Silver Services Rendered Badge

[garys39]

Could anyone help with the details for this badge I picked up yesterday ?
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Thanks Gary

[nickn]

It's a ww1 british wound badge

[Alan from OZ]

I believe that because it has no letter prefix it is an early British issue. Later on all the commonwealth countries had a letter or two prefix (Australia - A. New Zealand - NZ. South Africa - SA. .............) and Britain got a "B".

[AB64]

According to the roll on Ancestry it belonged to 7231 L Watts or the 3rd Royal West Kents, enlisted 5/5/16 and discharged 10/8/18 - discharge was due to wounds.

Alistair

[garys39]

Thanks Alistair, thats just what I was hoping for.
Regards Gary

[skypilot]

It's a ww1 british wound badge

To be pedantic, it's actually a Silver War Badge. During WW1 servicemen were discharged from service for a number of reasons including wounds, illness and so forth. So long as the reason for discharge was health related and due to war service, the badge was awarded.

It was to be worn in civilian dress only and was to help prevent those who had served and been discharged from being given the proverbial "White Feather".

A badge known as "The Wounded Stripe" was awarded to those wounded in action. It was a single brass vertical stripe to be worn on the lower part of the left sleeve. Officers wore a bullion wire version. It is not uncommon to see contemporary photos of men sporting 3 or more such stripes.

[paddywhack]

heres his MIC

[garys39]

Once again gentlemen, thankyou for the replies, I guess then these are the brass wound stripes you are referring to, these all came with the Silver war badge.
Regards Gary

[skypilot]

Yes, that's the other ranks wound stripe mentioned above.