Hi could someone please find the recipient of WW1 Silver services rendered badge Number : RAF8611.
Thanks Tim.

uptheblue - 2019-12-14 13:25:00

This one does not seem to be RAF (or it's Royal Flying Corps predecessor)
From Ancestry:
in the UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920
Name: William Moran
Rank: Pte
Military Year: 1920
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment
Regimental Number: 11011
Discharge Unit: Lichfield
Discharge Regiment: Lincoln Regt.
Badge Number: 8611
Piece: 3051
List Number: F 0001-0300
Record Group: WO
Record Class: 329

The image adds enlisted 1.9.14 discharged 20.9.15; cause of discharge: wounds; served overseas: yes.

Some background here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_War_Badge
Not just an RAF award.

I now note in the Wikipedia article that "RAF men were issued with badges prefixed with 'RAF', over 10,000 badges were issued."

Edited by stock at 1:56 pm, Sat 14 Dec

stock - 2019-12-14 13:50:00

Hi thanks .Badge definetly has RAF prefix

uptheblue - 2019-12-14 14:17:00

Ancestry has a browse option, by unit. The closest to RAF is the Royal Flying Corps. I have browsed 300+ pages of that. Most, not all, numbers are 6 digits. A few are 7xxx.
I'm guessing that the RAF, only formed in 1918, has a separate set of records that haven't been captured in this project.

Edited by stock at 2:32 pm, Sat 14 Dec

stock - 2019-12-14 14:32:00

National Archives UK
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6570376

Reference: AIR 2/197/C33296
Description: GIFTS, DECORATIONS and AWARDS: Badges and Crests (CODE A, 32/1): Silver War Badges
Date: 1918-1920
Held by: The National Archives, Kew

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stock - 2019-12-14 14:52:00