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Originally Posted by peter4447
I'm going with the Drum Major being Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment.
Before amalgamation the West Yorks were in Malaya in 1953 and in Suez in 1956. After amalgamating with the East Yorks to become the P Wobblies they were in Aden from September 1958 to 1959/60. As such the 'Malaya' 'Near East' and 'Arabian Peninsula' clasps all fit the time frame.
Both the 1st & 2nd West Yorks (and the 1st East Yorks) served in Burma in WW2.
Whilst not wishing to disagree with Toby the West Yorks/PWO Yorks also wore buff facings.
Having trouble with the photo of the Band as we all tended to look very much alike in blues - could the collars be West Yorks ?
Peter4447
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I've just double checked Peter and to my surprise found that the PWO West Yorks (and later Yorks) did not wear Royal facings but wore buff as mentioned previously in the thread.
Mea culpa. That now throws it open to an ID via some of the medals hopefully.
I can't make out the collars other than that they do not appear to be Hanoverian horses.