- TITLE
- Certificate of Service
- EXTERNAL ID
- Z_PC_WGORDON3_004_025
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 1936
- PERIOD
- 1930s
- SOURCE
- W Gordon
- ASSET ID
- 8414
- KEYWORDS
- certificates of service
army documents
World War II
British Army

This image shows the inside cover of a certificate of service, dated from 1936. The warning states that any soldier who leaves the regular army and is found to have communicated information to other persons, which may be useful to an enemy in war, is liable to prosecution.
A certificate of service was issued to every British soldier and the document held details such as army number, rank, record of service, certificates of transfers and discharge, record of education and previous service.