Anyone want to play guess the regiment? - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Tigerlily · #1 25-03-16, 04:04 PM

Not going to be able to get much detail on this one. And no it's not a quiz I don't know who they are either, I've had trouble even spotting an ST.

Phil2M · #2 25-03-16, 04:41 PM

Big round badges like the NDC?

Tigerlily · #3 25-03-16, 05:08 PM

Just had another look using a loupe and there is actually a scroll underneath and it looks more like a star similar to the Cheshires

Fatherofthree · #4 25-03-16, 11:43 PM

Good evening Alli my little dragonfly.

Two bottles of red wine leads me to believe they're soldiers.

How about Royal Engineers?

Regards
FoT

Tigerlily · #5 26-03-16, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Fatherofthree

Good evening Alli my little dragonfly.

Two bottles of red wine leads me to believe they're soldiers.

How about Royal Engineers?

Regards
FoT

Ah hello gorgeous, even after two bottles of red your astuteness overwhelms me

I'm going to see if I can do a bit better with the image today, would be nice to pin a regiment on them. Definitely not fusiliers though

Paul Spellman · #6 26-03-16, 09:36 AM

My first thought was that it was Hooton Hall in Cheshire that the photo was taken but on further search I think that is wrong.
I will put 2 bob on the East Yorks.
Paul

Tigerlily · #7 26-03-16, 09:46 AM

I can't shake the thought that its Cheshires, just taken some pics through a loupe in case it might help. If its Cheshire I'm going to do a victory dance

Give me 10 to edit the pics......

Tigerlily · #8 26-03-16, 09:58 AM

Okay best I can do, don't laugh at my through the keyhole style photography. Interesting the chap who appears to be in civvies in the front, what cap is he wearing? I'm sure their Cheshires.

Hoot · #9 26-03-16, 04:23 PM

Alli, your man in the odd-looking hat, it looks to me like driving goggles on the hat. If the photo is pre-Great War then he might well be an Army Motor Reserve driver assigned to the C.O. or if Great War period then National Motor Reserve. Just a bit of wild speculation of course!.

Tigerlily · #10 26-03-16, 04:28 PM

No wild speculation is good, I couldn't figure out what it was, well done, thank you!

manchesters · #11 26-03-16, 05:00 PM

The best bet will be the officers OSD collar badges if you could get a good look at those.

Could be Cheshire, E.Yorks, or a few others.

regards

Tigerlily · #12 26-03-16, 05:05 PM

I'll give it another go Simon and see if I can get an ID on those collars, thanks.

Tigerlily · #13 26-03-16, 05:37 PM

Zoomed in as much as I can and I'm pretty sure they're not Cheshire collars very hard to say for sure due to the image pixelating, have added an image but I don't think it will help. Of the two regiments I would say in close up it resembles East Yorks more than Cheshires, well it resembles a star more. A lot of squinting was involved.