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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => London & Middlesex Lookup Requests => London and Middlesex => England => London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Charlie1 on Saturday 09 June 07 17:00 BST (UK)
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I'm trying to read through my ggrandads Short Service Record. What is a "Royal Warrant Army Order 66 of 1902"? There is also an entry that reads ... 'I elect to come under the new rule for Messg All " as issued in A.O. (Special) of W.O. 2/4/98'. I guess 2/4/98 is the date of issue ... but that's as far as I can go with this. Can anyone help?
charlie
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Service Pay Class I under Army Order 66 of 1902. Service Pay (also known as Skill or Proficiency Pay) was awarded to non-commissioned officers in the "special arms" who displayed exceptional skill in their military trade. In the engineers this extra pay was provided in 7 classes, with Class I being the highest.
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Thankyou ... that makes more sense now
Charlie