Army Dog Tags

[Frans_FTM]

I was looking at my Grandfathers WW1 dog tags and noticed that the three tags were stamped BPTS, BAP & DAPT and wondered what they stood for.

[Frans_FTM]

Sorry should have said WW2 not WW1

[JBee]

Sorry I can't even hazard a guess, nothing is jumping out at all.

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Which army regiment was he in? Do you know which theatre of war he served in?

Jay

[Chrissie Smiff]

Were they British dog tags Frans? If so, could it have been his rank? Does this page help?
http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/ww1-and...s-product,6104

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Well spotted Chrissie

Jay

[Frans_FTM]

He was in the Royal Artillery but never served overseas.

[Frans_FTM]

[grumpy]

It was his religion, in this case Baptist. The DAPT is actually BAPT.

[AntonyM]

Religion = Baptist

[Frans_FTM]

Thanks, so all three are abbreviations for Baptist ~ might have thought they would have had a common abbreviation for all tags.

My next question is why are there three tags?

[AntonyM]

Two discs (one red, one green) were worn on the body - if the soldier was killed, then one disc could be quickly taken by a fellow soldier or medic to pass back up the line for casualty details to be gathered and the other left on the body for later ID purposes - I believe the army issued a second red disc to be attached to the service respirator.