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Showing results 1 to 13 of 13 Search took 0.00 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Toby Purcell

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-03-20, 02:38 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell Thank you Grumpy, I did realise that it could go... Thank you Grumpy, I did realise that it could go either way, but thought that the facing cloth backing was critical. However, it makes sense now, although I am surprised that the devices were not...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-03-20, 10:17 AM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell The crown badges were supplied from the RACD, but... The crown badges were supplied from the RACD, but I do wonder if the stripes were supplied as lace on rolls and then made up by the Sergeant Master Tailor. Looking at them I suspect that was the...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-03-20, 09:54 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell Thank you Stephen, it’s interesting to see that... Thank you Stephen, it’s interesting to see that they appear well found and equipped with a more professional appearance (to my eyes) than some English Militia regiments of the same period. I think...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-03-20, 09:33 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell Superb images Simon, thank you for posting them. ... Superb images Simon, thank you for posting them. I agree with your analysis entirely. I particularly like the shoulder straps, a shape known to uniform historians as ‘shuttlecock’ style. They were...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 19-02-20, 11:41 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell I look forward to when you get home and can... I look forward to when you get home and can expound more on what you mean. The 1865 regulations that are relevant to this matter all referred to double half inch and single half inch lace, so I’m...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 19-02-20, 11:39 AM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell Having focused on the Colour Sergeant who was... Having focused on the Colour Sergeant who was originally in question and the First Class Staff in their frogged tunics, it’s been a useful exercise to visually and methodically compare the dimensions...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 17-02-20, 09:51 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell As you seem to be issuing some kind of challenge,... As you seem to be issuing some kind of challenge, I feel obliged to reply. Yes, I do have Dawnay and, whilst it remains the most complete published work on NCO and WO ranking, it is very dated now...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 15-02-20, 12:23 AM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell I don’t think that they are absent at all, it’s... I don’t think that they are absent at all, it’s just that the quality of the photo makes them more difficult to see. There was no other appointment in the 60th and RB that wore the 4 stripes, in...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-02-20, 11:01 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell He can be no other than the bugle major, as no... He can be no other than the bugle major, as no other bugle appointment wore a first class tunic. The seating arrangement is not so rigid as to be set in concrete, especially in rifle regiments, who...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-02-20, 11:12 AM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell If the photo was taken in Ireland then it is the... If the photo was taken in Ireland then it is the 2nd Battalion of the 60th Rifles, whose uniform was identical to the rifle brigade apart from the colour of their facings and their chevrons. In 1866...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-02-20, 08:48 AM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell Yes I agree it’s fuzzy, but not that it contains... Yes I agree it’s fuzzy, but not that it contains insufficient detail. I’m hoping the OP will be able to reveal the location. It’s almost certainly the Rifle Brigade.

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-02-20, 11:30 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell There are no officers in the photo. The SNCOs... There are no officers in the photo. The SNCOs pouch belt is and always has been narrower than that of an officer, and with a slightly smaller, lesser quality badge on its front. The entire image...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-02-20, 04:38 PM

Replies: 44 Quarter Master Sergeant Views: 2,010 Posted By Toby Purcell They look like the Rifle Brigade to me, with... They look like the Rifle Brigade to me, with sergeant major of battalion and QMS of battalion seated centrally, the former with pouch belt, the latter adjacent, both clutching their swords in left...

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