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London Regiment Cap Badges


River97

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Evening all,

I have been scrolling through the internet and have found photo's of the majority of the London Regiment's cap Badges.

Is there anyone out there who would be able to post links so I could get photo's of the following:

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

4th Battalion

6th Battalion

22nd Battalion

24th Battalion

33rd Battalion

34th Battalion

The reason I ask is that I have quite a few medals to various Battalions of the London Regiment and would like to create a display in a cabinet with the medals and a cap badge, collar badges and a tunic button for each of the Battalions that deployed overseas. So, I would like a photo first as then I know what to look for before forking out the cash.

Thanks

Cheers Andy.

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1st, 2nd and 4th Battalions wore the cap badge of the Royal Fusiliers.

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There was no 33rd or 34th Bn.

the 22nd wore the Queens West Surreys bimetal badge in WW1.

Max,

The 33rd and 34th are listed on the Long Long Trail here and there is also a battalions worth of MIC's for each on Ancestry. Must be a rare unit as got to the continent late in the war.

Cheers Andy.

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There certainly was a 33rd and a 34th Battalion!

The 34th wore the cap badge of the KRRC from what I can make out; I have several medal groups to this battalion, including one of their Coy Commanders who came from 7th KRRC which was disbanded to form the nucleus of the new unit.

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Interesting I was unaware of these war raised numbers. They do not feature on the 1908 Army lists when the Tf was formed. Perhaps I should qualify that there was no 32nd or 4th Bn badge unlike the other 20+ London regt bns and that would be correct. They did not have their own badge so the KRRC would be a possibility as they were a London raised bn even if they did not have any TF bns pre-war.

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There certainly was a 34th Battalion London regiment. My uncle Hewie died whilst serving with them.

JERVIS, HEWSON EDWARD

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps

Secondary Regiment: London Regiment

Secondary Unit Text: posted to 34th Bn.

Age: 19

Date of Death: 27/02/1919

Service No: 881605

Additional information: Son of Joseph and Amelia Jervis, of 9, Kerry Terrace, Walton Rd., Woking. Born at Ramsgate.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 11.

Cemetery: LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

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1st, 2nd and 4th Battalions wore the cap badge of the Royal Fusiliers.

Am I correct that the 3rd Battalion also wore the Royal Fusiliers cap badge ?

Tony

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The Cast-iron Sixth wore a blackened KRRC type badge which bore a tablet carrying the motto 'Domine Dirige Nos' The top arm of the cross bore the 'South Africa 1900-02' honour,

Jon

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Guy's,

Thanks for the replies, this has been a great help.

Cheers Andy.

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