high wood Posted 5 April , 2010 Share Posted 5 April , 2010 I am trying to identify the man in this photograph which was taken in Pershore, Worcestershire in 1910. If I can identify the uniform it should be much easier. Is it a cavalry or a yeomanry uniform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 5 April , 2010 Share Posted 5 April , 2010 Given its Geography; I would suggest Worcestershire Yeomanry circa post 1908. HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 5 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 5 April , 2010 I had googled Worcestershire Yeomanry but couldn't find a comparison photograph. Certainly some Yeomanry units did wear helmets of this kind. I think that the man was Frederick Charles Burston and that he later served with the MGC with the service number 116164 but as yet I cannot establish a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 5 April , 2010 Share Posted 5 April , 2010 It may well be a pre 1908 "Worcestershire [b]Imperial [/b] Yeomanry" Helmet when this type of headgear was worn IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 5 April , 2010 Share Posted 5 April , 2010 The Worcestershire Yeomanry completed thye change from Helmets to Busbies in 1870. The helmet worn in your photo does not appear to match that worn by the Regiment. Photo attached from The Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force 1794-1914 Part 11 - Worcestershire Yeomanry. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 5 April , 2010 Share Posted 5 April , 2010 I am trying to identify the man in this photograph which was taken in Pershore, Worcestershire in 1910. If I can identify the uniform it should be much easier. Is it a cavalry or a yeomanry uniform? I thought yeomanry were cavalry albeit of the volunteer variety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 5 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 5 April , 2010 They are but I was trying to differentiate between regularly cavalry and yeomanry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 5 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 5 April , 2010 It seems that Yeomanry regiments were divided into three broad catergories namely Lancers, Hussars and Dragoons. The helmet worn in the photograph is of the type worn by dragoons. The Worcestershire Yeomanry were hussars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 5 April , 2010 Share Posted 5 April , 2010 I think his sword is also a dragoon sword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 6 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 6 April , 2010 Coming back to the geography, the nearest yeomanry regiments of the dragoon variety to Worcestershire are the Shropshire Yeomanry and the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted 7 April , 2010 Share Posted 7 April , 2010 This helmet looks to be similar. Pvt Haydn Roberts The RWF museum home page also depicts a mounted fellow with one broad stripe on his trouser leg. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 8 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2010 Alan, thank you for the link. I am pretty sure that we are on the right track. I wonder if the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry or perhaps the Shropshire Yeomanry hels their annual camp in Pershore in 1910. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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