CLB badges
Regarding the badges worn in the CLB...
From 1890s to c.1913 CLB lads wore a large oval badge on a pill box hat.
From 1911 CLB companies sought recognition as Cadet Corps and from 1913 had the option of wearing khaki service dress...most did.
A smaller oval badge (similar design) was introduced for the khaki cap.
From 1917, the CLB was affiliated to the KRRC and CLB lads wore the KRRC CLB Cadets blackened cap badge.
In 1930, the Government withdrew cadet recognition which meant the CLB lads were no longer entitled to wear the KRRR CLB Cadets badge.
They reverted to the brass oval badge.
I have two albums of CLB badges on this forum. Have a look.
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My avatar shows the St Martin's Banner, which was dedicated to all those from the Church Lads Brigade who were killed in the 1st World War, some 20,000 men. It is in the safe keeping of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey.
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