WYR Cap Badges Manufacture
Hi to Simon, Alex, David and DeeJay,
Thanks for your welcome and I was amazed to see such helpful responses coming in so quickly.
The owner of this badge lived a very responsible life in Australia from about 1923 until his death in 1962 BUT, after he reached Australia, he changed his surname to Stanlake and never explained his childhood/early adulthood except to say he was in the WYR and had served in the Boer War and WW1.
His 4 children are all in their 80's and still do not know who their father really was (they believe that in WW1 he was most likely a sergeant in some form of administration role and probably given a temporary officer's rank). He did leave a further (possible) clue by including the name "Wentworth" in each of the children's names (but there are no Wentworths on the WYR WW1 medal role).
Thanks again
David
|