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Originally Posted by mike_vee
The "Membership" list in Graham Wootton's (1956) book did not take into account lapsed (soldiers serving overseas) , those who did not renew , members who had died or the numerous 'honorary' members. So the 'numbers' he used (members) fall far short of the actual numbers of badges that had been issued.
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Have just got a 1927 membership card and it shows that Graham Wootton's list is out by quite a large margin and cannot be relied on for dating badges.
The list 'estimates' British Legion membership in 1927 - 1928 at
202,826 to 219,096 .
The
1927 membership card shows a badge number of
363,995 , this would throw out the number on all later issued badges by roughly 150,000
