The Silver War Badge
The Silver War Badge, sometimes erroneously called the Silver Wound Badge, was authorised in September 1916 and takes the form of a circular badge with the legend "For King and Empire-Services Rendered" surrounding the George V cypher. The badge was awarded to all of those military personnel who were discharged as a result of sickness or wounds contracted or received during the war, either at home or overseas.
Below is a list of the 9th Battalion Soldiers who received the Silver War Badge.
Pte. 1848 JOSEPH ABBOTT Pte. 1316 WILLIAM ADAMS. Pte 2955 GEORGE ALLEN Pte. 2112 FRANK ALLONBY Cpl 1592 EDWARD ALLOTT Pte 2743 CHARLES H ASHTON Pte 2744 ERNEST S ASHTON Pte 1653 GEORGE ASHTON Cpl 2270 ALFRED ASHURST 23.1.1919 Cpl. 1468 ALFRED ATHERTON Pte 2964 EDWARD BAILEY Pte 2137 THOMAS BAILEY Pte 1156 FRANK BARKER Pte 2165 EDWARD BARLOW Pte 3055 JOSEPH BARLOW Pte 3610 JOSEPH BEAUMONT Pte 2912 JOSEPH BELFIELD Pte 2187 WILLIAM BELL Pte 350796 WILLIAM H BENNETT Pte 1858 J.BENNISON Pte 768 JAMES BENYON Drm. 1165 EDWARD BERRY Pte 3698 HAROLD BINNS Pte 2041 G. BIRCHALL Pte 3171 SAMUEL BLEAKLEY Pte 3307 WALTER BOLD Col/Sgt 5 GEORGE BOOCOCK Pte 2745 JOHN HENRY BOOTH Pte 1566 GEORGE BOSWELL Pte 3112 FRANK BOTTOMS Pte 3423 ERNEST BRADBURY L/Cpl 2568 A BROADHURST Pte 3201 JOHN BROCK Pte 2874 JOHN BROOKS Pte. 1665 H BYROM Cpl 2054 WILLIAM CADMAN Pte 2265 JOHN W CAMPBELL Pte 3048 SAMUEL CASE Pte 1832 JAMES CASSIDY Sgt 400 JAMES CHAPMAN Pte 2399 HAROLD CHARNLEY Pte 1497 JAMES W CHATBURN Pte 1529 GEOFFREY CLEGG Pte 2188 WILLIAM G COLLIER Pte 2016 JOSEPH COOPER Pte. 3094 WILLIE CRABTREE Pte 2006 JAMES CRAGG Pte 1442 ALBERT CROWTHER Pte 1696 JAMES CROWTHER Pte 3207 ELIJAH CURTIS Pte 1211 BEN CUTHBERT Pte 3131 JACK DAVENPORT Pte 3765 FRED DICKINSON Pte 3078 JOSEPH DOLAN Pte 2048 WILLIAM DONNELLY Pte 1770 BENJAMIN DRANSFIELD Pte 2058 JAMES H DRAYCOTT Pte 2987 HAROLD EASTWOOD Pte 2021 JAMES ELLIS Pte 2189 FRANK EMMERSON Pte 3414 WILLIAM FEATHERSTONE Pte 1945 WILLIAM FIELDER Pte 2764 EDWIN FITTON Pte 390 HARRY FREETH Pte 3335 MARTIN GATELEY Pte 379 THOMAS GHENTY Pte 1778 CHARLES G GOODWIN CSM 266 ALBERT GREEN CSM 266 ALBERT GREEN Pte 2342 HARRY GREENHALGH Pte 2105 LAW T. GREGORY Pte 1683 FRANK HADFIELD Pte 3124 WALTER HAGUE Pte 2627 WILLIAM HAGUE Cpl 2393 FRED HALKYARD Pte 1759 SAMUEL HALKYARD Pte 2734 VICTOR HAMER Pte 1246 JOHN HAMPSON Pte 2349 JOHN HARGREAVES Pte 2574 HARRY HARRISON Pte 2344 JOSEPH W HARTWELL Sgt 22 WALTER HAWKINS Pte 2451 ARTHUR HAYNES Pte 1396 WILLIAM HEBBLEWAIT Pte 1366 AFLRED HODGSON Sgt 1634 JAMES E HOKE Pte 1577 SAMUEL HOOD Pte 1182 JAMES HOPWOOD Pte 2090 JAMES HORROCKS Pte 1213 ERNEST HOUGH Pte 3173 HARRY HOWARTH Pte 2129 JOHN HOWARTH Pte 2401 WILLIAM HOWARTH Pte 2107 ABEL HUGHES Pte 2598 JOHN HULME Pte 2868 JOHN HUNT Pte 1671 ERIC HYATT Sgt 104 HARRY INGHAM Cpl 2163 JOHN IRVING Pte 1888 HARRY JACKSON Pte 1126 (later 2nd Lt) JOHN WILLIAM JAKEMAN Pte 1897 EDWARD JONES Cpl 3359 HARRY JONES Pte 2802 REGINALD JONES Pte 2376 SAMUEL JONES Pte 2384 SAMUEL KENYON Pte 2673 ERNEST LAWTON Pte 2408 J LEACH Cpl 2668 ALBERT LEES Pte 1243 ARNOLD LEES Pte 3356 SAMUEL LEES Pte 1607 ERIC LISTER Pte 1388 WILFRED LOCKWOOD Pte 1230 WILLIAM LOFT Pte 2211 FRANK LOMAS Pte 2152 RICHARD LONGSDEN Cpl 1478 BENJAMIN LOVE Lt FREDERICK A MAKIN Pte 1443 JAMES MALLINSON Pte 1276 GEORGE MARLAND A/Cpl 3196 PERCY MARLAND Pte 1122 LEWIS MARSH Cpl 1446 RICHARD MAY Cpl 2403 JAMES MELLOR Cpl 3364 JAMES MILLER Pte 2472 ALLAN MILLWARD Pte 2172 POLLARD MITCHELL Pte 1301 WILLIAM MURPHY Pte 1531 WALTER MUTTER Cpl 1129 BENJAMIN NEWTON A/WOII 27 JAMES NOLAN Pte 3387 JOHN O’BRIEN Pte 2379 D.OGDEN Pte 2029 JAMES R OGDEN Pte 2227 THOMAS ORMESHER Pte 1134 FRANK ORTON Pte 5279 S OSBOURNE Pte 2651 WILLIAM O’SULLIVAN Pte 3296 FRED PEMBERTON Pte 2000 ROBERT PENNY Pte 1722 ALFRED PHILLIPS Pte 288 JOHN PHILLIPS Pte 2766 SAMUEL PICKFORD 2nd Lt. WILLIAM LEWIS PICFORD Pte 3190 R PLATT Pte 2208 GEORGE A PRICE Pte 2249 WILLIAM RABY Pte 2004 THOMAS HENRY RAMSBOTTOM Pte 1313 JAMES W RAMSDALE Pte 2225 GILBERT RATCLIFFE Pte 1147 JAMES RATCLIFFE Pte 2239 WALTER REVELL Pte 1766 ARTHUR RILEY Cpl 1487 ERNEST RIMINGTON Pte 2143 HERBERT ROBERTS Pte 1479 THOMAS ROGERS Pte 1222 JOHN ROURKE Sgt 845 ALBERT ROYLE Pte 1871 JOSEPH RUSHTON Pte 16 JAMES RYDER Cpl 3426 IRVINE SCHOFIELD A/Cpl 1959 WILFRED SCHOFIELD DMR 759 SAMUEL SCHOLES Cpl 113 FRANK SHAW Pte 282 GEORGE SHAW Pte 2418 WILLIAM SHAW Cpl 174 JOHN H SHAWCROSS Pte 2426 ELISHA SHELMERDINE Pte 2083 FRANK SMITH Pte 973 HARRY SMITH Lt JOHN ARTHUR SMITH Sgt 287 CHARLES SPENCER Sgt 41 JAMES STOPFORD Pte 2922 ALBERT STOTT Pte 2067 JOSEPH C SWINDELLS Pte 1820 JOHN TAGGART Cpl 121 JOHN TASKER Pte 2499 PERCY TAYLOR Pte 2499 PERCY TAYLOR Pte 3533 FRANK THOMAS Pte 3729 HENRY THOMPSON Capt W.G.D.THORNES Cpl 156 JAMES TOWNSEND Pte 1617 JOHN TURNER Cpl 2657 WILLIAM TURNER Pte 1341 THOMAS TWEEDALE Sgt 427 THOMPSON TYM Cpl 243 THOMAS VALENTINE Pte 1575 WILLIAM H VINEY Pte 3066 WILLIAM WALKER Pte 2242 JOHN WALSH Pte 2827 GEORGE WALTON Pte 1794 WILLIAM WALTON Pte 1673 RONALD WATERS Pte 1159 WILLIAM WATSON Pte 2352 DANIEL WEBB Pte 2205 CHARLES WELLS Pte 3181 JOSEPH R WEST Pte 1608 HARRY WHITTAKER Pte 3217 NORMAN WHITTAKER Pte 1201 JAMES WILLIAMS
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