Black Watch
When I bought this I thought a small size glengarry badge worn on a cap!
However on closer inspection its a sweetheart brooch, not only that he wears an armpatch with the numeral 19 which denotes Training Reserve Brigade HLI numbers issued post 1916. https://i.imgur.com/tdN44Pu.jpg?1 |
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On the formation of the Training Reserve these went onto form the 80th,81st,82nd & 83rd Training Reserve Bns, absorbing the 28th(Res)Bn,N.F., 19th(Res)Bn,Notts & Derbys and 13th(Res)Bn,K.O.Y.L.I.. I suspect he was formally H.L.I. transferred into one of the above mentioned units and so has shown his former unit upon his 'new' GS cap. Sometime ago I posted the attached link with a photo regarding the 20th Reserve Bde; https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...6&d=1450552826 |
Graham, thanks for that information.
The 19th (Reserve) Bn HLI, were at Ripon from Oct 1915 to March 1916. The postcard is a Harrowgate photographer. Converted to 78th Training Reserve Battalion in 18th Reserve Brigade at Montrose September 1916. Ron. |
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