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Old 13-02-18, 07:45 PM
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Default Wounded Stripes - Issue Criteria

Hello,

Does anyone have a list of what constituted a "wound" for the issue of a WW1 wounded stripe.

My question was prompted by a friend whose Grandfather was gassed in WW1 and he asked if he would have been entitled?

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Old 13-02-18, 08:17 PM
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Hello Simon
As far as I’m aware the wounded stripe was issued for having been gassed, my Grandfather is wearing his one in a photo I have of him in WW1,he was gassed and didn’t as far as I’m aware sustain any other wound that would of qualified him to wear one, I don’t have any information on the stripe so just going on what I see and know about him.

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This may help.

http://www.researchingww1.co.uk/ww1-wound-stripes

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Old 13-02-18, 09:59 PM
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Wound BADGE for every OCCASION officially recorded as wounded.
Included gas and also wounding by enemy wire ........ But not friendly!
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Wound BADGE for every OCCASION officially recorded as wounded.
Included gas and also wounding by enemy wire ........ But not friendly!
To my way of seeing it, wounded by either enemy or friendly fire has no distinction. The casualty was wounded on active service. Full stop.

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Old 14-02-18, 09:28 AM
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To my way of seeing it, wounded by either enemy or friendly fire has no distinction. The casualty was wounded on active service. Full stop.

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Where would a self inflicted wound in a front line trench just before zero hour come into the scheme of things?

With wound stripes, as with Silver War Badges, there are distinct categories that apply.

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Old 14-02-18, 04:29 PM
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To my way of seeing it, wounded by either enemy or friendly fire has no distinction. The casualty was wounded on active service. Full stop.

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WIRE repeat WIRE not fire.

As for wounds by friendly fire, in the main [except by artillery with only friendly fire occurring] they would be indistinguishable, and indeed no attempt was made. However, I do have well documented cases where a man was wounded on his own [friendly] wire and was investigated for a SIW rather than given a wound badge. Life's a bitch, as they say.
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