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Forum: The Home Front 25-08-20, 12:41 PM
Replies: 2
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Posted By Graham Stewart
Don't know if this will work, but hopefully you...

Don't know if this will work, but hopefully you should find two attachments relating to the Middlesex Volunteer Regiment, showing the units as they were before becoming the Volunteer Battalions of...
Forum: The Home Front 16-04-20, 07:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 795
Posted By Graham Stewart
Superb collection. Such a great pity that during...

Superb collection. Such a great pity that during the early days of the formation of these 1914 home units, many of which ended up in the V.T.C., that no official lists of units were kept. All of the...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 07-05-19, 03:51 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 333
Posted By Graham Stewart
To be honest I don't think he's military despite...

To be honest I don't think he's military despite the crown on the collar and I have a feeling, rightly or wrongly, that he's a Lord Lieutenant of a County.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 24-04-19, 03:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 366
Posted By Graham Stewart
The cloth shoulder numeral does imply the 19th...

The cloth shoulder numeral does imply the 19th Reserve Bde, but neither the Black Watch nor H.L.I. were not part of this Bde, which was made up from the 32nd(Res)Bn,Northumberland Fusiliers,...
Forum: The Home Front 30-01-19, 08:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 678
Posted By Graham Stewart
Very, very nice and as already suggested you may...

Very, very nice and as already suggested you may find some about them in one of the local newspapers of the period.

During my own research I found many Northumberland and Durham home defence...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 16-06-18, 03:53 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,019
Posted By Graham Stewart
189917 Have tried tinkering on with it to show...

189917
Have tried tinkering on with it to show the titles and numerals. Hope they're viewable.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 16-06-18, 03:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,019
Posted By Graham Stewart
189914 Hope you're able to see this one OK,...

189914

Hope you're able to see this one OK, but these are members of the regular 4th Bn, N.F., taken sometime between 1900 & 1906. They are wearing the "shoulder title" - 'N.F.' in white on...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 15-06-18, 08:49 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,019
Posted By Graham Stewart
Appears to be a cloth shoulder title with the...

Appears to be a cloth shoulder title with the battalion numeral below.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 06-05-18, 04:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 668
Posted By Graham Stewart
As detailed in Army Council Instruction 259 dated...

As detailed in Army Council Instruction 259 dated 1st August 1916 - "Formation of the Training Reserve".
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 14-04-18, 07:20 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,582
Posted By Graham Stewart
Tyneside Inniskillings

Sadly the badge being worn hasn't been positively identified as either N.F. or Inniskillings, on top of which many of you will be unaware of the fact that during the early stages of the Great...
Forum: The Home Front 08-03-18, 09:02 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,511
Posted By Graham Stewart
185560 185561 Couple of West Riding Volunteer...

185560 185561
Couple of West Riding Volunteer photos from my collection.
Forum: The Home Front 08-03-18, 08:54 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,511
Posted By Graham Stewart
I can't tell you a lot about their badges, but...

I can't tell you a lot about their badges, but local newspapers for the area would have carried regular "Volunteer Notes", as to what was going on with the Huddersfield Volunteers, whom as you will...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 29-09-17, 07:09 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 719
Posted By Graham Stewart
Its a "Royal Arms" capbadge, not a Royal Cypher,...

Its a "Royal Arms" capbadge, not a Royal Cypher, which is the sovereigns title i.e. VR, ER, GR
Forum: The Home Front 15-09-17, 01:27 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,747
Posted By Graham Stewart
Tim - Have you viewed the VTC/Volunteer Gazette,...

Tim - Have you viewed the VTC/Volunteer Gazette, which has notes in from units dotted up and down the country? They used to have a complete run of it in the Bodleian Library, which I used to borrow...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 02-09-17, 02:29 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,046
Posted By Graham Stewart
Is there a photographers mark on the reverse...

Is there a photographers mark on the reverse side, as VTC units never served outside of their County boundaries?
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 29-08-17, 07:31 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,451
Posted By Graham Stewart
Possibly not and clearly an error as the 12th...

Possibly not and clearly an error as the 12th Training Reserve Bn was formerly the 13th(Reserve)Bn, Notts & Derby Regt. Whilst 12th Reserve Bde was made up entirely of Scottish units. The Devons only...
Forum: The Home Front 12-08-17, 06:34 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,192
Posted By Graham Stewart
175798 The cap badge actually being worn by...

175798
The cap badge actually being worn by members of Sussex Volunteer Training Corps.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 16-04-17, 11:03 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 665
Posted By Graham Stewart
2/4th Queens left 160th Bde/53rd Div at Palestine...

2/4th Queens left 160th Bde/53rd Div at Palestine on the 31st May 1918 - embarked Alexandria on the 15th June 1918 - disembarked Taranto 21st June 1918 and joined 101st Bde/34th Div 30th June 1918.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 13-02-17, 08:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 674
Posted By Graham Stewart
Did they not form a Cadet Battalion prior to the...

Did they not form a Cadet Battalion prior to the War?
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 03-02-17, 09:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,415
Posted By Graham Stewart
I think you'll find at that young age he's a...

I think you'll find at that young age he's a Royal Navy "Articifer"(apprentice), hence the red Petty Officers capbadge and as he passes through his training and gains promotion he becomes a "leading...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 22-01-17, 07:40 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,711
Posted By Graham Stewart
As did the West Yorks and 3rd Dragoon Gds.

As did the West Yorks and 3rd Dragoon Gds.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 22-01-17, 07:34 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,465
Posted By Graham Stewart
Very, very nice and pleased to see the VTC...

Very, very nice and pleased to see the VTC armband being worn too. Still a part of British military history that we know very little about.
Forum: General Topics. 21-01-17, 01:42 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 763
Posted By Graham Stewart
163580163581 Further to my last post it would...

163580163581
Further to my last post it would appear that in May of the same year the initial AO9 was cancelled and a more detailed Order - AO102 - was issued in which all serving soldiers and...
Forum: General Topics. 18-01-17, 11:13 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 763
Posted By Graham Stewart
ID Discs 1907

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Just added this as a point of interest for all of you serious 'regimental' collectors and it's a new one on me. Taken from Army Orders January 1907, it appears that this is when ID...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 14-01-17, 03:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 919
Posted By Graham Stewart
In all my life of collecting to the NF - I like...

In all my life of collecting to the NF - I like Denis Wood have never ever seen a pair of verticle collar badges worn by the other ranks and to be perfectly honest I cannot think of any particular...
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