Army Forms & Attestations: Trade Proficiency

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Thursday, 1 January 2015

Army Form B.195 - Certificate of Trade Proficiency

The example illustrated on this post dates to March 1907 and in this soldier's case was completed in June 1909.

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The British Army printed hundreds, if not thousands, of Army Forms which were generated to cover ever conceivable incident and eventuality that might affect a man during the course of his military career. This blog merely scratches the surface of those forms and I use it as a point of reference for myself and for others who may be interested in such matters.

I appreciate that a study of army paperwork may be viewed by some as akin to train-spotting or the noting down of car registration plate numbers. That's fine, but I continue to be fascinated by the subject even if my posting of examples on this blog has played second fiddle, of late, to other commitments; other blogs; other websites.

Essential Military Links

PRE FIRST WORLD WAR

Army Pensioners 1760-1913
Men discharged to pension from the Chelsea Hospital. From the WO 97 Chelsea Pensioner series at The National Archives.

Militia Attestations 1806-1915
From the WO 96 militia series at The National Archives.

Army Deserters 1828-1840
An index of over 34,000 men. Details include name, age, regiment, date of desertion and trade.

1861 Worldwide Army Index
Can't find him on the 1861 census? Was he in the army? This index contains the names of over 245,000 British soldiers at home and abroad.

Anglo-Boer War Roll 1899-1902
Over 300,000 men and a casualty list of over 60,000. The most comprehensive Boer War register on the web.

FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918

Soldiers' medical records from MH 106

Images and transcripts relating to over 930,000 soldiers treated as casualties between 1914 and 1918. Accept no Forces Poor Records substitutes.

Widows pensions 1914-1920

A sad collection of just under 10,000 records in PIN 86. These women were all widowed during the First World War.

WW1 Pension & Service Records 1914-1920
Search WO 363 and WO 364 in a single search on Findmypast. Contains c400,000 results not found on Ancestry.

WW1 Medal Index Cards 1914-1920
First World War campaign medal entitlement details for close to 5 million men. You'll find ALL of a man's regimental numbers indexed here. Ancestry's search is limited to the last number a man was issued with; a serious failing.

Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919
Essential record of WW1 British Army deaths. Most records for other ranks give place of birth, place of residence and place of enlistment details.

Bond of Sacrifice: WW1 officer casualties
Biographies of British Army officers, many of these including photos, up until June 1915.

De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1924
Biographies, many with photos, of over 26,000 WW1 casualties.

Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942

An incomplete collection of attestations for the Royal Artillery. The vast majority of these entries are for the period 1919-1942.

Royal Naval Division service records 1914-1920

Comprising just over 50,000 records.

Honourable Artillery Company 1848-1922

Various records for over 71,000 men who served with this oldest of British regiments.

Army form index

NO LETTER PREFIX

Army Form 11237 - Medical case sheet

Army Form 11238 - Syphilis case sheet

ARMY FORM A

Army Form A.22 - Marriage and Baptisms

ARMY FORM B

Army Form B.50 - Soldiers' Small Book

Army Form B.59 - Special Reserve attestation

Army Form B.96 - Short Service 6&6 - 1880

Army Form B.103 - Casualty Form - Active Service

Army Form B.104-53 - Medal corrections

Army Form B.110 - Attestation 3&3 - RE & Post Office

Army Form B.111 - Boer War attestation - 1900

Army Form B.120 - Regimental Conduct Sheet

Army Form B.121 - Squadron, Battery & Company Conduct sheet

Army Form B.131 - Clinical Chart

Army Form B.133 - Short Service 2&10; drivers

Army Form B.178 - Medical History

Army Form B.179 - Medical History of an Invalid

Army Form B.179a - Medical Report on a Soldier...

Army Form B.195 - Certificate of Trade Proficiency

Army Form B.217 - Short Service 3&9

Army Form B.221 - Descriptive return, extension of service

Army Form B.248 - Short Service 9&3 - 1906

Army Form B.250 - Short Service 6&6 - 1907

Army Form B.265 - Short Service 6&6 - 1880

Army Form B.267 - Long Service attestation

Army Form B.267A - Cavalry attestation

Army Form B.268 - Proceedings on Discharge

Army Form B.2512 - Derby Scheme attestation

Army Form B.2056 - Transfer to Army Reserve

Army Form B.5112- Medal receipt

ARMY FORM C

Army Form C.309 - 2nd Class Certificate of Education

ARMY FORM D

Army Form D.400 - Description on discharge

Army Form D.459 - Section D Army Reserve attestation

Army Form D.489 - Certificate of Sobriety & Trustworthiness

ARMY FORM E

Army Form E.501 - Territorial Force attestation

Army Form E.502 - Territorial Force attestation (for former Imperial Yeomanry & Volunteer Force men)

Army Form E.504 - Militia attestation

Army Form E.522 - Militia Reserve attestation

Army Form E.594 - Volunteer Force enrolment

Army Form E.595 - Imperial Yeomanry attestation

Army Form E.611 - Territorial Force re-engagement

Army Form E.611 - Imperial Yeomanry re-engagement

Army Form E.624 - Imperial Service

MINISTRY OF PENSIONS

MP X.9 - Pensioner's record card

ARMY FORM W

Army Form W.3118 - Field Medical Card

Army Form W.3194 - Group or Derby Scheme 'receipt'

Army Form W.3195 - Derby Scheme mobilisation

Army Form W.3291 - Derby Scheme classification

Army Form W.3428 - Accidental or self-inflicted injuries

Army Form W.3484B - Approval of Discharge

Army Form W.3491 - Medical Board examination

Army Form W.5080 - Living relatives of deceased soldier

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