Who Owned this Medal?
Usually every medal issued is named to the reciptent, with the exception of British WW2
Medals and a few others. For a British Medal the following is average for being written
around the rim of a medal:
Service Number: A number that is unique to each individual, usually does not change throughout career.
Rank: Indicates the rank the person was at time of issue, see below for abbreviations.
Name: The initialled first name, followed by surname of the recieptent.
Regiment/Ship: Unit above person was assigned to, see below for abbreviations.
Please note that this is by NO means a complete list. However
if anyone has any suggestions to be added - please email me here
Rank Abbreviations
A/ - Acting
A.B. - Able Seaman
A/CWEM - Acting Chief Weapons Engineering Mechanic
Bmbr - Bombardier
Cfn - Craftsman
Capt - Captain
Cpl - Corporal
C.P.O. - Chief Petty Officer
Dvr - Driver
Fus - Fusilier
GNR - Gunner
JAC - Junior Air Crew
L.H. - Leading Hand
Mjr - Major
Ord - Ordinary
Pte - Private
P.O. - Petty Office
SAC - Senior Air Crew
Sgt - Sergeant
S.Sgt - Staff Sergeant
Tpr - Trooper
W.O. - Warrant Officer
2nd Lieu - 2nd Lieutenant
Unit Abbreviations
1 E Ang - 1st East Anglian Regiment
1-LOND.R. - 1st London Regiment
1 R Dgns - 1st Royal Dragoons
4-CMR - 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles
4 QOH - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
11H - 11th Royal Hussars
A Avn - Army Aviation
Abn Inf - Airbourne Infantry
A.S.C. - Army Service Corps
A&SH - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
AAC - Army Air Corps
AAU - Air Ambulance Unit
ABDS - Army Bomb Disposal Unit
ACF - Army Cadet Force
C.M.P. - Corps of Military Police
Durham L.I.- Durham Light Infantry
E.Kent (R) - East Kent Regiment
GLOUC.R. - Gloucester Regiment
Hamps.R. - Hampshire Regiment
H.M.S. - Her Majesty's Ship
H.M.A.S. - Her Majesty's Australian Ship
H.L.I. - Highland Light Infantry
LAN FUS. - Lancastershire Fusiliers
L'POOL.R. - Liverpool Regiment
K.A.R. - King's Africa Rifles
KENT R - Kent Regiment
K.L.S.I. - Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
K.O.SCO.BORD. - Kings Own Scottish Borders
N.IR.H - North Irish Horse Corps of Hussars
R.A. - Royal Artillery
R.A.F. - Royal Air Force
R.A.M.C. - Royal Army Medical Corps
R.E.M.E. - Royal Elecrical & Mechanical Engineers
R.F.A. - Royal Field Artillery
R.IR.RIF - Royal Irish Rifles
R.MUN.FUS. - Royal Munster Fusiliers
R.N. - Royal Navy
R.Sigs - Royal Signals
R.Scots - Royal Scots
R.WAR.R. - Royal Warickshire Regiment
Service Number: A number that is unique to each individual, usually does not change throughout career.
Rank: Indicates the rank the person was at time of issue, see below for abbreviations.
Name: The initialled first name, followed by surname of the recieptent.
Regiment/Ship: Unit above person was assigned to, see below for abbreviations.
Please note that this is by NO means a complete list. However
if anyone has any suggestions to be added - please email me here
A/ - Acting
Rank: Indicates the rank the person was at time of issue, see below for abbreviations.
Name: The initialled first name, followed by surname of the recieptent.
Regiment/Ship: Unit above person was assigned to, see below for abbreviations.
Please note that this is by NO means a complete list. However
if anyone has any suggestions to be added - please email me here
Rank Abbreviations
A/ - Acting
A.B. - Able Seaman
A/CWEM - Acting Chief Weapons Engineering Mechanic
Bmbr - Bombardier
Cfn - Craftsman
Capt - Captain
Cpl - Corporal
C.P.O. - Chief Petty Officer
Dvr - Driver
Fus - Fusilier
GNR - Gunner
JAC - Junior Air Crew
L.H. - Leading Hand
Mjr - Major
Ord - Ordinary
Pte - Private
P.O. - Petty Office
SAC - Senior Air Crew
Sgt - Sergeant
S.Sgt - Staff Sergeant
Tpr - Trooper
W.O. - Warrant Officer
2nd Lieu - 2nd Lieutenant
Unit Abbreviations
1 E Ang - 1st East Anglian Regiment
1-LOND.R. - 1st London Regiment
1 R Dgns - 1st Royal Dragoons
4-CMR - 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles
4 QOH - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
11H - 11th Royal Hussars
A Avn - Army Aviation
Abn Inf - Airbourne Infantry
A.S.C. - Army Service Corps
A&SH - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
AAC - Army Air Corps
AAU - Air Ambulance Unit
ABDS - Army Bomb Disposal Unit
ACF - Army Cadet Force
C.M.P. - Corps of Military Police
Durham L.I.- Durham Light Infantry
E.Kent (R) - East Kent Regiment
GLOUC.R. - Gloucester Regiment
Hamps.R. - Hampshire Regiment
H.M.S. - Her Majesty's Ship
H.M.A.S. - Her Majesty's Australian Ship
H.L.I. - Highland Light Infantry
LAN FUS. - Lancastershire Fusiliers
L'POOL.R. - Liverpool Regiment
K.A.R. - King's Africa Rifles
KENT R - Kent Regiment
K.L.S.I. - Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
K.O.SCO.BORD. - Kings Own Scottish Borders
N.IR.H - North Irish Horse Corps of Hussars
R.A. - Royal Artillery
R.A.F. - Royal Air Force
R.A.M.C. - Royal Army Medical Corps
R.E.M.E. - Royal Elecrical & Mechanical Engineers
R.F.A. - Royal Field Artillery
R.IR.RIF - Royal Irish Rifles
R.MUN.FUS. - Royal Munster Fusiliers
R.N. - Royal Navy
R.Sigs - Royal Signals
R.Scots - Royal Scots
R.WAR.R. - Royal Warickshire Regiment
1-LOND.R. - 1st London Regiment
1 R Dgns - 1st Royal Dragoons
4-CMR - 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles
4 QOH - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
11H - 11th Royal Hussars
A Avn - Army Aviation
Abn Inf - Airbourne Infantry
A.S.C. - Army Service Corps
A&SH - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
AAC - Army Air Corps
AAU - Air Ambulance Unit
ABDS - Army Bomb Disposal Unit
ACF - Army Cadet Force
C.M.P. - Corps of Military Police
Durham L.I.- Durham Light Infantry
E.Kent (R) - East Kent Regiment
GLOUC.R. - Gloucester Regiment
Hamps.R. - Hampshire Regiment
H.M.S. - Her Majesty's Ship
H.M.A.S. - Her Majesty's Australian Ship
H.L.I. - Highland Light Infantry
LAN FUS. - Lancastershire Fusiliers
L'POOL.R. - Liverpool Regiment
K.A.R. - King's Africa Rifles
KENT R - Kent Regiment
K.L.S.I. - Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
K.O.SCO.BORD. - Kings Own Scottish Borders
N.IR.H - North Irish Horse Corps of Hussars
R.A. - Royal Artillery
R.A.F. - Royal Air Force
R.A.M.C. - Royal Army Medical Corps
R.E.M.E. - Royal Elecrical & Mechanical Engineers
R.F.A. - Royal Field Artillery
R.IR.RIF - Royal Irish Rifles
R.MUN.FUS. - Royal Munster Fusiliers
R.N. - Royal Navy
R.Sigs - Royal Signals
R.Scots - Royal Scots
R.WAR.R. - Royal Warickshire Regiment