James_B said:
How soon does tsissab86 need them? Whereabouts on JPA do you order them? I got mine as blanks with issued respirator, then was told by the warrant officer dealing with RNR mobilisations from my branch to get them engraved at Timpsons (£12.95 I think), then claim it back on JPA under medical expenses.
When I went out to Iraq I was meant to have issue ID discs, but they never appeared (only asked four months before I deployed, obviously too difficult - I went as a civilian and had top-notch training and support, this was about the one thing that didn't work).
So I went to Timpsons, explained what I wanted, and got some pet's ID tags engraved with my details as described (name, MOD CIV, religion, staff number, blood group). Made calling them 'dog tags' even more appropriate... the gentleman at Timpsons seemed familiar with the routine and even suggested "C of E" rather than "Atheist" for 'religion' since I'd either be dead or captured if they were being examined.
The only drawback was that they were engraved, not stamped, so they aren't as distinctly clear: but since I was doing a nice safe job in Div HQ I wasn't too worried. (Name, number and blood group Sharpied on the sides of the heels of my boots was for amusement rather than anything serious - no matter what, isn't there always one smoking boot left?

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