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War Badge Ceritificate awarded to John Laybourne

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SubjectLaybourne, John Charles
TitleWar Badge Ceritificate awarded to John Laybourne
NotesFor the Silver War Badge, awarded after John Laybourne's discharge as medically unfit for service.

Private 28761 John Charles Laybourne, 'C' Coy. 19th (Service) Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, having been discharged as medically unfit for further service, 14th April 1916, joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 (there is a discrepancy in the dates given by his paperwork, which suggest 1918) as an Aircraftsman Second Class (service no. 185738), and later served abroad with the Royal Air Force.
Item Date10th July 1917
Creation placeShrewsbury
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentOfficial document
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_6059_caerscan0113.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameRichard Marshall (Caernarfon Submission Day 8th May 2008)
Contributed on the behalf ofNorma Owen
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/6993