NAM.2001-04-39-1

Civilian War Department Employee badge (probably a munitions factory), 1915 (c). Probably the possession of Gnr Thomas W Bage, Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial). Oval band, surmounted by an Imperial Crown, upon which is engraved, ‘ON WAR SERVICE/ 1915’, with the shield, as depicted in the badge of the Army Ordnance Corps, in the centre. Gunner Thomas W Bage took part in the defence of Hartlepool from bombardment by the German Navy, 15th Dec 1914.

Hartlepool, Bombardment of, 1914 (World War One, Home Front 1914-1918)