Keith, there are a number of myths out there, another one4 was pre 1911.
However the truth is that the Royal Army Clothing Dept authorised the change from loops (their official term) to vertical shanks (ditto) in 1903. There was indeed an order that they be shoirtened in 1906 - to fit the new peaked service cap. The pagri sliders (also authorised in 1903) were very long and I can't see how they would have fitted the Field Service Cap or the Broderick (which replaced it generally in 1902).
So, I'd be very interested to see examples of your cut down sliders.
The 1903 ruling was for regular units and I'm not sure when the Vol Bns changed - or even if they all did. There are though, as you know, some Vol Bn badges with sliders and some TF badges with loops, so there doesn't seem to have been an automatic change over in 1908.
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