(H&BR) Hull & Barnsley Railway - Railway Service badge (WW1, 1914 - 1918)
This privately issued Railway Service badge was issued to employees of the Hull & Barnsley Railway Company (H&BR) to denote their exemption status from uniformed military service and thereby, help to retain skilled workers. Badged’ employees as such, were considered essential for war-work on the Home Front and exempt from being called up for military service. Unofficial war service badges privately issued by companies were permitted for use by the War Office until August 4th 1915 after which unofficial badges no longer had legal status, were banned from use and replaced by the War Department’s official On-Service badges. Can anyone please tell me if the Railway Service badges were exempt and continued in use up till the end of the war?
The H&BR opened in 1885 as the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway & Dock Company (HB&WRJR&DCo.), having only 66 miles of railway track. In 1923, the H&BR became part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER).
Railway Services badges of similar design were issued by other railway companies during WW1 but differed only in the company name.
References:
www.tomtulloch-marshall.co.uk/On_War_Service_Badges.html (Article on the official On War Services badges of WW1 by Tom Tulloch-Marshall, 2001).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_and_Barnsley_Railway (The Hull & Barnsley Railway company).
tonyjamesnoteworld.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/On_War_... (Good article about official war service badges during the First World War, 1914-1918).
www.flickr.com/photos/77499774@N08/10359406956/ (Railway Service badges were also issued by the different railway companies during WW2 (1939-1945) and for the very same purposes as their equivalent WW1 badges).
Enamels: 3 (red, white & blue).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Buttonhole (horseshoe shaped clasp).
Size: 1 1/16” diameter (27mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: J. A. WILEY & CO, LONDON and hand-stamped employee’s number J 389.
Photo reproduced with kind permission of the seller (amersham417).
Sold on eBay 3rd September 2014.
Item number 251626255679.
Start price £24.99 and sold for £101 + p&p (13 bids from 5 bidders), despite damage to the blue enamel along positions 12 to 1 o/c.
(H&BR) Hull & Barnsley Railway - Railway Service badge (WW1, 1914 - 1918)
This privately issued Railway Service badge was issued to employees of the Hull & Barnsley Railway Company (H&BR) to denote their exemption status from uniformed military service and thereby, help to retain skilled workers. Badged’ employees as such, were considered essential for war-work on the Home Front and exempt from being called up for military service. Unofficial war service badges privately issued by companies were permitted for use by the War Office until August 4th 1915 after which unofficial badges no longer had legal status, were banned from use and replaced by the War Department’s official On-Service badges. Can anyone please tell me if the Railway Service badges were exempt and continued in use up till the end of the war?
The H&BR opened in 1885 as the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway & Dock Company (HB&WRJR&DCo.), having only 66 miles of railway track. In 1923, the H&BR became part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER).
Railway Services badges of similar design were issued by other railway companies during WW1 but differed only in the company name.
References:
www.tomtulloch-marshall.co.uk/On_War_Service_Badges.html (Article on the official On War Services badges of WW1 by Tom Tulloch-Marshall, 2001).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_and_Barnsley_Railway (The Hull & Barnsley Railway company).
tonyjamesnoteworld.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/On_War_... (Good article about official war service badges during the First World War, 1914-1918).
www.flickr.com/photos/77499774@N08/10359406956/ (Railway Service badges were also issued by the different railway companies during WW2 (1939-1945) and for the very same purposes as their equivalent WW1 badges).
Enamels: 3 (red, white & blue).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Buttonhole (horseshoe shaped clasp).
Size: 1 1/16” diameter (27mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: J. A. WILEY & CO, LONDON and hand-stamped employee’s number J 389.
Photo reproduced with kind permission of the seller (amersham417).
Sold on eBay 3rd September 2014.
Item number 251626255679.
Start price £24.99 and sold for £101 + p&p (13 bids from 5 bidders), despite damage to the blue enamel along positions 12 to 1 o/c.