collar ?

[argyll]

good morning,

this one little badge for identification :




size : 20,20 mm / 26,93 mm
marquing :
T
CLB
C
come from : England

thank's in avance for your help.

regards

michel

[manchesters]

Church Lads Brigade.

Lapel badge

regards

[argyll]

Good evening

Thank you for your help.

What do the letters "TC" correspond to?

regards

michel

[Toby Purcell]

Originally Posted by argyll

Good evening

Thank you for your help.

What do the letters "TC" correspond to?

regards

michel

It means 'The Cadets', so that from top to bottom it reads: The Church Lads Brigade Cadets (TCLBC). It was a military arm of the youth movement of the Anglican Church (i.e. Protestant, Church of England). They provided recruits for the WW1, 16th Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) and suffered many casualties. They saw themselves as soldiers of Christ.

[ebro]

I always believed that the TC was for Training Corps as a similar badge was used later for the Junior Training Corps. It was for the younger members of the CLB.
Eddie

[Toby Purcell]

Originally Posted by ebro

I always believed that the TC was for Training Corps as a similar badge was used later for the Junior Training Corps. It was for the younger members of the CLB.
Eddie

Yes, I think you are correct Eddie, my mistake. Here are two excellent links that give good information for Michel:

1. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/fo...de-clb-badges/

2. https://www.clcgb.org.uk/documents/h...lion-krrc/file

[argyll]

good evening,

wonderfull.

I research any information about the all unit are coming in loos & hill 70
with your 2nd link I see the CLB 16th KRRK are coming to the hill 70 at loos.

it's possible to some soldiers about this unit are this Lapel badge during the first worl war in the uniform?

thank's a lot for all.

regards

michel

[Toby Purcell]

Originally Posted by argyll

good evening,

wonderfull.

I research any information about the all unit are coming in loos & hill 70
with your 2nd link I see the CLB 16th KRRK are coming to the hill 70 at loos.

it's possible to some soldiers about this unit are this Lapel badge during the first worl war in the uniform?

thank's a lot for all.

regards

michel

No Michel, the lapel badges were worn by veterans on civilian clothes after the war. The most likely scenario I think is that a veteran revisited the battlefield many years later and either lost the lapel badge or exchanged it with a local person as a souvenir.

[ebro]

Toby,
This is not a veterans badge it is a CLB youth organisation's lapel badge. It would have been worn by CLB members in the lapel of civilian clothes.
It could well have been taken to France by a soldier who had been a member of the CLB, although he would not have worn it on his army uniform.
Eddie

[argyll]

good morning,

I restate that the one I present, comes from England.

In view of the various objects with a number or insignia (Cap badge of the Dublin Police or Canadian battalions) found in the field that there is no direct connection with the presence and use at the front, will not surprise me.
A friend doing work at home, found a belt buckle of the "CLB" (area between the Basse & Armentières.

Is this type of badge in correspondence with the first war?

Kind regards

michel

[ebro]

Michel,
Your badge would have came from England as the CLB was a youth organisation of the Church of England. Your friends CLB belt buckle may have been carried to France by a soldier who was a former member of the CLB as a trouser belt? If your Dublin Police badge was a King's crown it may have been worn by a member of either the Dublin Metropolitan Police or the Royal Irish Constabulary. I believe that members of both forces volunteered to fight in France when there was troop shortages during WW1.
Eddie

[argyll]

Good evening

I will check with my friend if it is possible to make me a picture of the belt buckle of the CLB.

My cap Badge is from the Royal Irish Constabulary.
He owns the King's crown.
I made a post there.

Kind regards.

michel