Two Silver Ware Badge

[MichaW]

Hello,

I get two new silver ware badge. Can you tell me the name behind the nummers?

• C 16263
• B 57288

Greetings from Germany

MichaW

[Tony]

Micha,

The records for the Canadian issue badges aren't available although for whatever reason the odd one crops up in British unit records.

Badge B57288 was issued to:

Name: George Arthur Cooper Discharge Unit: 16th. Ldn. Rgt. Regiment: London Regiment Regimental Number: 6863 Rank: Rfn. Badge Number: 57288

George Cooper was discharged due to illness and didn't serve overseas. He enlisted 15/12/15 and was discharged 23/6/16, the SWB will be his only entitlement.

Tony

[peter monahan]

I expect that these badges, while issued to all ex-servicemen, were especially important to men like Cooper, who might otherwise be mistaken for able-bodied fellows who had not 'done their bit'. Cerainly, if I had been invalided out I'd be wearing mine. And I suspect the heavy fines for unauthorized wear were meant to discourage 'slackers' from getting and wearing them.