Hi Peter
What you have is a
Class B War Service Badge. "SWB" does not apply here, it is a British Term. The # on all Canadian First World War War Service Badges
does not correspond to the military member's Regimental or Service Number. Merely a badge number.
Some info on the different WSB's from Veteran's Affairs Canada:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remem...ls-decorations
On the CEF Study Group, member Steve (Vimy_Pilgrim) has a number of SWB Rolls. Unfortunately for his Cl B lists, he can only ID within the foll # range:
Although he has stated that he has some other badge numbers available.
Not sure if you are a member but here is the link to the thread:
https://www.cefresearch.ca/phpBB3/vi...t=9053&p=68100
And there are
some badge numbers available (not online) if you contact LAC (Library and Archives Canada). The was a thread on Great War Forum some 10 years back about the Cl A pin but there is some perhaps relevant info there for you. Are you a member there?
Quote:
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Originally Posted by correspondence from LAC
...In reply to your recent e-mail inquiry, I wish to confirm that Library and Archives Canada holds some War Service Badge Number Ledgers for the First World War (archival reference 2003-01458-6). Unfortunately, not all those registers survived. The registers that still exist do not include serial numbers in the range you cited (i.e. five-digit numbers), only higher numbers...
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https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/...the-front-pin/
Good luck.
regards
Darrell