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Old 15-07-21, 11:41 PM
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Hi High Wood,

Yes, the DR over winged wheel (flat wings) is a WWI pattern.

I have conclusively identified four different WWI DR patterns to date.

Never been able to actually find one of these as yet but live in hope.

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Some more photographs. The webbing is a lash up made to look like 1908 pattern webbing. Everything else is original.

The tunic appears to be the full 1902 pattern and has regimental buttons, so may be late war or perhaps slightly post war. Howard Pryce Jones was born in 1899 and was definitely serving in 1917.
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Very nice, thank you for posting.

I think the buttons are right, the Royal Engineers didn't use the General Service buttons.

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Old 16-07-21, 06:01 PM
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Very nice, thank you for posting.

I think the buttons are right, the Royal Engineers didn't use the General Service buttons.

Rob
Thanks Rob,

I didn't know that but assumed, (there is that word again), that like Line Regiments they wore G.S. buttons during the Great War. I should have checked my post card albums as I have lots of photographs of Royal Engineers.

Did the Royal Artillery wear their own buttons as well?

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Yes I think the Royal Artillery did too

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The photographic evidence would appear to suggest that some members of both the R.E. and R.F.A. did indeed wear General Service buttons during the Great War.
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Old 16-07-21, 06:46 PM
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Yes sorry I probably worded it wrong, they must have been issued with General Service buttons especially in war time but they were never officially denied their own Regimental buttons in the period that other Regiments were.

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Thanks Simon,

Very nice indeed and a pleasure to see one of these rare patches in the flesh.

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