Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

• 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
• BWM – British War Medal
• VIC – Victory Medal
• SWB – Silver War Badge
• TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
• TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
• TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

• MID – Mention In Dispatches
• LG – London Gazette
• MM – Military Medal
• DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

• ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
• MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
• SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
• SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
• SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
• COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
• SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
• PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
• CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
• RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
• NEWS – Newspapers
• CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
• BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
• FAM – Family Records

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