Royal West Kent Yeomanry or Cyclist?

[leigh kitchen]

Can someone tell me if this particular striking of the badge is Yeomanry, Cyclists or other please?

[Alan O]

There are photos of both units wearing both versions.

[Luke H]

Sorry I forgot to reply to this.

Either or. They both wore exactly the same badge.

[leigh kitchen]

Thanks, I get confused between the Yeomanry and Cyclists, angle of the horses head, slider or loops.......

[Luke H]

From corresponding with Keith Hook he told me that the West Kent Yeomanry and Kent Cyclists badge was the same pattern number in the 1919 Ordnance Catalogue i.e. they wore the exact same badge.

Aware of the head position debate I put this to Keith and he said he’d never heard of such theories and that amongst his contemporaries (i.e. the ‘old school’ collectors of the early 1950s and before) this wasn’t deemed of any relevance.

So head angle theory would seem to be a bit of a modern myth in collecting.

[leigh kitchen]

Thanks, I'd read through threads on the forum in the past, made notes, and now I can't find them.

[Alan O]

I saw this on ebay and thought you might like to see the screenshot of a Yeoman in pre war Dress uniform.