mark holden Posted 28 May , 2013 Share Posted 28 May , 2013 Notts and Derby 02 Tunic with two pleats and collars worn post WW1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 29 May , 2013 Share Posted 29 May , 2013 5th Kings Liverpool an unusual collar badge! Epaulette badges worn as collar badges is not uncommon when worn on Kitchener blue uniforms, which didn't always have epaulettes. But seeing them worn like that on ordinary SD which clearly does have them is certainly odd, especially as the Trench Cap puts this as 1916 or later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 29 May , 2013 Share Posted 29 May , 2013 I have posted this before I think but here's a picture that covers several bases mentioned in this thread. Clearly postwar group of veteran sgts. some with collar badges some not, all with cloth HD Divisional patches and some intriguing shoulder titles that look to be T (something other than a number) Gordon and in 3 parts? Lots of other badges too if Grumpy is around. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 29 May , 2013 Share Posted 29 May , 2013 wee woo! thanks, a very rare LG without wreath as issued to TA post-war .......... tiny badge left cuff. Right flank man sitting. The collars/ no collars might be TA/ Regulars distinction? seated right flank to left:sgt MM BWM VM, ist class LG shot; sgt MM, trio; sgt BWM VM; sgt asst instr sigs, trio. rear: c-sgt TA with efficiency stars, trio; ? MM, BWM VM,; sgt attached, Lincs regt?;, BWM VM, sgt ??; CSM trio, wondering why he is not seated ........!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 29 May , 2013 Share Posted 29 May , 2013 You can add the 6th Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers....am travelling but will post photo (grandfather James Maxwell) on return to UK. MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 30 May , 2013 Share Posted 30 May , 2013 Thank you, looking forward to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 4 January , 2015 Share Posted 4 January , 2015 Update of Infantry REGIMENTS known to have had at least one battalion [often a TF or Service battalion] wearing collar badges in the Great War in one order of dress or another. Use of a collar badge of some sort [often a shoulder title in gilding metal] was surprisingly common in the war period.In no particular order, and not distinguishing between SD or 'Kitchener Blues', the following REGIMENTS have been noted above as having a collar badge for at least one of their battalions:E SurreyEssexNFHertsCheshireKings LiverpoolBuffsDLIRFInn. FWelshKOYLIMG GuardsLeicesterOx and BucksY&LW YksYorks9th Suffolk and at least one other Suffolk Queen's KSLI Cameroniansand, of course, Pioneer battalions of almost all regiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 14 January , 2015 Share Posted 14 January , 2015 Here are another couple of examples. Two Kitchener men (6th Londons, perhaps?) wearing collar dogs. No names or photographer, I'm afraid. And here's a Suffolk man (un-named, photo taken in Brighton, so not 9th Suffolk?): I also have several examples of ASC men in France during 1915/16 wearing collar badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 14 January , 2015 Share Posted 14 January , 2015 Thank you, so more than 9th Suffolk for the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 19 January , 2015 Share Posted 19 January , 2015 Thank you, so more than 9th Suffolk for the list Apologies, it looks like I led you up the garden path there - the 9th Suffolks WERE in Brighton, so looks like my man was in fact 9/Suffolks. Sorry! And what do you make of the 2 Kitchener men that I posted in post#58 - with the 'grenade' collars? Here's a few more: 8th Y&L, sometime during May-Aug 1915 West Yorks, in the UK just before joining 2/West Yorks in France, early 1918 (he was a Drummer, I'm not sure if that's relevant) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 19 January , 2015 Share Posted 19 January , 2015 Infantry REGIMENTS known to have had at least one battalion wearing collar badges in the Great War in one order of dress or another. On that basis, does this sort of thing count? (photo taken May 1916) He was in the A&SH, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 19 January , 2015 Share Posted 19 January , 2015 What about Yeomanry/Cavalry units? MIC's show this man as being North Devon Yeomanry in 1915, but this was taken in the UK in 1917 and although the collars looks right I'm not 100% certain about his cap badge (looks a little too big for the typical NDY badge - was there a 2nd version consisting of intertwined letters?): Note that he's carrying a revolver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 19 January , 2015 Share Posted 19 January , 2015 2 examples of Royal Scots Greys, both serving with 5th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry at different times. March 1915: and August 1915: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 19 January , 2015 Share Posted 19 January , 2015 Scottish Horse (photo taken in Glasgow). I have a number of similar images of men from the same unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 19 January , 2015 Share Posted 19 January , 2015 Are you interested in the Corps? I have several images (both in the UK and in France) of ASC men wearing collar badges. Here are 3 from different periods - all confirmed ASC rather than colonial versions of the same: 1915 1916 (taken in Waltham Cross) 1917 (taken in Leeds - note the 'solid' cap badge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 19 January , 2015 Share Posted 19 January , 2015 Super recent additions, thank you all very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 Some more cavalry..... 17th Lancers, on leave in 1918: 8th Hussars, on leave in July 1915: Here's an interesting one; he's confirmed RAMC attd Scottish Horse, badged as Scottish Horse: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 Royal Welsh Fusiliers bandsman, photo taken in Cairo in 1918, haven't checked his medal roll details but probably 6th Garrison battalion: 9th (Reserve) Argyll & Sutherlands, probably taken early 1915: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 ASC again, photo taken in the UK in 1915: The next 2 are RAMC (presumably pre-war TF?) taken November 1914: a member of 88th Field Ambulance, taken early 1915: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 I just love the RWF bandsman ....... superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 ASC again, photo taken in the UK in 1915: five.jpg The next 2 are RAMC (presumably pre-war TF?) taken November 1914: eight.jpg a member of 88th Field Ambulance, taken early 1915: nine.jpg Particularly like the last two RAMC men, one in home service frock with cord shoulder straps and the other in full-dress tunic with TF shoulder titles. Unusual to see side-by-side like that. Thank you for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 Particularly like the last two RAMC men, one in home service frock with cord shoulder straps and the other in full-dress tunic with TF shoulder titles. Unusual to see side-by-side like that. Thank you for posting them. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I hadn't really noticed to be honest. Would the home service frock indicate anything regarding his service, or is it just a Kitchener volunteer affectation? The cuffs (not visible in the cropped image) have the same 'Austrian knot' design as the full-dress tunic. I didn't look too closely at the photo initially. I now notice that he's wearing what appears to be a Police issue 1911 Coronation ribbon (at which point he would have been only 18 years old). Here's another RAMC man (a bandsman, of course) with collar badges (apologies for the shaky image - the photographer must have been a bit nervous). He was serving with "Provisional Co., RAMC" at Aldershot when this photo was taken (July 1915) and he appears to be wearing a similar frock with collar badges, but he has a pale cap band and an unusual belt-buckle - or is he wearing a St. John's Ambulance uniform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 6th (Service) Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers. Not quite sure the date but certainly not before end 1916 Grandfather on the Scots side. MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 I just love the RWF bandsman ....... superb! Forum member Lars has very kindly informed me that this man served with 2/Garr Bn, RWF, elements of which relieved 6/Garr Bn RWF at Cairo just after the armistice. I tried to send you a copy of the full photo (rather than the crop that I posted on this thread) but your in-box is full, apparently...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 21 January , 2015 Share Posted 21 January , 2015 Sorry .... cleared the box now, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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