Medal
Medal
Object name: Medal
Associated with Private William Thomas Graham (1881 - 1968)
Date: 1916
Medium: Silver
Object number: LDCUM2009.009.001
DescriptionCircular silver badge with pin. It has an openwork central design of a crown and the initials GRJ' - the cypher of George V. The border has the inscription: 'For King and Empire-Services Rendered.'
This army medal was awarded to William Thomas Graham for his time in the Rifle Brigade during the Great War 1914 - 1918. The Silver War Badge, sometimes erroneously called the Silver Wound Badge, was authorised in September 1916 and awarded to all those military personnel who were discharged as a result of sickness or wounds contracted or received during the war, either at home or overseas.
This army medal was awarded to William Thomas Graham for his time in the Rifle Brigade during the Great War 1914 - 1918. The Silver War Badge, sometimes erroneously called the Silver Wound Badge, was authorised in September 1916 and awarded to all those military personnel who were discharged as a result of sickness or wounds contracted or received during the war, either at home or overseas.