Blue Chevron

[Guest MargaretC]

Hi

My uncle was in the Royal Field Artillery during WW1 and in his service records it states that he had one Blue Chevron. Can anyone tell me what this means

Margaret

[Owen D]

Shows he'd served overseas .

Look at this link, scroll down until and all will be explained.

I know it's for the Aussies but same for British.

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/qualification.htm

[Tom A McCluskey]

Margaret,

Sounds like a chevron for overseas service. There was one issued for each year of the war. It was worn on the lower right arm and I think came into service in 1918.

1914 - Red

1915 - Blue

1916 - Blue

1917 - Blue

1918 - Blue

So between 1915 and 1918 he must have been on overseas service. Somebody will probably post an example of this.

Hope this helps

Aye

Tom McC

[Guest MargaretC]

Thanks for this info. you have solved my problem.

Margaret