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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 12-10-12, 12:23 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
Wearing of Hackles by Fusilier regiments in FSH

Timo

I thought you might find the following of interest

it appears as if the RDF started to wear hackles in the Foreign Service Helmet (FSH) in about 1903 when 1 RDF was based in Malta

...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 10-11-11, 01:55 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
The RDF badge mentioned in the previous post.

The RDF badge mentioned in the previous post.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 10-11-11, 01:49 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
Sorry Julian, only just coming back to this, yes...

Sorry Julian, only just coming back to this, yes I got the photo thank you. With regard to Fusilier Grenade badges for the slouch hat. From WO359/12 p 120

For Infantry regiments the helmet plate...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 14-09-11, 10:47 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
Julian, if I may ask please are the Munster...

Julian, if I may ask please are the Munster Fusiliers or Dublin Fusiliers on the list?

John
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 14-09-11, 12:09 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
I see no reason to doubt it as a pagri badge, but...

I see no reason to doubt it as a pagri badge, but Graham will know more than us what the practices of The Northumberland Fusiliers were.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 13-09-11, 04:57 PM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
Graham I concur; it will be interesting to...

Graham

I concur; it will be interesting to see if any formal direction comes to light that provides the reason for the apparent abandonment of the HPC with shank in the FSH in favor of the cloth...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 13-09-11, 02:20 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
Graham I appreciate your point that even...

Graham

I appreciate your point that even though a decision may have been taken with regards to a certain course of action that does not necessarily mean or prove that it was executed.

I am...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 23-08-11, 10:05 PM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
CB & Ry You are two of my most respected...

CB & Ry

You are two of my most respected members of this forum and your responses are fully valid.

I went to Kew a few weeks ago to try to fill some gaps in the history of the insignia of The...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 23-08-11, 08:37 PM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
I too find the insignia worn on the FSH very...

I too find the insignia worn on the FSH very interesting and it has potential for plenty of research. It appears to me that compared to home service dress regiments seemed to have more freedom on...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 15-08-11, 08:44 PM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
Andy I am of like mind to CB and would not...

Andy

I am of like mind to CB and would not make such a sweeping statement that dress regulations were never broken. As far as I am aware collar badges were not authorized for O/R service dress...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 08-08-11, 07:39 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
Graham & Toby thank you for your input, what is...

Graham & Toby thank you for your input, what is your experience with regard to badges worn in the FSH by infantry prior to the Boer War in stations such as India?
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 07-08-11, 09:20 AM
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Posted By John Mulcahy
I shall resurrect this thread as I have been...

I shall resurrect this thread as I have been battling without much success lately to make sense of the badges and insignia worn in the F.S.H. Not so much those officially sealed for the FSH but those...
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