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Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 17-03-24, 09:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 178
Posted By Toby Purcell
No they didn’t adopt forage cap insignia until...

No they didn’t adopt forage cap insignia until the 1900 pattern so-called staff/naval forage cap. On the old cap they’d stuck with the simple gold lace band. They did however wear a bullion grenade...
Forum: General Topics. 17-03-24, 09:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 511
Posted By Toby Purcell
I’m glad to help William. One fascinating aspect...

I’m glad to help William. One fascinating aspect is that the Royal Staff Corps (the clever engineers) wore scarlet uniform from the outset thus looking similar to infantry until one got up close...
Forum: General Topics. 17-03-24, 03:52 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 511
Posted By Toby Purcell
Caveat: the Cavalry Staff Corps were an entirely...

Caveat: the Cavalry Staff Corps were an entirely different corps with a different purpose (more a mounted Provost staff) to the Royal Staff Corps (engineers).
Forum: General Topics. 17-03-24, 02:18 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 511
Posted By Toby Purcell
Here are some impressions of their uniform during...

Here are some impressions of their uniform during the Napoleonic era.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 17-03-24, 11:42 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,109
Posted By Toby Purcell
No problem Alan, your general gist was clear and...

No problem Alan, your general gist was clear and in the absence of further information it seems at the very least a logical theory. I also rather liked the comment about German words being removed,...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 17-03-24, 10:27 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,109
Posted By Toby Purcell
Did any of the Glamorgan Yeomanry various line...

Did any of the Glamorgan Yeomanry various line units get wrapped up in that Alan, I was thinking along similar lines earlier, but more in relation to Lloyd George’s putative Welsh, Army Corps.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 17-03-24, 10:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 361
Posted By Toby Purcell
Given his hat and olive drab cellular [jungle]...

Given his hat and olive drab cellular [jungle] shirt he clearly hadn’t grown out of the dressing up box himself Paul. I’m not surprised that you didn’t get along with him…
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 17-03-24, 09:31 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 434
Posted By Toby Purcell
Having followed up I see it was the...

Having followed up I see it was the Northumberland Fusiliers, so my theory is knocked back to square one.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 17-03-24, 09:03 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 434
Posted By Toby Purcell
Big flames were popular on belt plates, both...

Big flames were popular on belt plates, both shoulder and waist. The lugs are too shallow for a band pouch badge, which usually had screw posts. The Lancashire Fusiliers drummers had a tradition...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 02-03-24, 04:34 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,109
Posted By Toby Purcell
I’m not sure Alan, if it was fashion I think...

I’m not sure Alan, if it was fashion I think they’d all do it. The fact that just some did suggests it had a specific purpose. Perhaps to mark out some function/role. Decidedly odd whatever the...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 25-02-24, 10:17 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,109
Posted By Toby Purcell
In a recent photo in the Great War Forum what...

In a recent photo in the Great War Forum what seemed to be a trumpeter of the Glamorgan Yeomanry was wearing the exact same cap badge of PoW feathers without scrolls.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 25-02-24, 10:07 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 243
Posted By Toby Purcell
Light infantry and rifle regiments had no corps...

Light infantry and rifle regiments had no corps of drums and instead favoured corps of bugles and, in both cases, wore a bugle as arm badge (doubled for rifles). Battalion routine was marked out...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-02-24, 12:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 375
Posted By Toby Purcell
Most unusual design of cuff rank on the officer...

Most unusual design of cuff rank on the officer at right, who’s also wearing a mourning button. I suspect it will be difficult to track down any record of the various steps in cuff rank adopted by...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 12-02-24, 03:04 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 413
Posted By Toby Purcell
Was there any issue from the latter’s marriage? ...

Was there any issue from the latter’s marriage? It seems it might perhaps be camouflage for his true proclivities, although that didn’t stop many such men from becoming fathers. They are superb...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 22-01-24, 09:46 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 635
Posted By Toby Purcell
The photo at Cassino shows the typical WW2 curved...

The photo at Cassino shows the typical WW2 curved end titles so I assume that’s what you meant.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 18-01-24, 01:07 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 635
Posted By Toby Purcell
Here’s a good photo of Foot Guards SM (RSM) at...

Here’s a good photo of Foot Guards SM (RSM) at the end of the WW1. Note the different styles of tailored or un tailored jackets and that some regiments still preferred metal shoulder titles. At...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 12-01-24, 09:29 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 635
Posted By Toby Purcell
All my understanding is that the curved backing...

All my understanding is that the curved backing entered service before WW2, but I don’t know for certain the specific date Phill.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 08-01-24, 11:56 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 635
Posted By Toby Purcell
Still squared off on that one. As with all...

Still squared off on that one. As with all changes in specification there was inevitably a transitional period when the new was replacing the old and both were issued in order to consume old stocks,...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 08-01-24, 09:30 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 635
Posted By Toby Purcell
GG titles had changed from squared off ends...

GG titles had changed from squared off ends before, during, and immediately after WW1, to curved ends some time before WW2, possibly around 1937, when battle dress was introduced to replace 1922...
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 08-01-24, 09:17 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 490
Posted By Toby Purcell
Good spot Tim, I too think that you’ve cracked it...

Good spot Tim, I too think that you’ve cracked it along with everyone else’s ID of the black buttons, cap badge, and likely London link. Excellent job all round methinks ?
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 31-12-23, 01:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 923
Posted By Toby Purcell
Looks good, corps of drums struggling in current...

Looks good, corps of drums struggling in current manpower crisis in Infantry.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 20-12-23, 03:17 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 485
Posted By Toby Purcell
You appear to have the other ranks helmet plate...

You appear to have the other ranks helmet plate centre adopted around 1891. You can see the officers version enclosed.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 25-10-23, 07:54 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 4,517
Posted By Toby Purcell
Yes you’re right about the unusual Westlake...

Yes you’re right about the unusual Westlake title, made locally by 2nd Battalion, if I recall correctly. I had been excluding the TF, but didn’t make that clear. I suppose what I meant was the type...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 25-10-23, 07:49 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 4,517
Posted By Toby Purcell
I should’ve made clear I meant other than...

I should’ve made clear I meant other than standard format for TF and also excluded the unusual 2nd Battalion version with its triangular link construction, so you’re quite right.
Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 24-10-23, 11:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,008
Posted By Toby Purcell
Yes they are Chris.

Yes they are Chris.
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