Military Details
Regiment: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Rank: Private
Service Number: 18980
Date of Enlistment: 4 October 1915
Date of Discharge: 7 July 1916
Reason for Discharge: No longer physically fit for war service.
Other Information: He served with the North Munster Fusiliers in the Boer War.
Patrick was awarded the Silver War Badge (number 8179015) on 17 May 1919.
The Silver War Badge was issued in the United Kingdom and the British Empire to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness from military service in World War I. The badge, sometimes known as the "Discharge Badge", the "Wound Badge" or "Services Rendered Badge", was first issued in September 1916, along with an official certificate of entitlement.