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Old 22-01-16, 07:29 PM
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Default Battle Patch - RF Battalion ID, Please

Is anyone able to ID which RF battalion this fusilier is from by way of a bit of battle patch recognition, please?:

JT RF 52a.jpgJT RF 52c.jpgJT RF 52d.jpg

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Old 22-01-16, 08:11 PM
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Could be 10th or 13th Royal Fusiliers, 37th Div - who originally had a horse shoe-patch with points down, but the GOC ordered the patch with points up as of November 1916 and then later had them moved to the upper arm.
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Old 22-01-16, 08:11 PM
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Cool Div Patch

10th or 13th Royal Fusiliers serving in 37th Div.

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Old 22-01-16, 08:25 PM
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10th or 13th Royal Fusiliers serving in 37th Div.

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Could the bar under the horseshoe be a seniority bar and this Bn was senior in the brigade/Division?
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Old 22-01-16, 08:31 PM
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Could the bar under the horseshoe be a seniority bar and this Bn was senior in the brigade/Division?
More than likely as both were senior battalions in their inidividual Brigades - 10th Bn, were 111th Bde and 13th were 112th Bde, but I'm afraid I don't know the colouring.
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Old 22-01-16, 09:13 PM
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Could be 10th or 13th Royal Fusiliers, 37th Div - who originally had a horse shoe-patch with points down, but the GOC ordered the patch with points up as of November 1916 and then later had them moved to the upper arm.
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10th or 13th Royal Fusiliers serving in 37th Div.

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More than likely as both were senior battalions in their inidividual Brigades - 10th Bn, were 111th Bde and 13th were 112th Bde, but I'm afraid I don't know the colouring.
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Old 22-01-16, 09:39 PM
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Question Coloured patches

This has always been the problem with black and white photos, coloured patches can often only be given an aducated guess due to the lack of colour.

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This has always been the problem with black and white photos, coloured patches can often only be given an aducated guess due to the lack of colour.

Rob
And it's surprising how deceptive colour tones and contrasts can be in B&W photos. If you take a medal ribbon for example and look at the same ribbon being worn in a B&W photo, depending on the colour, there is often no resemblance to the real thing.

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Old 04-04-16, 07:28 PM
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Default BATTLE PATCH RF

Hi
Looks like 13 Bn, as 10 Bn wore a circle
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