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[MickH]

I'm new to this forum so apologies if this is not the place for this question.
Can anybody help me on deciphering a Service No / Rating that appears on a medal recently purchased?
SERVICE NO.: D/MX 58616 - does anyone have an idea when this man would have joined?
RATING: Is shown on medal as ST.AST(S)?
Thank you

[PhiloNauticus]

D  = Devonport – this would have been his homeport/base
M  = Miscellaneous branch – i.e. he was not a Seaman/Stoker/Cook
X  =  On the post-1934 pay scale  (there had been different pay scales dependant on when you joined)
58616 – his official service number – you cannot tell exactly when, but I would suggest that it was probably in the mid-late 1930s.

ST  AST(S) - ?? can’t say I recognise that: perhaps Assistant Steward?

[MickH]

Thank you for the info.
However, after another internet search, it appears that a Steward would have the numbering L and not M?
Seamen and Communicators (J); Stokers (K); Officers Cooks and Stewards (L) and All Others (M)

[PhiloNauticus]

Yes, you are correct, L would have been used if he was a Steward - I hadn't connected that up !
The rate remains a mystery ....