Welsh Guards cpl Betteridge's sqd April 1940

[JerryBB]

Lovely sharp image which I have had to shrink and crop to post here.

Of interest is the use of what appears to be WWI type trench caps with the stitched peaks, not something I remember seeing previously for this date, though use of old stock at a time of shortages probably explains it.

This came from a seller local to me and has a name and address in Wales on the reverse also annotated 3/9 perhaps for 3 of 9 or maybe the date, 3rd September.

[Mike Jackson]

Interesting to see - rear row, centre the Trained Soldier - with the abbreviation Td/S (which I have never noted before). Used as if it is a rank rather than an appointment. Mike

[JerryBB]

Originally Posted by Mike Jackson

Interesting to see - rear row, centre the Trained Soldier - with the abbreviation Td/S (which I have never noted before). Used as if it is a rank rather than an appointment. Mike

Mike, I was trying to work out what it stood for, thanks for explaining it.

[Sonofacqms]

I had one of these which I thought was a WWI type trench cap with a stitched peak and was told by my Father that these were worn during the early part of WWII by soldiers on fatigues.

I did a deal for a cap badge I wanted . . !

Rob

[JerryBB]

Originally Posted by Sonofacqms

I had one of these which I thought was a WWI type trench cap with a stitched peak and was told by my Father that these were worn during the early part of WWII by soldiers on fatigues.

I did a deal for a cap badge I wanted . . !

Rob

A rare cap today I would think Rob........It must have been a very desirable badge.

[Sonofacqms]

Jerry,

I exchanged this hat for an original 4th Northamptonshire cap badge with the blank scrolls, a badge I'd been after for years, strangely enough I got the one with 4th Btn on the scrolls at a collectors fair a few months later.

I often wonder who had the better deal, my Father having been a CQMS was often dismissive of my buys.

Rob