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Originally Posted by Mercian
The 1st seem to have worn the pompom only in 1929, then went back to the regimental flash in 1930. Your photo is between 1922 and 1925, these two photo's are 1927 and 1933.
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Nice to have those dates. Thanks for that.
I note in your 'pompom' picture that the puggaree has a cleft at the point where the pompom is located. Is this simply a device to tie/hold the pompom in place, or is it perhaps an extra fold in the puggaree itself? There seems to be no fold at this point to the puggarees in my photo.
The Suffolk Regiment had three folds to their puggaree, aligned with the '12', '4' and '8 o'clock' seams in the helmet cover (no fold at the front) though as I have alluded to above, this does not seem to be the case for the Cheshires' puggarees in my pic.
Suffolks Puggaree Folds.jpg
With thanks,
JT