Hi, cce427;
Luke and Alan are absolutely right; definitely Volunteer Training Corps, so WW1.
There were at least 19 units that utilised the General Pattern with a scroll attached, as shown in your photograph; the scroll designates the town or county of the unit. Only four of these units can be ruled out immediately, because their scroll was too long, or there were other minor variations in the badge. Another four had a very different style of shoulder title to the one shown, but that still leaves about a dozen options.
As Alan suggests, the clue will be where the picture was taken, if you have that information.
In either event, my suggestion would be Surrey VTC. Statistically, Surrey seems to have been the biggest of the three counties that adopted this badge, the others being Essex and Suffolk (empirically, Surrey VTC cap badges are the most readily available of the original VTC badges). Also, the style of the shoulder title is correct; VTC over Battalion Numeral over SURREY, all separate parts. However, other VTC units may also have had this style, as well, so this is by no means conclusive.
Here's what the Surrey insignia looks like:
Hope this helps; Tim
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