Guest KevinEndon Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 I have just found that the war badges issued for the Navy is a different format to the Army one. Could a pal tell me please what the headings are. Badge number is plain to see as is date of issue and name. O.N is that something number. Ratings is rank but I cant for the life of me make out the 6th/last column. Also the swb I have is to Kidd C.E. M23006 I thought the M was for a midshipman but in the rating column he is down as what looks like wtr III. what is that. Many thanks for your help in advance. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 Kevin, The 'M' prefix covers a multitude of "Miscelllaneous" categories of naval rating, obviously including writers - clerks if you are a pongo. (Wtr III = Writer 3rd Class) H2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 Cheers H2 Is there any way I can chase up fag, rum and bum boy Kidd up to see where he was wounded or which boat he may have served on. Fag, rum and bum boy and boat, I can almost smell the cordite from here. Incoming!!!!!! Take cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 Kevin, I believe you can buy the summary of his naval service record (ships served in, etc) on-line from TNA. His enlistment papers are in the archive at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. 'ON' is Official Number (Service Number). By the way, the official naval hobbies are rum, sodomy and the lash. H2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 H2 You missed out "looking for the golden rivet" lol. Cheers for your help, fingers crossed I can find him. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 could anyone please tell me what this is saying. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 A bit hard to read without magnification but he was clearly in shore bases (stone frigates) throughout: HMS VIVID at Devonport; HMS PRESIDENT in London. They both included pay offices to which smaller ships/establishments without pay facilities were tenders. He almost certainly spent the entire war keeping pay accounts. Only one 'golden rivet' ever positively sighted and that was in the engine room of the Royal Yacht BRITANNIA. H2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 Kevin, After President VI whats in brackets is it a naval division?, he served in the RNVR (Y9355) before joining the RN may be worth getting the Service Documents for that service, as far as Im aware the RNVR didnt have Third Writers so he may have had another trade. H2 did your eyes water when you saw that rivet. Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 can't make out what comes after president vi even blowing it up 400 %. Can anyone tell me what the last column is on the war badges issued sheet. We have Badge no. Date of Issue. Name, O.N. Rating then goodness knows. Many thanks Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 17 August , 2006 Share Posted 17 August , 2006 please will someone tell me what that last column says on the R.N. S.W.B. Roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 25 August , 2006 Share Posted 25 August , 2006 President VI was a base for Murmansk tugs from February 1919, being assigned to a stone frigate didn't mean you stayed in the warm! As you have a copy of the microfilmed copy there's loss to image degredation; it might be easier to read from the microfilm, but if it isn't they can still produce the original. The down side is they are stored offsite and takes 3 days to produce. There are not papers at Kew for RNVR numbers starting with Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 25 August , 2006 Share Posted 25 August , 2006 Y numbers where issued to volunteers and conscripts who signed on in the RNVR but were not initially required, there are lots of Y numbers at NA but all are secondary to the numbers given on starting service. Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbluesboy Posted 27 August , 2006 Share Posted 27 August , 2006 The Y number was given to sailors who had signed up but had not been called up.The M with the serice number was given to Artisan and specialist trade ratings,in this case a Writer,the army equivelant would be a clerk.This man joined the regular Royal Navy on a hostilities only engagement which had no time limit and was on the Navy,s discression.The SWB badge was issued as this man was unfit for health reasons to carry on his majesties forces that is why the word used is "invalided" and then the date.Wether this was due to sickness or wounds it does not make clear.Hope this helps Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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