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Originally Posted by Tinto
Hi,
Badge has the look of 1st (Royal) Dragoons (Lion on crown on scroll).
Tinto
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Thanks to Tinto who gave me the first clue to the badge on the hat of my Dad as being that of the 1st (Royal)Dragoons. After lots of hours of searching, lots of heartache and being convinced that I would never ever find out what the badge was, yesterday I was given a copy of the Attestation Papers for my father, and I realised I should have paid more attention when I was a young fellow, the attestation papers show he was enlisted into the 1st (Royal) Dragoons on 2nd March 1920, and not mid 1920s as I always thought. He had left the navy on 19th December 1919, and when he joined the Army he put his age as 17 years and 7 months, when in fact, according to his birth certificate which we have, he would have been 16 years and 7 months at the time of his enlistment. Thanks again Tinto for the first clue.