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Army Service Corps
Here is a nice Army Service Corps Sweetheart not seen one like this before! Enjoy
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I like that Billy, a good find.
Anyone got any more like that, I've got this RAMC with stretchers. |
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Cheers Andy seen one for Stretcher Bearers also, but didn't win it! Two Soldiers carrying a Stretcher with S & B either side with Kings Crown abovecall, a nice badge again not seen its like before either!
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Funny, I wanted that Stretcher Bearer badge too, but the time got away from me and I watched it close as I was trying to get my bid in!!!
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A bit off topic but an unusual "strecher bearer" badge from my collection.
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Very nice badge Mike!!! Is it a lapel badge?
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Yes , 28mm buttonhole fitting but no makers mark . Probably a commemorative item produced after 1921.
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Didn't know there was a"Corps of Stretcher Bearers" I thought they where Non Combatants, (Conscientious Objectors?) and Soldiers who Volunteered or should I say where Volunteered for this duty?
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They were a "Corps" within the RBL?
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There is a book : "Wounded: The Long Journey Back from the First World War" by Emily Mayhew that appartently deals with the topic .
She gave a talk titled "The Stretcher Bearers of WWI" , here are a couple of excerpts from a transcript I found. "Emily, a Historian in Residence in the Biomedical Department of Imperial College London, began by explaining that she is a military medical historian". Quote:
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The connection between the two groups is the puzzle !
Most sources make no mention of either group during WW1 but the lecture/research above , which was organised by the National Army Museum and documented on the IWM site , appears to suggest a "corp" did exist. Quote:
The British Legion was founded in 1921 but , as the badge below shows , there was an earlier group using the title . Quote:
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This sold on ebay a few days ago, I liked it but can't afford to buy everything I like.......
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I contacted Dr.Mayhew and her reply stated : Quote:
It is still an unusual and rare item which I'm happy to have in my collection. .
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QVC "WBB Bearer Company" collar badge
This may be a bit off topic also, but 40 years ago when I visited Hugh King I gave him a QVC collar badge with the title on the scroll 'WBB Bearer Company'. Otherwise it was the same design as a normal AMC badge.
I knew it was rare at the time but it was out of my line and it was going to a good home. Never seen another or found out just what it was, no doubt Boer War, and possibly? associated with Gandhi. |
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Possibly Indian ? Quote:
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