The
Liverpool Echo dated Monday, July
24th 1916 reported the reason for the issue of the new badge.
“The
Silver
War Badge is to be issued to our officers, men (Army and Navy),
and
nurses
who have returned to civil life wounded or otherwise unfit.”
The
Aliens had several players who
were awarded the Silver War Badge
| Players | Born/Died | Occupation | Military Career | Comments |
| Ernest Pattinson BYWELL | 1879 Great Ayton, Yorks d.1968 Liverpool | Assistant Elementary School Teacher (1911 Census) | Pte RAMC #1903, Lt 's Liverpool Regt #339459, awarded Silver War Badge | Lived at 12 Dorset Ave, Wavertree. Durham University in 1901 Boat Race |
| Alfred CANNELL | 1884 Laxey, Isle of Man d. 1954 Bolton | School Teacher (1911 Census) | Acting Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps #337391, awarded Silver War Badge 1919lver War Badge | Lived at "Axnfel" Queens Drive, Walton, Bro-in-law of Aked Booth. Left teaching 1919, Yarn Agent 1939 |
| John Edmund Moss BRUNSKILL | 1891 Liverpool d. 1975 Petersfield, Hants. | Chemist (1911 Census) | Staff Sjt. Royal Army Medical Corps #1409, awarded Silver War Badge 1919 | Lived at 1 Bristol Rd, Wavertree. Lecturer at Faculty of Medicine in Cairo |
| Arthur ROBERTS | 1886 Toxteth d. 1939 Liverpool | Teacher Assistant (1911 Census) | Pte. King's Liverpool Regt #202331, awarded Silver War Badge in 1917 | Lived at 102 Granby St, Toxteth |
| Charles Napier COOKE | 1891 Liverpool d. 1976 Derby | Clerk Tobacco Mfr (1911 Census) | Pte R.Welsh Fus. #208338 and Sgt King's Liverpool Regiment #3075, awarded Silver War Badge in 1919 | Lived at 56 Madelaine St, Toxteth Park |
The
Newspapers of the time reported
the issue of the new badge in 1916, and the changes to its
qualification in subsequent years.
