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World War One / Re: Award of the Silver War Badge
« on: Sunday 09 June 13 13:19 BST (UK) »
My grandfather - William James Dix - was a private in the 1/Northumberland Fusiliers and was discharged in August 1917 with shell shock and was awarded the Silver War Badge.
I found the Medal Roll Index Card on Ancestry.co.uk and was able to view the 'Roll of Individuals Entitled to the "War Badge" ' at the National Archives. I was allowed to copy the page which indicates enlistment and discharge dates etc.
This was a major breakthrough for me since I had so little information previously. It appears his other service records have not survived. The badge itself was probably lost in the Blitz' when my grandparents were bombed out in Highbury. He couldn't stand the noise of the air raids and spent many hours down the local tube station.
The Roll is now available online through Ancestry.co.uk - http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2456
Also, the monthly Battalion War Diaries are available on the NA website.
I am currently trying to find a way of identifying other soldiers from the 1st that enlisted in January 1914. Also, I have a photo of him at a convalescent hospital somewhere and may be able to identify the location by way of the uniform of the nurse featured in the picture.
Regards Robert Dix Felixstowe
I found the Medal Roll Index Card on Ancestry.co.uk and was able to view the 'Roll of Individuals Entitled to the "War Badge" ' at the National Archives. I was allowed to copy the page which indicates enlistment and discharge dates etc.
This was a major breakthrough for me since I had so little information previously. It appears his other service records have not survived. The badge itself was probably lost in the Blitz' when my grandparents were bombed out in Highbury. He couldn't stand the noise of the air raids and spent many hours down the local tube station.
The Roll is now available online through Ancestry.co.uk - http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2456
Also, the monthly Battalion War Diaries are available on the NA website.
I am currently trying to find a way of identifying other soldiers from the 1st that enlisted in January 1914. Also, I have a photo of him at a convalescent hospital somewhere and may be able to identify the location by way of the uniform of the nurse featured in the picture.
Regards Robert Dix Felixstowe