Hey all, could anyone tell me if their service numbers were on the dog tags. I only need answers from people who are 100% sure on what they are saying or is what in the posters mind is known to be true, please dont guess as the service number is about to become part of a tattoo and obviously if iv got the number wrong then that would not be good for me lol How many digits do service numbers have? Maybe if anyone owns any dog tags they may know Thanks
Yes, numbers were & still are on Dog Tags. How many digits do service numbers have? This thread maybe useful to you. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/research-material/8564-army-number-block-allocations.html
Hi If you are looking for British Service numbers, the Commonwealth used "Identitiy Discs". Identity discs .303
The number varied in length. my grandfather was an officer and his number was 6 digits long, but previously he had a longer number when in the ordinary ranks. I have seen some service numbers which had prefix of letters then a number, somtimes also with a forward slash somewhere in the string of characters. This was common in WW1 and less common in WW2. If you are making up a service number for a tattoo, then it doesn't matter how long or short it is as long as the numbers have meaning to you. e.g a significant date, or your favourite lottery numbers or perhaps your national insurance number if you have one.
O pos or other (Blood group) Number: Name: Initials: CS/RC/CE etc (Religion) some sources suggest force: army/RAF etc , mine do not specify. My regiment- only issued on active service and withdrawn to be held with a soldiers AF2026 (personal records) when on home posting or equivalent.
Have a look here: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/searching-someone-military-genealogy/29650-can-you-tell-me-22795360-t-lappin.html Scroll down to comment #15 and look at Larry's disk. My own number was 14300260 and no, I didn't guess it and yes, I am sure Ron
FauvelBrownel Hey all, could anyone tell me if their service numbers were on the dog tags. I only need answers from people who are 100% sure on what they are saying or is what in the posters mind is known to be true, please dont guess as the service number is about to become part of a tattoo and obviously if iv got the number wrong then that would not be good for me lol How many digits do service numbers have? Maybe if anyone owns any dog tags they may know Thanks Been giving your request some further thought....................... The thought of "someone's" service number being tattooed on "someones" body strikes me as a little odd and I hope you will forgive my curiosity. Would you care to elaborate in response to our info on numbers ? Best regards Ron
1970s several lads had their blood group tattooed onto a shoulder.The Medical Officer was unimpressed. His view was that most tattoos were carried out in a state of inebriation and the chances were that the choice of blood group would have been a guess at best! Some would have been close if they had tattooed B***fast fortified wine! Tattoos. Something I have never wanted to have. I saw at first hand (no pun intended) . My commissioning board the initial phase a regular army colonel and four territorial ranks from the brass shelf. All very informal a drink in the ante room and then invited in to be interviewed. An ex gunner was also shortlisted. After all had been seen the regular colonel beckoned me over and shook my hand and a few others , he then asked for a few lads to follow him, sadly they were ones not accepted. It might shock some today (this was some thirty years ago) that the gunner had been turned down as the tattoos on his hands were not acceptable.
Wills I'd also remind you that the SS mob I guarded at Ferndorf in Austria also had their blood group tattooed under their arm. BBC - WW2 People's War - The War Ends in Italy, 2nd May 1945 Ron
Not so. If we're talking WW2 British Army tags here, blood group did not appear. It went: Number Religion Name, initial Some tags were different e.g Polish, had a lot more info on. Canadian tags had the rank of the officer on them, which must have wreaked havoc when they were being promoted quite a bit. If the wearer did not have a religion, it was simply left blank so only Name, Initial and Number were on there. I.D Tags :: FIRE 1944 O pos or other (Blood group) Number: Name: Initials: CS/RC/CE etc (Religion) some sources suggest force: army/RAF etc , mine do not specify. My regiment- only issued on active service and withdrawn to be held with a soldiers AF2026 (personal records) when on home posting or equivalent.
Yes so - could anyone tell me if their service numbers were on the dog tags. Is there an era specified in this question? How many digits do service numbers have? Again the question is not did!
Wills read my post. Not so to blood groups on ww2 british army tags. Also given that it's been posted on a ww2 forum and not in an area designated for non ww2 topics... Like I said. Not so.
How many digits do service numbers have? Regardless of the forum the question is framed to ask about service numbers now not WW2. Had he asked how many digits did discs have that would refer to another time. You keep referring to WW 2 ID discs I have not done so and I say again the question above does not ask that. What am I to do read the question differently? It seems to be pretty clear.
Ok wills whatever you say mate. The answer to the service number question was given above. I was correcting your post. Are we not safe to assume that as it was asked on a forum dedicated to ww2, they refer to that? The clue is in the title of the website mate, hence why I keep referring back to ww2. Seems pretty clear.
C'mon chaps, let's wait to the chap returns eh? If it's only for a tattoo it's not that important is it ? He might even mean a GI's number on GI's dogtags. A workmate of mine had a dog-tags tattoo , it had his dead mate's 'gaming' name on it, the dogtags were US stylee.
my great-grandad served with the 14th regiment of foot [ 1860 ] and his number was 13 , that would have been an easy one on a dogtag ...
Modern British ID tags. Current British Identity Discs Current British Identity Discs [] - £10.00 : Tims Tags - Dog Tags - Military Discs - ID Discs - Tims Military Dog Tags - UK, USA, EUROPE!, Dog Tags and Military Identity Discs Shop - Tims Dog Tags suppliers of quality D
Modern British ID tags. Current British Identity Discs Current British Identity Discs [] - £10.00 : Tims Tags - Dog Tags - Military Discs - ID Discs - Tims Military Dog Tags - UK, USA, EUROPE!, Dog Tags and Military Identity Discs Shop - Tims Dog Tags suppliers of quality D He joined just over 55,000 soldiers after me assuming they are original. I assume mine are in Glasgow now with all my docs I was only ever issued mine when I was deploying overseas on Ops.
Combover we arrive at - you say To mate o - I say tomato and that of course is what forums do! Heaven forbid we all agree all of the time! Yours Aye Wills.