With the introduction of the Field Service Caps (side caps) circa 1895-6, the caps were often worn badgeless or with collar badges. Within a couple of years these were ofen replaced by bespoke cap badges on lugs.
For the Regular Army sliders on cap badges were introduced for the New Pattern (Brodrick) cap in 1903. They had been used for some Foreign Service Helmet (Pagri) badges beforehand. The vertical shanks (sliders) were relatively long.
From 1905 the peaked cap was introduced which saw the shortening of sliders saw the cab badge sat lower down and closed to the peak. Many regiment continued to wear FSC caps in India up to WW1.
Volunteers and Yeomanry did not always follow these dates as they procured their own uniforms.
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