Hi all, I am looking into my Blackshaw WW1 medal cards and 2 of them had been early discharged and against Action taken was the following codes: List L/426 and List L.C/2964. Does anyone know what they mean and what would have happened to them? Regards Angela.
Angela, 'List' usually refers to the Silver War Badge (SWB) List. The SWB was awarded, upon application, to those whose service was terminated due to sickness, injury, wounds, etc. The Medal Index Card list reference points you towards the relevant volume of the SWB Rolls held at the National Archives. Ken -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dai Bevan Sent: 16 February 2007 19:02 To: GREATWAR@rootsweb.com Subject: [GREATWAR] Medal Cards Hi all, I am looking into my Blackshaw WW1 medal cards and 2 of them had been early discharged and against Action taken was the following codes: List L/426 and List L.C/2964. Does anyone know what they mean and what would have happened to them? Regards Angela.
Angela It means the soldier received a Silver War Badge and was discharged from the Army due to either sickness or wounds. The codes List... refer to the entry on the rolls for the above award which are held at the National Archives at Kew. The latter should provide details regarding date of enlistment and discharge; reason for the latter; number of Silver War Badge and unit discharged from. Hope this helps Mike Shingleton -----Original Message----- From: Dai Bevan <daibevan@clara.co.uk> Sent Subject: [GREATWAR] Medal Cards > Hi all, > I am looking into my Blackshaw WW1 medal cards and 2 of them had been > early discharged and against Action taken was the following codes: > List L/426 and List L.C/2964. > Does anyone know what they mean and what would have happened to them? > Regards > Angela. > > ------------------------------- > 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