G'day All,
Here's my first set of fiber tags I found at my local flea marketpretty stoked to find a British set!
Can anyone please help me on the service branch going by the service number if possible?
Regards
Dog Tags British Enlisted
G'day All,
Here's my first set of fiber tags I found at my local flea market
Can anyone please help me on the service branch going by the service number if possible?
Regards
Interesting on how the Roman Catholic on the next of kin tag is marked.
possibly this?, General Service Corps 14200001 - 15000000
john.
Cheers John Great help Thank You
John, May I ask kindly on your source on the block numbers?by jwp
There is a table of service numbers in the book by Brian L Davis.
Cheers, Ade.
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Cheers Ade, I'll have to drag it out and take a look. Got it, haven't looked at this book for years!
Last edited by reneblacky; 03-05-2018 at 06:33 AM. Reason: added text
I found it online somewhere, not sure if it may have been here !, here is what I have.
Royal Army Service Corps 1 - 294000 and 10660001 - 11000000
The Life Guards 294001 - 304000
294001 to 299000 1st Life Guards
299001 to 304000 2nd Life Guards
Royal Horse Guards 304001 - 309000
Cavalry of the Line 309001 - 721000 (Inclusive 558471 to 558761 allocated to the Royal Armoured Corps extraordinary to the block of numbers later allocated)
309001 to 386000 Lancers
386001 to 528000 Dragoons
528001 to 721000 Hussars
Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti-Aircraft) 721001 - 1842000 and 11000001 - 11500000
Royal Engineers 1842001 - 2303000
Royal Corps of Signals 2303001 - 2604000
Grenadier Guards 2604001 - 2646000
Coldstream Guards 2646001 - 2688000
Scots Guards 2688001 - 2714000
Irish Guards 2714001 - 2730000
Welsh Guards 2730001 - 2744000
Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment) 2744001 - 2809000
Seaforth Highlanders 2809001 - 2865000
Gordon Highlanders 2865001 - 2921000
Cameron Highlanders 2921001 - 2966000
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 2966001 - 3044000
Royal Scots 3044001 - 3122000
Royal Scots Fusiliers 3122001 - 3178000
The King's Own Scottish Borderers 3178001 - 3233000
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 3233001 - 3299000
Highland Light Infantry 3299001 - 3377000
East Lancashire Regiment 3377001 - 3433000
Lancashire Fusiliers 3433001 - 3511000
Manchester Regiment 3511001 - 3589000
Border Regiment 3589001 - 3644000
The Prince of Wales' Volunteers 3644001 - 3701000
The King's Own Royal Regiment 3701001 - 3757000
The King's Regiment 3757001 - 3846000
The Loyal Regiment 3846001 - 3902000
South Wales Borderers 3902001 - 3947000
Welch Regiment 3947001 - 4025000
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 4025001 - 4070000
Monmouthshire Regiment 4070001 - 4103000
Herefordshire Regiment 4103001 - 4114000
Cheshire Regiment 4114001 - 4178000
Royal Welch Fusiliers 4178001 - 4256000
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 4256001 - 4334000
East Yorkshire Regiment 4334001 - 4379000
The Green Howards 4379001 - 4435000
Durham Light Infantry 4435001 - 4523000
West Yorkshire Regiment 4523001 - 4601000
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (The West Riding) 4601001 - 4680000
The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 4680001 - 4736000
York & Lancaster Regiment 4736001 - 4792000
Lincolnshire Regiment 4792001 - 4848000
Leicestershire Regiment 4848001 - 4904000
South Staffordshire Regiment 4904001 - 4960000
Sherwood Foresters 4960001 - 5038000
North Staffordshire Regiment 5038001 - 5094000
Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5094001 - 5172000
Gloucestershire Regiment 5172001 - 5239000
Worcestershire Regiment 5239001 - 5328000
Royal Berkshire Regiment 5328001 - 5373000
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5373001 - 5429000
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 5429001 - 5485000
Hampshire Regiment 5485001 - 5562000
Wiltshire Regiment 5562001 - 5608000
Devonshire Regiment 5608001 - 5662000
Somerset Light Infantry 5662001 - 5718000
Dorsetshire Regiment 5718001 - 5763000
Royal Norfolk Regiment 5763001 - 5819000
Suffolk Regiment 5819001 - 5875000
Northhamptonshire Regiment 5875001 - 5931000
Cambridgeshire Regiment 5931001 - 5942000
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment 5942001 - 5998000
Essex Regiment 5998001 - 6076000
The Queen's Royal Regiment 6076001 - 6132000
East Surrey Regiment 6132001 - 6188000
Middlesex Regiment 6188001 - 6278000
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6278001 - 6334000
Royal West Kent Regiment 6334001 - 6390000
Royal Sussex Regiment 6390001 - 6446000
Royal Fusiliers 6446001 - 6515000
The Inns of Court Regiment 6802501 - 6814000
Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry) 6825001 - 6837000
The King's Royal Rifle Corps 6837001 - 6905000
The Rifle Brigade 6905001 - 6972000
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6972001 - 7006000
Royal Ulster Rifles 7006001 - 7040000
Royal Irish Fusiliers 7040001 - 7075000
Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7075001 - 7109000 (Disbanded 1922)
Royal Irish Regiment 7109001 - 7143000
Connaught Rangers 7143001 - 7177000 (Disbanded 1922)
Leinster Regiment 7177001 - 7211000 (Disbanded 1922)
Royal Munster Fusiliers 7211001 - 7245000 (Disbanded 1922)
Royal Army Medical Corps 7245001 - 7536000
(Royal) Army Dental Corps 7536001 - 7539000 and 10510001 - 10530000
Royal Guernsey Militia and Royal Alderney Artillery Militia 7539001 - 7560000 (Discontinued in 1929)
Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey 7560001 - 7574000 (Discontinued in 1929)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps 7574001 - 7657000 and 10530001 - 10600000.
(Royal) Army Pay Corps 7657001 - 7681000 and 10400001 - 10500000.
(Locally enlisted staff Middle East 10500001 - 10508000)
(Royal) Military Police 7681001 - 7717000
Military Provost Staff Corps 7717001 - 7718800
Small Arms School Corps 7718801 - 7720400
(Royal) Army Education Corps 7720401 - 7732400
Band of the Royal Military College 7732401 - 7733000
Corps of Military Accountants 7733001 - 7757000 (Disbanded 1925)
Royal Army Veterinary Corps 7757001 - 7807000
Machine Gun Corps 7807001 - 7868000 (Disbanded 1922)
Royal Tank Regiment 7868001 - 7891868
Royal Armoured Corps 7891869 - 8230000 also 558471 - 558761
Militia 10000000 - 10350000 (Army Numbers were allocated in accordance with Regulations for the Militia [Other than the Supplementary Reserve], 1939, paras. 11-13)
Intelligence Corps 10350001 - 10400000
Reconnaissance Corps 10600001 - 10630000
Army Catering Corps (Royal Corps of Food Poisoners) 10630001 - 10655000
Army Physical Training (Staff) Corps 10655001 - 10660000
(Royal) Pioneer Corps 13000001 - 14000000
The Lowland Regiment 14000001 - 14002500
The Highland Regiment 14002501 - 14005000
General Service Corps 14200001 - 15000000
Indian local enlistments 15000001 - 15005000
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 16000001 - 16100000
Non-Combatant Corps 97000001 - 97100000
Auxiliary Territorial Service W/1 - W/500,000
Voluntary Aid Detachments W/500001 - W/1000000
Cheers John, Thanks for the reference
i find this website useful
http://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org...query=14423211
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