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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
25-04-21, 12:08 PM
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Eagle badge
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Eagle badge
This badge is very similar to the RAF eagle but its manufacture looks continental. Light stamped metal, looks to have been pin/broach back.
Wingspan just under 10 cms, broken tail below- perhaps it...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
07-01-20, 08:44 PM
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Can anyone assist with a photo or service details of...
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charlie962
I'm making a mess of this post. This bit should...
I'm making a mess of this post. This bit should have been on my post above ?
The BE2C single seater was not that common. Most were 2 seaters. A 12 Cylinder engine was unusual as most were 8...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
07-01-20, 08:23 PM
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Can anyone assist with a photo or service details of...
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216710 That label attached to a bit of prop...
216710
That label attached to a bit of prop from a BE2C force landed Boulogne after engine failure mid channel.
Is there a date on the back of the label?
The name of the pilot seems to be...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
15-01-19, 12:18 PM
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19th NIAGARA Bty.
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charlie962
DJ I've gone and posted a reply on the original...
DJ
I've gone and posted a reply on the original 'incorrect thread' not realising you've started a new one.
Charlie
This is what I said:
I'm not sure that you didn't mean to start a seperate...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
15-01-19, 12:14 PM
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RFA - hidden in plain site!
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charlie962
I'm not sure that you didn't mean to start a...
I'm not sure that you didn't mean to start a seperate thread ?
14th (Corunna) Battery was part of 4th Field Brigade. It wasn't awarded the 'Corunna' title until 1937 so your badge must presumably...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
27-12-18, 10:50 PM
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RFA - hidden in plain site!
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Did you see this in National Roll of the Great...
Did you see this in National Roll of the Great War:
P.G. SERVICE Sgt RFA Volunteering in January, 1915, he crossed to France in the following year, and served there until the close of the war....
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
19-07-18, 12:39 PM
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Scottish badge ID please
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charlie962
Thank you Bryan Charlie
Thank you Bryan
Charlie
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
17-07-18, 07:48 PM
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Scottish badge ID please
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Thank you very much. Just to check my...
Thank you very much. Just to check my understanding:
I've extracted this from Wimberley's wiki page:
In October 1915 Wimberley, now aged 19 and the machine gun officer of his battalion (1st Bn...
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
16-07-18, 05:58 PM
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Scottish badge ID please
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Interesting. The Royal Scots possibility was an...
Interesting. The Royal Scots possibility was an 11th Bn man so in same brigade (yes 27th) as 12th Bn.
Any chance of highlight from photo?
The BlackWatch man was 1/6th which was 51st Div
...
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
15-07-18, 03:23 PM
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Scottish badge ID please
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Thanks He was wearing what look like...
Thanks
He was wearing what look like hospital blues and as you say the headgear may have been Scottish representative. The need for identity is to help distinguish between two possible men of the...
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
15-07-18, 02:28 PM
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Scottish badge ID please
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Thanks MGC looks quite possible but why the...
Thanks
MGC looks quite possible but why the backing ? I was hoping someone might find a Scots regiment that fitted- eg a St Andrew's cross.
Charlie
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
15-07-18, 01:49 PM
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Scottish badge ID please
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Scottish badge ID please
This extract from a portrait of a wounded soldier in hospital in France 1916 needs identification. Could it be Royal Scots or even Black Watch or ... ?
Many thanks
Charlie
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Indian Badges
19-06-18, 08:16 PM
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North West Volunteer Rifles?
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a few thoughts: Your GF seems to have been...
a few thoughts:
Your GF seems to have been transferred to the Indian Unattached List in 1912 and posted as Staff Sgt Instructor to the NWRVR at that time. In 1914 he was transferred to The...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
06-05-18, 06:35 PM
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ROYAL ARTILLERY BUTTONS
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Yes it did indeed come from the RA Journal- early...
Yes it did indeed come from the RA Journal- early 1940s if I remember correctly because I have that journal.
Charlie
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
14-03-18, 12:15 PM
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Volunteer RA and RE Badges
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charlie962
Very nice photos Charlie
Very nice photos
Charlie
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The Royal Australian Navy and Air Force (RAN & RAAF)
07-05-17, 10:52 AM
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AFC photo albums photo's to show
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charlie962
Thanks for sharing these. Have you researched the...
Thanks for sharing these. Have you researched the names?
For example Darcy Reeve (http://www.undyingmemory.net/Livermere/reeve-charles.html)(died in an accident 1916, Hounslow) has quite a bit on...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
04-05-17, 08:08 PM
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Bisley patch
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charlie962
I seem to remember in the CCF that we were...
I seem to remember in the CCF that we were instructed that the year had to be cut out before we could stitch the badge onto battledress. Thus only one Bisley badge would be worn.
Charlie
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General Topics.
02-05-17, 10:59 AM
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British Army First World War divisional transport signs.
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charlie962
doh! sorry for the duplication. I find it very...
doh! sorry for the duplication. I find it very easy to lose threads on this forum;
Charlie
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
30-04-17, 09:02 PM
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WW1 28th Division RGA -Attributed Badges
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Nice set of items. Someone recently posted a WW2...
Nice set of items. Someone recently posted a WW2 gun badge numbered but interesting to see the practice in WW1. It must have been pretty rare?
Dudley Parrott Bradbury was born london 1891 and died...
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General Topics.
30-04-17, 08:04 PM
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British Army First World War divisional transport signs.
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charlie962
Jo, I see IWM have 8 more pages of these signs,...
Jo, I see IWM have 8 more pages of these signs, for example
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205297086
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205297083...
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Military Buttons
23-04-17, 07:05 PM
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WWII Escape Buttons
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charlie962
I've just trawled through this fascinating thread...
I've just trawled through this fascinating thread on another forum (http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/airborne-special-forces/escape-evasion-survival-aids-silk-maps-escape-compasses-more-188790/). I...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
23-04-17, 05:48 PM
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RM concealed compass (warning)
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charlie962
To me the compass looked good so I assumed it was...
To me the compass looked good so I assumed it was the badge? Those compasses were available in reasonably large numbers for aircrew to hide where they liked.
Charlie
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
23-04-17, 01:44 PM
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RM concealed compass (warning)
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charlie962
Irv, can I point you to this other current thread...
Irv, can I point you to this other current thread (http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=402534#post402534)- interested to see a similar badge posted; Charlie
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Sweetheart, Veteran and other Lapel Badges.
23-04-17, 01:34 PM
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Silver war badge
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charlie962
The Daily Casualty List was a daily listing of...
The Daily Casualty List was a daily listing of killed, wounded, prisoners etc for the whole armed forces. It appeared in full in the Times up until late 1916. Casualties becoming so huge by this...
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Military Buttons
22-04-17, 12:08 PM
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WWII Escape Buttons
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charlie962
Paul, interesting to see your version of RM badge...
Paul, interesting to see your version of RM badge compared to that highlighted by IRV in this other thread. (http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61397) What do you think?
Charlie
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