Guards, Great War, cloth shoulder and battalion

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Anoraks will wish to know that MHS Bull. 242 arrived today has an article, colour illustrated, of Guards idents during our period.

I do not have the expertise to critique it, but the photos. speak for themselves.

If this is your scene, recommended.

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please comment somebody: I am sure we have an expert!

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the article says that all 4 battalions of CG had cloth titles, I am not happy with this.

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I have found the GWF thread which dealt with this and the broad consensus is that CG wore two styles of shoulder title in the Great War: started with the normal CG and rose in GM, then c. 1916 wore the all-drab worsted version of this perhaps in some units, but did not wear white on scarlet worsted square-end titles Coldstream Guards at any time during the war.

Firm evidence to the contrary would be most welcome.