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Old 10-08-15, 05:59 PM
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I Picked this photo up with Norfolk yeomanry penciled on the back, It seems to be the small provost type badge on his cap (the reason i bought the picture) but his shoulder titles look like RUC after scanning and magnifying.
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Old 10-08-15, 06:17 PM
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Hello Andy,

How are you?

Instead of RUC, could it be RDC do you think?
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Old 10-08-15, 06:24 PM
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One from my collection.

What do you think?
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Old 10-08-15, 06:43 PM
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Hello Andy, im ok Thank you, i hope your getting on ok with your dog
It seems to be open at the top like a U.
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Old 10-08-15, 07:26 PM
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A long shot, given that I'm using a phone to view & can't make out the shoulder titles - any chance the cap badge is actually AVC?
Edited - should've typed RAVC, not AVC.
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Old 10-08-15, 09:24 PM
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Hello Andy, im ok Thank you, i hope your getting on ok with your dog
It seems to be open at the top like a U.
Andy
The dog is fine, although she has just come into season

Like your picture, the one I have was sold as Norfolk Yeomanry. I am pretty sure the title is RDC.

Interested to hear what others think though.
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This is confusing! Is he MPSC or RNY? Is the shoulder title RDC or RUC?
I would lean towards RDC by saying he was Royal Defence Corps and transfered to the MPSC or RNY and still waiting to change his S/T. Or the other way round....
Its possible ???????
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Old 11-08-15, 04:29 PM
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here's a close up perhaps someone else can see something different to me.
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Old 11-08-15, 07:16 PM
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The cap badge looks like it has a shape of a Centaur in the middle. The shoulder title would fit Westlake 493 (AVC). So it's possible this was around 1918 and he hasn't upgraded his S/T to RAVC.
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Old 11-08-15, 07:37 PM
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It's the royal cypher/monogram
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Yep, now a better quality image is posted I'd go firm on Geo V cypher rather than RAVC.
The S/T looks like RDC.
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Old 11-08-15, 08:52 PM
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Yup now photo quality is improved I agree RDC
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Old 11-08-15, 09:22 PM
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As pointed out by many - he is indeed "Royal Defence Corps", whose members wore the Royal Cypher capbadge and "RDC" shoulder titles. I have somewhere among all of my paperwork the A.C.I. regarding the formation of the Corps, which if I remember correctly desrcibes the wearing of the above.
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1st RDC cypher- 2nd MPSC. So which ??
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File Type: jpg 20 PROVOST GVR gm#.jpg (87.7 KB, 22 views)
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