silver badge

[Guest edwinwrg4751]

i have a photo of granddad wearing a badge of some description in about 1930

i can work it out as my dad is in the same photo.

is it true that if a silver badge was worn through the depression era that extra rations would be given.unfortunatly the its a scanned photo and not very good. can i have some ones thoughts on the silver badge.

[Steve Bramley]

Hi Edwin,

If granddad was wounded, do you know the date? Because he will be, at least, in the casualty lists in the local paper. This may lead to a write up for him, let me know and i'll have a look for you next time i'm at the library.

Cannot really comment on the wearing of a silver badge during the depression, other than possibly a good idea to show prospective employers that he had 'done his bit' and was worth a job!

It could also have been an 'old comrades association' badge or something similar.

Below is a SWB (courtesy of an earlier post by hmsk 212) Does this look like the one granddad is wearing in the pic?

Yours,

Steve.

[Guest edwinwrg4751]

Hi Edwin,

If granddad was wounded, do you know the date? Because he will be, at least, in the casualty lists in the local paper. This may lead to a write up for him, let me know and i'll have a look for you next time i'm at the library.

Cannot really comment on the wearing of a silver badge during the depression, other than possibly a good idea to show prospective employers that he had 'done his bit' and was worth a job!

It could also have been an 'old comrades association' badge or something similar.

Below is a SWB (courtesy of an earlier post by hmsk 212) Does this look like the one granddad is wearing in the pic?

Yours,

Steve.

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thanks for tha steve.he actually survived the war,its just that i wondered what they were like.we have npo mention of wounds its that we seem to hsve lost him for a while (missing diary parts) could have been on leave maybe i wont ever know

is it normal for missing chunks of diaries the same period for 330 and 331fra

cheers steve

[Guest edwinwrg4751]

Hi Edwin,

If granddad was wounded, do you know the date? Because he will be, at least, in the casualty lists in the local paper. This may lead to a write up for him, let me know and i'll have a look for you next time i'm at the library.

Cannot really comment on the wearing of a silver badge during the depression, other than possibly a good idea to show prospective employers that he had 'done his bit' and was worth a job!

It could also have been an 'old comrades association' badge or something similar.

Below is a SWB (courtesy of an earlier post by hmsk 212) Does this look like the one granddad is wearing in the pic?

Yours,

Steve.

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thanks for tha steve.he actually survived the war,its just that i wondered what they were like.we have npo mention of wounds its that we seem to hsve lost him for a while (missing diary parts) could have been on leave maybe i wont ever know

is it normal for missing chunks of diaries the same period for 330 and 331fra

cheers steve

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picture of my dad and sisters with grandad and nan both fought in different wars and i followed the trdadition in n/ireland