WW1 Manchester Rgt / KLR to sort out
I have signed on here in the hope you can help me understand my grandfather's WW1 story from medals, badge/brooch, WW1 photo postcard and attestation record which suggests to me he signed up for the Manchester Regiment in 1915 though his photo postcard and medals tell me he was Corporal in the Kings Liverpool Regiment in 1918. As regards the Manchester regiment I have what I thought was a cap badge, but being solid silver may be a large brooch, and the part of his attestation which has one number crossed out and a KLR bit added with a service number thats on his medals, and then that crossed out and yet another service number written. He lived in Manchester at the time.
So is this a cap badge or a brooch? He was later in a British Legion band so wondered if he was in a regimental band and got an extra shiny badge. And what about the three different service numbers on the attestation, the last one very faint? I thought you got a number and it stayed with you.
Any help with understanding this very welcome, I am a novice at such things.
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