Many Yeomanry soldiers were attached to other units and as you have said (and backed with images) were required to wear some of that units insignia. The 14th Black Watch appear to have been raised during the First World War as a separate unit. It is not uncommon for such "War Raised" units to have their own badge (Pals Bns for example)..
Andy
There is a link to the regtl history earlier in the thread. It is quite clear that the 14th Bn BW was the name given to the F&F yeo in Jan 1917 when they re-roled to infantry. They had spent the previous year as F&F yeo serving in the Middle East; they were therefore not a new bn and had no need of a new badge as they already had the w/m ones. The photos show them wearing the white metal thain badge up to then and beyond. They returned to Europe and were in France in 1918 and again photos show them with black watch hackles and badges.
The conclussion that any brass badge is datable to 1917-18 alone (and thuis commands a premium as a BW badge) is therefore very questionable.
As an aside I would say that Wilkinson's badges are more reliable than Coxes as they are from a 1960s and very early 70s collection.
Alan
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