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Unknown uniform/badge
Hello all. I wondered if you might be able to identify the uniform on the attached photograph (would it be WW1-era, or earlier?). Also the badge on the collar, which isn't at all clear. Thank you.
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Is the image perhaps cropped and missing the whole cap on the left?
Rgds, Thomas |
#3
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No - that is the whole of the original photograph. I don't have the original, but the scan I received includes a very slight card border.
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Is it a Beaver. Is it Canadian ?
Andy
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#5
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That's what I was wondering - Engineers?
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#6
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Could be Canadian.
WW1 Canadian khaki tunics have a lot of buttons like that.
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Has a look of the 2nd Cheshire Railway Engineer Volunteers.
regards
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Royal Canadian Regiment.
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I knew I had a similar photo somewhere.
Picked up in a junk shop in Peterborough (UK) in 1991, I knew the subject was Canadian but with my lack of knowledge of Canadian insignia suspected that the beaver badge signified Engineers. |
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Royal Canadian Regiment
And Vancouver Regiment collar badges, maybe one of these? |
#11
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The seven button jacket is also a big clue to Canada.
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It isn't Vancouver Regiment or the second badge you have shown which is Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment).
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#13
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Nope - what you said - RCR.
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SRJ,
It's hard to make out, but I'll go out on a limb and state that I think the epaulette badge is the "EviiR" title, which was in use from 1902 until 1911. Looks a little too narrow to be the "VRI" title used until 1902, and a little too tall to be the "GvR" title in use until 1915. Ian B
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The fob or small brooch on the watch chain - is that a little revolver?
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