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The BIG Fat Lambourne Thread
With a great deal of help from Andy (Nozzer), Tim (TWGB) and Michael (Expat Yeoman) I’ve assembled the below list of Lambourne made British Army cap badges in our collections or ones we have seen and believe to be genuine.
I’ve attached relevant KK badge references and arranged them mostly in the order of KK. Hopefully this will be of assistance to members. Please do bear in mind that Lambourne marks and the below badges have been faked so a Lambourne mark on one of these doesn’t automatically equate to a genuine badge. No doubt there are a few more out there so please do get in touch if you can add to the list. Regular Infantry The Royal Scots - KK589 Royal Fusiliers - KK597 The King’s Regiment - KK598 The Norfolk Regiment - KK599 Lincolnshire Regiment - KK600 The Suffolk Regiment - KK605 West Yorkshire Regiment - KK608 The Bedfordshire Regiment - KK610 Lancashire Fusiliers - KK618 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - KK632 Gloucestershire Regiment - KK634 East Lancashire Regiment - KK638 Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry - KK641 The Border Regiment - KK645 Royal Sussex Regiment - KK646 South Lancashire Regiment - KK652 South Lancashire Regiment (1916 GM) - KK652 The Welsh Regiment - KK653 The Essex Regiment - KK660 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - KK664 Northamptonshire Regiment - KK2008 Royal Berkshire Regiment - KK667 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry - KK671 King’s Royal Rifle Corps - KK675 The Manchester Regiment - KK677 York and Lancaster Regiment - KK679 Royal Irish Rifles - KK691 Royal Irish Fusiliers - KK694 The Leinster Regiment (1916 GM) - KK699 Cavalry 7th Dragoon Guards - KK749 Royal Scots Greys - KK752 20th Hussars - KK793 Corps & Services Royal Artillery - KK808 (also with moving wheel) Royal Engineers -KK853 Army Service Corps - KK990 Royal Army Medical Corps - KK1007 Army Pay Corps - KK1033 Army Pay Corps - KK1035 Army Remount Service - KK1047 Tank Corps - KK1158 Yeomanry Warwickshire Yeomanry - KK1408 Shropshire Yeomanry - KK1415 Earl of Chester’s Yeomanry - KK1419 Denbighshire Hussars* - KK1443 Berkshire Yeomanry - KK1449 Loyal Suffolk Hussars - KK1455 North Devon Hussars - KK1456 West Kent Yeomanry - KK1459 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry - KK1479 Glamorgan Yeomanry - KK1481 Essex Yeomanry - KK1490 Lovat Scouts - KK1500 *N.B. Intentionally not included as 15th London to avoid duplicity. Territorials Royal Artillery (TF) - KK821 (also with moving wheel) The Royal Scots (TF) - KK559 (in WM) The King’s Regiment (TF) - KK1701 6th Bn The King’s Regiment (TF) - KK1702 The Suffolk Regiment (TF) - KK1710 Gloucestershire Regiment (TF) - KK1720 South Lancashire Regiment (TF) - KK1735 (in BB) Buckinghamshire Battalion (TF) - KK1737 The Essex Regiment (TF) - KK1739 The Hertfordshire Regiment - KK1806 The Cambridgeshire Regiment - KK1817 Cyclists 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment* - KK1865 The Kent Cyclists Battalion - KK1867 The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion - KK1870 *N.B. Possible? See https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...14&postcount=9 I know of 2 Lambourne made Welsh Regt badges with black finishes. The West Kent Yeomanry / Kent Cyclists has been included twice because there appears to be two separate Lambourne dies with the horses heads at varying angles. Notwithstanding it’s a small mystery why in wartime they’d cut two dies for essentially the same badge? Last edited by Luke H; 15-04-20 at 07:41 PM. |
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You can add a WW1 Australian rising sun.
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The first "The King's Regiment" is the 5th Bn
Have you two any ideas as to why here are two Lambourne tags - different workshops, chronology or what. It's probably not a great deal anyway - keep up the good work J LAMBOURNE’S / BIRMINGHAM LAMBOURNE & Co / BIRMINGHAM PS I have only seen the LAMBOURNE’S / BIRMINGHAM on the 6th Bn badges - they all have the & Co etc version Last edited by KLR; 12-04-20 at 08:08 AM. Reason: 6th Bn |
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Hi Chaps,
Thanks very much. I intentionally didn’t included the Rising Sun or any V.T.C.s, Red Cross badges etc. in this to keep the focus British Army. Yes you’re right Julian, the KK number for the first is for the BB 5th Bn badge shown in KK. Afraid I don’t know dates or chronologies for the two marks, but I would love to know. All I can say is both can be found on the 1916 all GM issue Leinster so both must’ve been in use in WW1. Why use the use of Lambournes and Lambourne & Co is another mini-mystery? Cheers, Luke |
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West Kent Yeomanry / Kent Cyclists
From one quandary on Lambournes / Lambourne & Co marks to another.
Here are the two badges the from different dies mentioned above. As you can see they’re significantly different in their fine detail but the overall design - a rearing horse on a scroll inscribed Invicta in WM - is the same. I’ve also attached the images from KK. The first with a more horizontal gaze is listed as WKY whilst the second with its head angled up purports to be Kent Cyclist Battalion. Bosley’s sold a badge, Lot 465 in their 25th Jan 2017 sale, - https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...4-a6f800dbc6f6 which matches the first badge shown (WKY) but was advertised as Kent Cyclists? It does seem the second badge is more common than the first but whether it’s safe to draw inferences from this I’m unsure at present. From Ticker’s research we know Lambourne were a significant WW1 manufacturer. And I’m yet to see a badge with a Lambourne mark that can be categorically dated post WW1 which suggests there’s a strong chance they were a wartime only maker. In which case why cut two dies so similar? Does anyone have any suggestions or information that may help? (picture on the red background courtesy of David Smith - British Army Badges) Last edited by Luke H; 12-04-20 at 10:00 AM. |
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Here are my RA examples if they help
regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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