Identity bracelet

[stevetewk65]

Can anyone give me any information please on a silver bracelet, engraved as shown.

I received this yesterday from a cousin and it belonged to my grandmother. It is engraved with my grandmother's name and address and "QART 93/2" - my cousin understands it was a WW2 identity bracelet and other members of the family may have had 93/1, 93/3 etc.

This is not something I have come across before. Does anyone know anything further? Did all citizens have such a bracelet? Or just in this area (Harborne, Birmingham)? Or just this family even? My grandmother would have been 40 in 1939 so it isn't an evacuation ID.

[philipsearching]

If the bracelet is silver it would definitely not have been standard issue (far too expensive!)

I see that there is a Queen Alexandra's College in Harborne with a history going back to the 1840s (founded as the General Institution for the Blind)).  Could QA stand for Queen Alexandra?  If so, I haven't figured out what RT could stand for!  Did your grandmother do wartime work which could throw any light on QART?

All the best
Philip

[KGarrad]

I am sure there was a previous thread on RC regarding the WW2 Identity Cards scheme?

The reference QART 93/2 is the National Registration number. This later became the basis for NHS numbers!

QART is a code referring to the enumeration district (i.e.town, or area).
93 refers to the household - family group (or address?)
/2 is the second person within the group.

See http://www.1911census.org.uk/1939.htm

[stevetewk65]

Thanks both. I agree the identity marks are no doubt unique to my grandmothers name, location and family position.

I think my surprise/interest comes from not having encountered such a thing before, I assumed only those on military service would have an id tag.