made by the employers/ workplaces themselves and I'm not aware of any survivors. Cheers, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 4 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 4 April , 2019 Thanks for the photo-that will be very useful. And also thanks for the re-iteration George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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