Yorkshire Regt - Princess of Wales's

[SgtMav]

Picked this up today for not very much money.

Comments welcome as to it's originality or otherwise would be gratefully received. (If there's any way to put it to a particular period that would be most useful).

Many Thanks

Simon

[Hoot]

Pics are a bit blurry but it looks like a good c.1906-1951 issue and judging by the straightness of the slider has probably never been worn. The experts might see it differently though!!.

[Hoot]

Correction, c.1908-51.

[SgtMav]

Thanks Hoot,

Couple more photos (sorry my photography skills aren't great) to see if they help.

Simon

[Hoot]

Still looks ok to me. My old grandad was in the regiment in ww1, from 1914 to 1917, then transferred to the Tank Corps for the remainder of the war so I take a great interest in those two outfits.

[2747andy]

By the positioning of the slider I would say it is more likely to be post WW1 and probably a mid Wars production?

Andy

[ubervamp]

Hi Simon

Here's a pic of an early example with lower slider positioning:


Cheers

Colin

[davidwyke]

Hi Simon

It looks fine to me! As already mentioned, that pattern was worn from around 1908 - 1951.

I'll leave different positioning of the sliders to the experts but you might also come across the same pattern but with a KC. These were worn in considerable numbers during WW2 but they were actually manufactured in error, rather than being a deliberate change in pattern..

David

[SgtMav]

Thank you all, most informative.

Hoot, now there's a coincidence. My Great Grandfather enlisted in the Yorks Regiment in 1915 and was commissioned into the MGC (Heavy) in 1916 and thereafter the Tank Corps.

Thanks again all.

Simon

[REMEVMBEA1]

Originally Posted by SgtMav

Thank you all, most informative.

Hoot, now there's a coincidence. My Great Grandfather enlisted in the Yorks Regiment in 1915 and was commissioned into the MGC (Heavy) in 1916 and thereafter the Tank Corps.

Thanks again all.

Simon

But I'm willing to bet your Great Grandfather never called it the Yorkshire Regiment , it was always The Green Howards to those in it and most of the army.

[SgtMav]

You may be absolutely right. I'm only going from his medal card which states "Yorks Regiment". Apparently my mum (his granddaughter) has some of his diaries which she's trying to find.... That may shed some light.

[Hoot]

Originally Posted by SgtMav

Thank you all, most informative.

Hoot, now there's a coincidence. My Great Grandfather enlisted in the Yorks Regiment in 1915 and was commissioned into the MGC (Heavy) in 1916 and thereafter the Tank Corps.

Thanks again all.

Simon

Simon, now that certainly is a coincidence, they may even have been in the same unit or the same tank even!!. We'll never know!!.