Lists of abbreviations used on Commonwealth World War I medals

When a World War I medal was issued to a member of Commonwealth forces, it was issued with a Service Number, Rank, Name and Regiment. This information should be on every medal that was issued during the First World War.

During World War I, there were four main medals issued: the 1914 Star, 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, and the British War Medal.

Service Number

From a service number it is sometimes possible to determine in which part of the army a medal holder served. However, this is not always the case.[1]

Abbreviations for Rank and Unit

There are many abbreviations for the rank and unit. The British National archive gives full listings of both Ranks and Units.[2][3]

Medal Card Abbreviations

Theatres Of War

Prefix letters and numbers

The following is an estimated list of all the Prefix Letter & Numbers (of what?).[4]

Prefixes on medals issues to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Prefixes on Silver War Badge
Others

References

  1. ↑ This does not apply to the Silver War Badge (SWB), which has its own code.
  2. ↑ Rank abbreviations British National Archives
  3. ↑ Unit abbreviations British National Archives.
  4. ↑ http://www.britishmedalforum.com - Useless reference: needs a username & password

External links

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