The j spelling was standard during the war I believe. It only changed afterwards. >From: "Peter Metcalfe" <Peter-redfern@runbox.com> >Reply-To: greatwar@rootsweb.com >To: greatwar@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GREATWAR] Serjeant / Sergeant >Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:49:50 +0000 (UTC) > >I have seen both spellings on British headstones and the CWGC website. > >Is there a good reason or was it simply because someone couldn't spell? > >Regards > >Peter > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sergeant was the regular spelling during the war in the Royal Air Force. I was one! How the Americans or Canadians spelled it I don't know. Could be anyting. Serjeant in the UK was used for civilian titles i.e. Serjeant at Arms At 00:00 5/12/2007 +0000, peter.gower@sympatico.ca wrote: >The j spelling was standard during the war I believe. It only changed >afterwards. > > >>From: "Peter Metcalfe" <Peter-redfern@runbox.com> >>Reply-To: greatwar@rootsweb.com >>To: greatwar@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [GREATWAR] Serjeant / Sergeant >>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:49:50 +0000 (UTC) >> >>I have seen both spellings on British headstones and the CWGC website. >> >>Is there a good reason or was it simply because someone couldn't spell? >> >>Regards >> >>Peter >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Regards George. George Smith <airforce@localdial.com> Home Page: http://web.localdial.com/users/airforce LRFHS Page: http://www.lrfhs.org.uk Jersey Island Page: http://www.jerseyvirtual.net Jersey Insight http://www.jerseyinsight.com Jersey Centenary Battle of Flowers: http://www.localdial.com/users/airforce/battle.html

I have an Australian in the AIF in 1917 and it is spelt Sergeant on all his papers. I was one too in a different service. :o) Gordon Kelly Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Smith" <airforce@localdial.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Serjeant / Sergeant > Sergeant was the regular spelling during the war in the Royal Air Force. I > was one! How the Americans or Canadians spelled it I don't know. Could be > anyting. Serjeant in the UK was used for civilian titles i.e. Serjeant at > Arms

Thank you to all who replied. Going by the dictionary then it seems it should be spelt with a "G" in the military and "J" in the legal profession. Regards Peter