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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

05-01-23, 10:11 AM

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Posted By jf42

I am pleased the notes were of interest. As I...

I am pleased the notes were of interest. As I think you know I am not seeking to 'debunk' but rather simply to identify the origins of these traditions- although I am struck how quickly some crumble...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

05-01-23, 10:10 AM

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Loyal Regiment black rank insignia

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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

31-12-22, 06:38 PM

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Posted By jf42

For good measure, and to broaden the picture,...

For good measure, and to broaden the picture, I'll add to the mix this item from Chambers Journal which I overlooked earlier:

Chambers Journal, 24 September 1892

[re.Culloden] Another regiment,...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

31-12-22, 06:32 PM

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Posted By jf42

That is certainly the popular tradition. It is...

That is certainly the popular tradition. It is interesting that Cannon's 'Historical Record of the Ninety Second'[etc] of 1851 makes no mention of such a gesture- although this can hardly be...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

30-12-22, 05:00 PM

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Posted By jf42

"Decades past"- lawks! Not more than one,...

"Decades past"- lawks! Not more than one, surely, or, technically perhaps, two.
Yes, those investigations afforded hours of happy absorption and any amount of tangential knowledge acquired...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

29-12-22, 04:09 PM

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Posted By jf42

This is intriguing. Turning to the wealth of...

This is intriguing. Turning to the wealth of general histories of the regiments that blossomed on the eve of and following the 1881 Childers amalgamations, we find a fairly consistent account of the...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

19-12-22, 10:46 PM

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Posted By jf42

Some time later. I was having a scout...

Some time later.

I was having a scout around to see what back ground information might be available regarding the regiments in the above list who cannot be associated with the deaths of...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

02-12-22, 12:17 PM

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Posted By jf42

Re. the 1st ANGLIAN bugle cords, as often as not,...

Re. the 1st ANGLIAN bugle cords, as often as not, it seems often to turn out that a certain distinction will be explained by an old line facing colour rather than a dramatic moment in unit history...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

01-12-22, 09:58 PM

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Posted By jf42

Greetings again, Bob. ( I drafted a reply days...

Greetings again, Bob. ( I drafted a reply days ago but it disappeared into the ether).

Curiously, only the 15th and the 47th were actually at Quebec. The 17th were 'in theatre,' notably at...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

29-11-22, 05:56 PM

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Posted By jf42

Ah, thanks Toby. That makes more sense. The...

Ah, thanks Toby. That makes more sense. The inference seemed to be that the 47th had black rank insignia as worn by rifle regiments which seemed odd, but I see now the author's description that the...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges

29-11-22, 02:16 PM

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Posted By jf42

Loyal Regiment black rank insignia

Greetings, I recently came upon a reference in on-line chat to the Loyal Regiment having a black component in their rank insignia, kept to perpetuate the black thread in their regimental 'lace,' ...

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