alf mcm Posted 4 May , 2009 Share Posted 4 May , 2009 Can anyone tell my why it is that on some CWGC gravestones the regimental badge is located above the cross, and in others the badge is superimposed on the cross. Did the design change after a certain date? Regards, Alf McM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 4 May , 2009 Share Posted 4 May , 2009 Each regiment was given the choice of which design to use for their casualties. Some chose one, some chose the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 4 May , 2009 Author Share Posted 4 May , 2009 Each regiment was given the choice of which design to use for their casualties. Some chose one, some chose the other. Thanks Terry, that makes sense. Regards, Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judy7007 Posted 4 May , 2009 Share Posted 4 May , 2009 Just last week I saw this for the first time. The headstone I saw is at Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, and the soldier is from the 40th Battalion AIF. I expect that all of the 40th Battalion AIF would have chosen this design. I asked our tour guide about it and he said he had never seen it before. So it is good to have an explanation. Many thanks regards Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judy7007 Posted 4 May , 2009 Share Posted 4 May , 2009 I have just seen a photo of a headstone of a member of the 40th Battalion AIF with the Rising Sun Badge above the cross whereas the one I saw at Adelaide Cemetery had the Rising Sun Badge inside the cross. However I now realise this is not the same as a Regimental Badge as previously explained above. However I still wonder why this difference in the placement of the Rising Sun Badge. with thanks for all suggestions kind regards Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 4 May , 2009 Share Posted 4 May , 2009 There also exists a stone with the Canadian maple leaf badge in the centre of the cross. I asked the CWGC headstone 'expert' at their factory in Arras about these and he had no explanation other than their being either experimental or possibly a stonemason's error; hence their scarcity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judy7007 Posted 5 May , 2009 Share Posted 5 May , 2009 Many thanks Terry. Even if there isn't an explanation it's good to have an 'answer' as it were. Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1916 Posted 5 May , 2009 Share Posted 5 May , 2009 This is an interesting one, how did the family get the RIP above the name? Was it an option or influence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 5 May , 2009 Share Posted 5 May , 2009 Or error. Not an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Woodger Posted 6 May , 2009 Share Posted 6 May , 2009 Hi I think it is quite random as to whether the Badge is above a cross or within but I have never seen an Unknown soldier whose regiment is known in any form other than badge above the Cross but with Gunners where the on the cross is the norm the unidentified gunners can be found with the badge in a triangle. There is a strange one in Ancre British cemetery where the badge is below the cross but I cannot find my copy of the Stone. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 6 May , 2009 Share Posted 6 May , 2009 Heres 2 that appear to be random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 Hi I think it is quite random as to whether the Badge is above a cross or within but I have never seen an Unknown soldier whose regiment is known in any form other than badge above the Cross but with Gunners where the on the cross is the norm the unidentified gunners can be found with the badge in a triangle. There is a strange one in Ancre British cemetery where the badge is below the cross but I cannot find my copy of the Stone. Peter That has to do with the amount of lines of text (incl. epitaph). If there are too many lines, they have to put the badge on top with the small cross otherwise there wouldn't be enough space for the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Woodger Posted 24 October , 2013 Share Posted 24 October , 2013 Sorry but I do not understand your statement in post 12 with my quote. My first para refers to unidentified by name which have no inscription, I did not explain well the stone referred to in the second para so will attach a picture Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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