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help with medal roll card

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Mary

Mary Report 3 Apr 2008 19:58

Can anyone help me deciphering the medal roll card on Ancestry for James Alfred Bullock. I wondered what the cause of discharge is and the action taken

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 3 Apr 2008 20:55

Mary

You may find the answer here....

http://www.1914-1918.net/mics.htm
Interpreting campaign medal index cards

Chris

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Mary

Mary Report 3 Apr 2008 21:08

Thank you very much both of you googled loads and got nowhere

Devon Dweller

Devon Dweller Report 3 Apr 2008 23:24

There is a help page on the National Archives for the medals cards.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp


The Silver War Badge (SWB), sometimes erroneously called the Silver Wound Badge, was authorised in September 1916 and takes the form of a circular badge with the legend "For King and Empire-Services Rendered" surrounding the George V cypher. The badge was awarded to all of those military personnel who were discharged as a result of sickness or wounds contracted or received during the war, either at home or overseas.