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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
20-02-23, 10:25 AM
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Royal Artillery cap find at flea market
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The Coloured Field Service Cap for officers was...
The Coloured Field Service Cap for officers was introduced in 1900 Dress Regs para 417, but abolished in 1902. However it continued unofficially in India and crept back for wear at home sometime by...
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Other Army Departments and Corps Badges
25-01-23, 04:58 PM
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Chaplain's Badge
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Cannoneer
As worn by Officiating Chaplains - that means...
As worn by Officiating Chaplains - that means local clergy and ministers - usually
regular units without permanent uniformed Chaplains. It is worn on the scarf, and never on a stole , which is a...
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
17-02-22, 10:45 AM
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"M" badges.
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Cannoneer
In the Militia Artillery officers wore the M in...
In the Militia Artillery officers wore the M in Service Dress, below the OSD collar badge with no “ubique”, nor scroll,1902-09.
See Litchfield’s “RA Collar badges”, 2002, in A4 booklet form. It is...
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Indian Badges
08-10-21, 09:28 AM
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Burma Independence Army badge?
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I rather doubt UTC wore a s/t. As far as I am...
I rather doubt UTC wore a s/t. As far as I am aware Rangoon was the only UTC as part of the Indian UTCs. It seems that after semi independence in 1937, this UTC became part of the Burma Territorial...
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General Topics.
25-09-21, 01:08 PM
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Thanks to "The Antiques Road Trip".......
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Cannoneer
Do read “Quartered Safe out Here” by George...
Do read “Quartered Safe out Here” by George Macdonald Fraser, all about this Bn, when serving as a junior rank. He later wrote the “Flashman books.
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Indian Badges
23-09-21, 04:15 PM
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Burma Independence Army badge?
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“BIA” Pt2. Personal anecdote
Some 6 years ago I was having supper with a UK based Burmese medical consultant, visiting various local medical locations. I produced a stamped out tin badge a little larger than an RAF beret badge;...
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Indian Badges
23-09-21, 10:05 AM
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Burma Independence Army badge?
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“BIA”
The only badge I recognise is that for Rangoon UTC. There is another badge worn by UTC, similar, but with “6th Burma Bn University Training Corps on the circlet.
This was part of the Burma...
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
24-05-21, 09:58 AM
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Woolwich 1910 Royal Field Artillery and IV Queens OwnHussars
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Another line of enquiry to account for a 4th...
Another line of enquiry to account for a 4th Hussar in the picture, (if not attached to RA), is to ask where his unit was.
Woolwich was predominately Gunner - 291 years in all - but not exclusively...
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
26-03-21, 04:42 PM
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What rank?
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Current gorget patches are:- Scarlet for staff ...
Current gorget patches are:-
Scarlet for staff
Purple for RAChD, Class 1 upwards
Cherry for RAMC, Colonels and upwards
Green for. RADC, Colonels and upwards
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
18-01-21, 04:41 PM
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14th Corunna Bty, 4 Field Regt. R.A. 1930s
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There are two small confusions running through...
There are two small confusions running through this thread:-
1. In 1920, under Army Order 142, the rank of bombardier was upgraded to replace that of corporal, the latter rank being abolished in the...
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
17-01-21, 12:39 PM
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14th Corunna Bty, 4 Field Regt. R.A. 1930s
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Please see “ Between the Wars, 1919-39”, a volume...
Please see “ Between the Wars, 1919-39”, a volume of the History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, extracts under Annexes 1,2 and 3, which are taken from the RA Blue List, sadly no longer published.
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
17-01-21, 10:46 AM
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14th Corunna Bty, 4 Field Regt. R.A. 1930s
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1. The officer in question could be the CO of 4...
1. The officer in question could be the CO of 4 Fd Bde in which 14 Bty was serving, rather than the BC - unless the BC was a Brevet Lt Col. Furthermore the CO at Nowshera in the May 1938 listing...
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General Topics.
25-06-20, 09:51 AM
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Fake or genuine?
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Cannoneer
This RHA Cypher is one of the earliest, although...
This RHA Cypher is one of the earliest, although not necessarily an officer’s, made by Firmin for GvR Jubilee for E Bty in India. The same was used for EviiiR and GviR: all with a long slider.
...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
17-06-20, 03:14 PM
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289 Parachute Battery Royal Horse Artillery (V) - location
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Cannoneer
I served in 289 immediately before it was reduced...
I served in 289 immediately before it was reduced to a Bty at East Ham, 1963-67. Throughout that time the btys were as follows:-
P Bty. Chingford, derived from the Essex Arty Vols
Q...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
26-05-20, 09:17 AM
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Antrim Artillery Shoulder title
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1907 - 1909, along with Cork Arty Militia. All...
1907 - 1909, along with Cork Arty Militia.
All other Arty Militia lost their metal S/Ts in 1908 on reorganisation.
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General Topics.
17-02-20, 10:36 AM
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Montys Double wrong badge!
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Both “Monty” and “HE The Governor of Gibraltar”...
Both “Monty” and “HE The Governor of Gibraltar” being generals were wearing their crossed sword and baton badges on the incorrect sides; for the army it is “hilts to the rear”!
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
04-12-19, 10:08 AM
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Acronym Meaning
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“Middlesex,The Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars”.
“Middlesex,The Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars”.
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Cavalry, Yeomanry, Tank/RAC Badges
16-10-19, 11:28 AM
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Lothian and Border Horse?
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? Rangoon Vol Rifle Corps, pre 1917.
? Rangoon Vol Rifle Corps, pre 1917.
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General Topics.
05-06-19, 10:23 AM
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Unknown Officer Portrait
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Cannoneer
The “incomplete” badge of rank is that of a...
The “incomplete” badge of rank is that of a Brigadier General; this rank/appointment disappeared in 1921. Holders were then given the option of being Colonels on the Staff, or retiring, as a former...
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General Topics.
27-05-19, 09:05 AM
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WW1 general staff dress caps?
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Cannoneer
Brigadiers appeared on the British Army scene in...
Brigadiers appeared on the British Army scene in 1928.
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Military Buttons
15-05-19, 08:59 AM
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Indian Volunteer Rifles buttons
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Cannoneer
Only a guess, but a first looking at a list of...
Only a guess, but a first looking at a list of (Infantry) Vols suggests the Allahabad Volunteer Rifle Corps, raised in 1871.
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Military Buttons
04-05-19, 09:31 AM
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Victorian Button 'AR'
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Cannoneer
The Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars? Looks very...
The Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars? Looks very much like the Royal Cypher of Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV. The crown is appropriate to the period of the cypher.
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
05-04-19, 10:00 AM
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unknown shoulder title
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Cannoneer
I believe 22AA to be a Gunner pagri, minus its...
I believe 22AA to be a Gunner pagri, minus its backing patch.
Norman Litchfield, the Gunner guru of such badges,depicts 21AA in his Pagri book(p35),and states that it was formed on 1Jan39 in...
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Arab Nations
03-04-19, 09:40 AM
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Arabic cap badge
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Cannoneer
ROYAL Malay Regiment. Before receiving its royal...
ROYAL Malay Regiment. Before receiving its royal title the left and right scrolls were blank. The badge for the Songkok is bereft of supporters and scrolls, but script in Jawi characters in the...
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General Topics.
30-01-19, 10:14 AM
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Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Staffs Committee
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Cannoneer
Back on October I had a glimpse of the Army...
Back on October I had a glimpse of the Army Sergeant Major, who was wearing his badge of rank/appointment in guards fashion on his upper arm: it appeared to be like a Conductor’s badge, but enormous...
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