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Old 06-08-18, 07:32 PM
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Default 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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Old 06-08-18, 07:54 PM
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Is the image perhaps cropped and missing the whole cap on the left?

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Old 06-08-18, 07:58 PM
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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 ?
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Old 06-08-18, 08:21 PM
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That's what I was wondering - Engineers?
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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.

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Royal Canadian Regiment.
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Old 07-08-18, 08:52 AM
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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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Old 07-08-18, 09:13 AM
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Royal Canadian Regiment
And Vancouver Regiment collar badges, maybe one of these?
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The seven button jacket is also a big clue to Canada.
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Royal Canadian Regiment
And Vancouver Regiment collar badges, maybe one of these?
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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It isn't Vancouver Regiment or the second badge you have shown which is Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment).
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.

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The fob or small brooch on the watch chain - is that a little revolver?
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