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Old 24-09-15, 12:48 PM
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....and this one;



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Old 24-09-15, 12:49 PM
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Now that's a much better badge. Any idea which of the militia bns wore it?
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Now that's a much better badge. Any idea which of the militia bns wore it?
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I believe 5th and 6th Bns c.1902-05? (Thanks to KB for supplying and excellent reference).

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Old 24-09-15, 12:59 PM
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I don't recognise the numbering - which areas did they recruit from? The 8th and 9th were Irish so that narrows it down.


Afternote - from 1881: the 5th Bn were the former Huntingdonshire militia and the 7th Bn the former 2nd Middlesex Militia. The 6th were the former Royal Flint Rifles who appear to have been disbanded c.1889 but I need to find confirmation of that date.

http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/lib...l/page388.html

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From “ The Regimental Records of The British Army “
by John S. Farmer, published by Grant Richards, London 1901.
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Comprising

1st to 4th Battalions. ( formerly )
The 60th (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps) ; with Militia Battalions.

5th Battalion. The Huntingdon Militia.

7th Battalion. The 2nd Royal Middlesex Militia

8th Battalion. The Carlow Militia.

9th Battalion. The North Cork Militia.



As an aside I also only recently found out that KRRC militia had cadet battalions.

I knew that the VB had cadet bns but didn't know that the militia had them as well.

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Old 24-09-15, 02:22 PM
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I think it is worth noting that only the 9th Militia Bn KRRC seem to have had been awarded South Africa honours although all sent troops. Whether this means that they were the sole wearers of the badge with that honour is uncertain.
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I think it is worth noting that only the 9th Militia Bn KRRC seem to have had been awarded South Africa honours although all sent troops. Whether this means that they were the sole wearers of the badge with that honour is uncertain.
Here's their badge then. I'll have a read through the document you posted and change the file title once I can understand it all!

Similar for the Rifle Brigade Militia probably.
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Old 24-09-15, 03:18 PM
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I love the title of this thread, in particular the "Nooooooo!" bit, my other half says it sounds more like a post on Mumsnet!

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No such thing as KRRC TF.

1970s fantasy badge often found with England mark and in w/m.
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Old 24-09-15, 05:21 PM
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You can confident that it's not the 6th Bn badge. It appears to be the 9th from 1905-08.
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A bit late with this one, but what an excellent thread.

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Here's their badge then. I'll have a read through the document you posted and change the file title once I can understand it all!

Similar for the Rifle Brigade Militia probably.

5th & 6th Militia Btns. (Post 1905)..jpg
Lovely example, Keith.

9th Bn. KRRC badge - K/C & South Africa honour: Pattern 6320/1905, 'bronzed', for the forage cap. Obsolete by 13th January 1909.

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I think it is worth noting that only the 9th Militia Bn KRRC seem to have had been awarded South Africa honours although all sent troops. Whether this means that they were the sole wearers of the badge with that honour is uncertain.
Alan,

Do you have a source for this info that you could cite please? I appreciate your post was made some time ago though.

With thanks,

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Old 24-09-18, 06:44 PM
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The awarding of Battlehonours to VB regts is recorded in the Army Order of 1905. Of all the KRRC Bns only the 9th is listed as being awarded the honour, This does not mean that other KRRC regts did not send personnel. They did but not enough and/or in formed bodies to be included in the AO.
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The awarding of Battlehonours to VB regts is recorded in the Army Order of 1905. Of all the KRRC Bns only the 9th is listed as being awarded the honour, This does not mean that other KRRC regts did not send personnel. They did but not enough and/or in formed bodies to be included in the AO.
Super stuff. Many thanks.

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The awarding of Battlehonours to VB regts is recorded in the Army Order of 1905. Of all the KRRC Bns only the 9th is listed as being awarded the honour, This does not mean that other KRRC regts did not send personnel. They did but not enough and/or in formed bodies to be included in the AO.
I think you made a slight error here. This is not about VB, but about Militia. The 5th - 9th Bn were (1881-1908) militia battalions.

BTW the 6th Bn was disbanded in 1889 and thus did not even see the Boer War happen.
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Old 25-09-18, 10:41 AM
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Sorry of course they were the militia as the KRRC did not have VBs or TF.

I mentioned the 1889 date in post 19 but have not yet seen confirmation that it is correct.
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Sorry of course they were the militia as the KRRC did not have VBs or TF.
They did have VBs, but they did not change their title to show that. Their function was being a volunteer battalion of the KRRC. While in most regiments, most of their volunteer battalions changed their designation from RVC to VB between 1881 and 1888, not all did.

See https://hcvv.home.xs4all.nl/milweb/G...lders-1881.pdf
and for the dates of the redesignations: https://hcvv.home.xs4all.nl/milweb/G...anges-1908.pdf

And because after the original liasion of the RVCs in 1881 there were some transfers in later years, see also: https://hcvv.home.xs4all.nl/milweb/G...anges-1880.pdf

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I mentioned the 1889 date in post 19 but have not yet seen confirmation that it is correct.
I seem to have the same date, but my source may be the same as your's, thus that does not prove much

For those interested in a list: https://hcvv.home.xs4all.nl/milweb/G...anges-1881.pdf
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