Think I have found some evidence for the badge of the 14th (FFY) Btn The Black Watch:-
S/20121 Private
John Wallace Keith
14th Bn. Black Watch
(Fife and Forfar Yeomanry)
02/09/1918, aged 22.
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
IMO, if the 14th battalion wore the "Thain" cap badge as the 14th Btn..... then it would be on the grave? I think that photgraph provides some good proof of the official badge of the 14th Btn? I have found other WW1 war graves or memorials and in each case the soldier is described as Reg # 14th (FFY) The Black Watch and then "Formerly" Reg# of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry.
Prior to becoming the 14th (FFY) Battalion the Black Watch in 1918...... the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry fought at Gallipoli earlier in the War...... so if the Brass badge was issued at the time then I am sure it was worn then .....as the FFY Regiment proper. So I would describe the brass badge more properly as the "Gallipoli Badge" in light of the evidence I have read through?
Here is a bit more evidence that possibly proves the 1915-17 FFY Brass "Thain"....... look at the colour of the badge on the WW1 pillow case.
