Silver War Badge - King's Regulations For Discharge

King's Regulations For Discharge

There are twenty-nine different ways in which someone could have been discharged under the King's Regulations. On a Silver War Badge Card, it could say KR (xxi) as it does on the example SWB card. This stands for King's Regulations, section twenty-one. The different regulations are;

• (i) References on enlistment being unsatisfactory.
• (ii) Having been irregularly enlisted.
• (iii) Not likely to become an efficient soldier.
• (iv) Having been claimed as an apprentice.
• (v) Having claimed it on payment of £10 within three months of his attestation.
• (vi) Having made a mis-statement as to age on enlistment.
• (vii) Having been claimed for wife desertion.
• (viii) Having made a false answer on attestation.
• (ix) Unfitted for the duties of the corps.
• (x) Having been convicted by the civil power of_____, or of an offence committed before enlistment.
• (xi) For misconduct.
• (xii) Having been sentenced to penal servitude.
• (xiii) Having been sentenced to be discharged with ignominy.
• (xiv) At his own request, on payment of _____ under Article 1130 (i), Pay Warrant.
• (xv) Free, after ____ years' service under Article 1130 (ii), Pay Warrant.
• (xvi) No longer physically fit for war service.
• (xvii) Surplus to military requirements (having suffered impairment since entry into the service).
• (xviii) At his own request after 18 years' service (with a view to pension under the Pay Warrant).
• (xix) For the benefit of the public service after 18 years' service (with a view to pension under the Pay Warrant).
• (xx) Inefficiency after 18 years' service (with a view to pension under the Pay Warrant).
• (xxi) The termination of his ____ period of engagement.
• (xxii) With less than 21 years' service towards engagement, but with 21 or more years' service towards pension.
• (xxiii) Having claimed discharge after three months' notice.
• (xxiv) Having reached the age for discharge.
• (xxv) His services being no longer required.
• (xxvi) Surplus to military requirements (Not having suffered impairment since entry into the service).
• (xxvii) At his own request after 21 (or more) years' service (with a view to pension under the Pay Warrant).
• (xxviii) After 21 (or more) years' qualifying service for pension, and with 5 (or more) years' service as warrant officer (with a view to pension under the Pay Warrant).
• (xxviv) On demobilization.