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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 05-01-23, 02:30 PM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
Yes I agree with your concluding remarks Jack and...

Yes I agree with your concluding remarks Jack and did indeed realise your overarching intent.

You won’t be disappointed with PERRY. The rank details alone are useful for reference, but it’s the...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-01-23, 12:00 PM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
Absolutely fascinating stuff Jack and proof I...

Absolutely fascinating stuff Jack and proof I think that where traditions are alleged to have begun, or relate to events in the 1700s, then it becomes increasingly difficult to ascertain their...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 30-12-22, 02:53 PM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
Thank you for your thorough and extremely...

Thank you for your thorough and extremely interesting reply Jack, once again revealing that much information has been lost in the past, which cannot help but throw some small seeds of doubt on...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 25-12-22, 11:28 AM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
I don’t think that can be the case Jack, as the...

I don’t think that can be the case Jack, as the Duke of Wellington was not KIA simultaneously to the regiment’s concerned being under command, which according to the reference was the key qualifier....
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 06-12-22, 06:50 PM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
I have now been able to find the definitive...

I have now been able to find the definitive details for the regiment’s that wore black mourning ‘lines’ in their lace in PERRY page 180 and have been surprised to learn that there were eight...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-12-22, 04:52 PM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
That all seems accurate to me JF. I first saw...

That all seems accurate to me JF. I first saw the Khaki Beret on Tiger Company at Canterbury in 1974 and it surprised me greatly. See pages 28-30:...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-12-22, 09:45 AM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
That’s interesting about the action at Quebec. ...

That’s interesting about the action at Quebec. The references to the tradition of the black worm of the four regiments concerned mentions only the commemoration of Wolfe and his death at the battle,...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 30-11-22, 11:17 AM
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Views: 1,080
Posted By Toby Purcell
I’ve been trying to ascertain if all of the...

I’ve been trying to ascertain if all of the successor regiments have maintained the tradition, but so far without reaching a confident conclusion. The infantry has been so badly cut that trying to...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 29-11-22, 10:48 PM
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Posted By Toby Purcell
Hello JF, my old VWF associate, I’m glad you...

Hello JF, my old VWF associate, I’m glad you found it helpful. Yes, that’s a very misleading statement and can only be a misunderstanding.
Best wishes as ever,
Bob
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 29-11-22, 03:05 PM
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Views: 1,080
Posted By Toby Purcell
Yes it’s true and the Loyals were one of four...

Yes it’s true and the Loyals were one of four infantry regiments that observed that tradition, which is now all but forgotten. All those regiments served under Wolfe’s command at the Battle of the...
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