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Bookmark or Share- Disembodiment Service - Interpreting documents - Great War ForumPiorun said: 'Disembodiment Service' appears to be a contradiction in terms. A Territorial was usually 'disembodied' on completion of active service whereas a Regular was 'discharged'. I can only assume that, due to circumstances relevant at the time, he was retained in Class Z or in some other non-active (by the dates) form of military service ...
- Definition of Embodied Service saught - Great War ForumEmbodied I think refers to the period he was actually serving with the "Colours",ie; in uniform & serving,the rest of the time he would be returned to Civilian Life until required,or if liable to recall being on the "Reserve";as after the initial period of the War the usual TF vagaries,of Time expired & not volunteering for Overseas service etc; were put on hold & men were serving for the ...
- attestation, mobilisation, enlistment - Great War ForumThe term embodied and disembodied refers to T.F men who were serving before 1916 only. by 1915 many men who were eligible for service had not come forward and enlisted. It became obvious to the Government that voluntary enlistment alone could not replace casualties and at the same time satisfy the rapidly expanding armed forces demand for recruits.
- DISCHARGED OR DISEMBODIED? - Great War ForumI have always though that the term "disembodied" was associated particularly with the militia, who were "embodied" during period of national emergency. Thus, on 1st August 1919 the Oxfordshire Milita (also known as the 3rd Reserve Battalion) was held to have been disembodied in Victoria Barracks, Cork, its men being absorbed into the two ...
- Medal "Roll of Individuals entitled to the Victory Medal and British ...'Disembodied' simply means once the emergency (or war) ended they reverted to the part time obligation held before the war but remained with their TF Battalion and undertook the obligations of the peace time TF e.g. drills and annual camp.
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