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Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 26-05-23, 01:36 PM
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Views: 277
Posted By Mike_H
Thanks Tony, I see it now! A mutilation I have...

Thanks Tony, I see it now! A mutilation I have not come across before.

Mike
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 26-05-23, 05:49 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 277
Posted By Mike_H
Cap Badge I/D

Can anyone I/D the cap badge, I think it may be an OTC but have no other ideas. Definition of original photo is not good
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 21-03-23, 10:53 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 742
Posted By Mike_H
The attached photo of 7th KOSB transport section...

The attached photo of 7th KOSB transport section shows a variety of caps and Glengarries, most caps are without badges. The most likely reason for this variety and the use the caps is the shortage of...
Forum: The Home Front 03-02-23, 03:26 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,601
Posted By Mike_H
This memorial at Langton Matravers records the...

This memorial at Langton Matravers records the names of some Dorset Auxilliary Unit men
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 17-01-22, 03:00 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,513
Posted By Mike_H
High Wood- post 12 - re the hand-written notes -...

High Wood- post 12 - re the hand-written notes - those are/were my notes made in the late 1980's from examining all of the battalion marks in the IWM insignia collection. The notes were photocopied...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-12-20, 10:21 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 644
Posted By Mike_H
Doug 1/5th wore a 2" green square below the...

Doug

1/5th wore a 2" green square below the shoulder titles as a battalion i/d.

The LRB History, P114, says that the cloth shoulder titles were introduced in early June 1915.

On the first...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 25-08-20, 11:22 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 929
Posted By Mike_H
Luke, Many thanks for that update. Mike

Luke,

Many thanks for that update.
Mike
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 26-07-20, 01:30 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 356
Posted By Mike_H
The 13th (Service) Battalion RWF wore a red...

The 13th (Service) Battalion RWF wore a red equilateral triangle on the sleeves, originally on both sleeves and then on the right only with the 38th Div badge on the left.

Mike
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 23-07-20, 08:08 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 669
Posted By Mike_H
From 1917, when they joined the 75th Division,...

From 1917, when they joined the 75th Division, the 1/4th Wiltshire Regt wore a red Maltese cross on the back of the jacket just below the collar and as a pagri badge on both sides of the helmet.

M
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 30-06-20, 09:46 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 583
Posted By Mike_H
Worn by RQMS until 1915 MH

Worn by RQMS until 1915

MH
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 08-04-20, 08:54 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 929
Posted By Mike_H
Thank you all for your replies Mike

Thank you all for your replies

Mike
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 07-04-20, 08:29 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 929
Posted By Mike_H
Tyneside Scottish

Any thoughts on this title with a crown instead of a numeral? not a recent acquisition, I must have had it for at least 25 years. I have always wondered if it was used by 102 Brigade HQs.
Mike
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 11-12-19, 08:04 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 287
Posted By Mike_H
I would say yes, 14th Hampshires. Mike

I would say yes, 14th Hampshires.

Mike
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 06-08-19, 03:42 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 653
Posted By Mike_H
pretty certain to be E Yorks -the motorcycle's...

pretty certain to be E Yorks -the motorcycle's reg 'AT' is a Hull registration

Mike
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 23-07-19, 04:34 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,654
Posted By Mike_H
Take heart!! I am not disputing any of the...

Take heart!! I am not disputing any of the comments so far but if this series of repros continue to be as bad as the 40th Div and Hawk Battalion specimens illustrated there shouldn't be so much...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 08-06-19, 01:33 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,006
Posted By Mike_H
See Dave Bilton's 'The Badges of Kitchener's...

See Dave Bilton's 'The Badges of Kitchener's Army" page 83 - messengers of 19th King's wore a special winged badge on the right arm - presumably these were the battalion runners.
Mike.
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 25-10-18, 01:33 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,460
Posted By Mike_H
Chris I have checked the notes I have and of...

Chris

I have checked the notes I have and of the battalions of the London Regiment in 56th Div the only one that mentions use of the cotton patch as a helmet badge is 1/9th (QVR). It is not...
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 23-10-18, 03:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,460
Posted By Mike_H
Drew I have actually examined the items in...

Drew

I have actually examined the items in the IWM collection and my conclusion is that these are not silk at all but are in fact glazed cotton which has an appearance similar to silk.
Also...
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 21-05-18, 01:57 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 473
Posted By Mike_H
The brigades of 29th Div did not have a...

The brigades of 29th Div did not have a distinguishing sign. Units wore the Divisional red triangle sign and then various battalion marks.
Mike
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 21-05-18, 01:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 627
Posted By Mike_H
Here is a known original in the IWM collection.

Here is a known original in the IWM collection.
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 21-03-18, 09:02 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,977
Posted By Mike_H
Should have read Hibberd and Gibbs! - Refers to...

Should have read Hibberd and Gibbs! - Refers to the Military Historical Society booklet " Infantry Divisions Identification Schemes 1917" which the Society published in 2016

M
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 13-03-18, 04:47 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,977
Posted By Mike_H
Drew, Re the 2/14th and 2/15th. I have...

Drew,
Re the 2/14th and 2/15th.

I have found no info about the 2/14th officers having a badge on the back of their tunics and Robson's 1960 book, 'The Uniform of the London Scottish 1859-1919'...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-03-18, 04:31 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 480
Posted By Mike_H
Don't forget that Girl Guides have Companies - no...

Don't forget that Girl Guides have Companies - no doubt married quarters contain daughters as well as sons.

M
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 06-03-18, 05:54 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,977
Posted By Mike_H
Here are photos of the 2/13th and 2/16th...

Here are photos of the 2/13th and 2/16th officers' rose badges. These are the examples from the IWM collection.
Mike
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 20-02-18, 03:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 602
Posted By Mike_H
This mark was used by the 1/6th Bn. South Staffs...

This mark was used by the 1/6th Bn. South Staffs from May 1917.

Info comes from the IWM questionnaires on uniforms that were sent out to units in 1919 to try and build a record of these details. ...
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