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MarkCDodd wrote:It is definately not a Sergeant's insignia!!
It is only two chevrons, not three.
Dependent on the regiment, a Lance Corporal can have one or two chevrons.
All corporals have two chevrons.
From Wickipedia.
Corporal
Sergeant
It is very common for people to count the stripes, not the chevrons, especially on the black and white photographs.
Permanent appointments are usually mentioned on the medal cards but not always.
Since he entered his first theater of war on the 21st July 1915 he was eligable for the 14-15 Star.
The clerical error is not uncommmon.
You can view the actual medal rolls at Kew. They sometime have additional information than what is listed on the medal card.
If was in the in Royal Engineers he would have another regimental number listed or there may be a secondary medal card.
feral-underclass wrote:i have seen men in the war diary listed as acting sgt being wounded and when i checked their medal index card they are listed as pte.
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