Female dog tags

[MACRAE]

Okay Gang did women during the great war wear dog tags and if so what did they look like , I have a red round one with the Name Sydenham Florence E and the Letters O A E E and a number 18. 2 , I just cant figure out what the letters O A E E are and such a odd number 18. 2 any ideas please do tell.

Thank you

Dan

[eviltaxman]

Dan,

I can't help with whether they had them or not, but maybe the "O" is a "Q".... making it possibly something like Queen Alexandra's.... something something. Not much help I know, but might point you in a different direction.

Les

[Krithia]

  Okay Gang did women during the great war wear dog tags and if so what did they look like , I have a red round one with the Name Sydenham Florence E and the Letters O A E E and a number 18. 2 , I just cant figure out what the letters O A E E are and such a odd number 18. 2 any ideas please do tell.

Thank you

Dan

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Yes, some women did. I have some WW1 dogtags to the QAIMNS (Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service). I am not sure what OAEE is though. Any chance of a photo?

[MACRAE]

Pictures you can clearly see it is O A E E

[Krithia]

An interesting one. It looks more WWII period to me, but I'm no expert.

[Jon Shattock]

I have a pair of tags marked:

A GILLETT

VAD

CE 18808

[CROONAERT]

Pictures you can clearly see it is O A E E

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The style of stamping is the type encountered post WW2 and most commonly on the steel tags of the 1970's to the present day (usually even post 1985ish!!!). I've never encountered this stamping style on a fibre disc before and, on british tags, never seen it prior to circa 1975.

Dave.

[eviltaxman]

Dan,

I can't help with whether they had them or not, but maybe the "O" is a "Q".... making it possibly something like Queen Alexandra's.... something something. Not much help I know, but might point you in a different direction.

Les

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Now I've come back to this thread and seen the pic, it's clearly not a "Q". I've only really seen a few from post-WW2 and this looks more like that than pre-.

Les.