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Stanley_C_Jenkins

27-10-08 08:29 PM

"D G" shoulder title

I have a plain "D G" shoulder title, which I assume to mean "Dragoon Guards". Would this have been from a particular regiment, such as the 5th Dragoon Guards?

John Mulcahy

27-10-08 08:51 PM

Stanley

from about 1885 and at least by 1900 the one piece title "DG" was worn by Dragoon Guards Regiments with a seperate numeral above. Thus your title would need a seperate numeral (above) to be complete. In about 1913 one piece titles individual to regiments became common. In the case of the 5th DG this was a one piece title " 5 DG" in 'one line".

John

Stanley_C_Jenkins

27-10-08 09:00 PM

Thank you John. That would explain the existence of both "DG" and "5DG" shoulder titles. My other, very tentative thought was that "DG" could have stood for "Dublin Guard", though I assume that such a title would have not been officially employed in the Free State Army (?)

Mike	28-10-08 11:53 AM

similar story for the Royal Dragoons, separate numeral for the early ones:

shoulder title evolution

Stanley_C_Jenkins

28-10-08 08:04 PM

3 Attachment(s)

These are the actual items, together with two "mystery titles", one of which may be a lancer regiment?:

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