Royal Navy Silver War Badge card, a rare survivor.

[high wood]

A recent find along with a lot of paperwork regarding his pension entitlement. Sadly, there was no sign of the badge. Not the most illustrious of naval careers but I am glad that it has survived.

[RNCVR]

He would have likely qualified for the single British War medal.  Medically Invalided due to "Organic Heart Disease".

Not yet 20 yrs of age, wonder how long he survived for?

[MelPack]

20 minutes ago, RNCVR said:

Not yet 20 yrs of age, wonder how long he survived for?

Death recorded Dec Q 1957 Stafford - Birth recorded Mar Q 1899 Dudley.

[horatio2]

40 minutes ago, RNCVR said:

He would have likely qualified for the single British War medal.

Correct but it was never claimed or issued.

[RNCVR]

James Caulkin likely never knew he was entitled to a medal.

[high wood]

I have a lot of associated paperwork regarding his Disability Pension, his treatment card from the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, Gosport, a summary of his Pensions Appeal Tribunal and death certificate.

Amongst the paperwork, there is a form from the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W.1. Higher education of ex-servicemen, to the effect that he was awarded a two year course in Draughtmanship (Engineering) at the Birmingham Municipal Technical School with a grant of £30 per annum for tuition fees and a maintenance allow at a rate of £155 per annum from 7th April 1920.

[high wood]

Some of the related Admiralty paperwork.

 

[Matlock1418]

Pension Index Card and Pension Ledger Pages [front & rear] at WFA/Fold3 

https://www.fold3.com/search?docQuery=(filters:!((type:general.title.id,values:!((label:'UK,+WWI+Pension+Ledgers+and+Index+Cards,+1914-1923',value:'1019')))),keywords:'caulkin,80188',sortOrder:ALPHABETICAL)

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