8th Surrey Rifle Volunteers

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by joachim

Keith it now looks like i was wrong about the collar being a paschal lamb, looking in Churchills book the flag touches the lambs back on all the collars which in highwood picture it does not.
I now think its a hart and the bit behind the head is in fact an antler, take a look at the Beds and Herts collars in churchills page 82 fig 502
I may be way off the mark here but could this be a Herts VB

Malc

The flag doesn't touch the lamb's back. However the Lamb does have a crooked front leg.

[ANGLE IRON]

Got to be a horse on the plate , which is what threw me along the Kings route,
I reckon now with the better picks also that the collar is a Hart, The closest hart looks to me like the late 19th century ones worn by regular units, perhaps he was permanent staff of the time drawn from another county or an ex Beds man who had not updated his collar to the Kent vols, . The VB Suffolks were still wearing the old volunteer cross belt plates so dating can sometimes be difficult, Thankyou for posting this has been a very good thread, Kevin

[Fatherofthree]

Greetings.

I'm with Keith on this one.

It's an 'orse.

regards
Brian

[Malcolm Davey]

Originally Posted by High Wood

The flag doesn't touch the lamb's back. However the Lamb does have a crooked front leg.

So does the hart in churchills book

Malc