greatbeanbags Posted 12 May , 2010 Share Posted 12 May , 2010 From the image posted can anyone please tell me if this young man is wearing an Army reserve uniform with cap badge? Thanks. Have posted the image as part of a topic in The Paraphernalia of War but no results. Hoping more will see & can confirm here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT-Guards Posted 12 May , 2010 Share Posted 12 May , 2010 Here's my goes; 1. Royal Engineers or perhaps, 2. London Rifle Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malch Posted 12 May , 2010 Share Posted 12 May , 2010 Looks too round at the top for RE. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknownsoldier Posted 12 May , 2010 Share Posted 12 May , 2010 Looks like it's been scratched out by a sensor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT-Guards Posted 12 May , 2010 Share Posted 12 May , 2010 Thought that there may be a slight fold from the cap covering the top of the badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatbeanbags Posted 12 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2010 Thanks all for your observations. To help perhaps? I believe this is a early picture of my great uncle Sydney Rodney Cyril Vince (KIA at Varlet Farm near Passchendaele on 26.10.17 aged 19) whilst serving as an Able Seaman - R/609 in the Anson Bn. RNVR. He is not wearing an Anson Bn. cap badge hence my thoughts that it is an Army Reserve Badge & Uniform. His Discharge Papers from the NA show: Previous Service: Army Reserve 11.1.17 Attatched to 3rd Reserve Bn. 13.1.17 D.O/13 (3rd Res) 21.8.17 TF Anson Bn. Surely the 3rd Reserve Bn. will be Army Reserve?.... or could it be a 3rd Reserve Bn. of one of the regiments mentioned by CT-Guards? The London Rifles might be right as he was a Suffolk lad - so could the Royal Engineers as he lists his employment was a Groom! However, neither regiment is named on his official Discharge Papers. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 13 May , 2010 Share Posted 13 May , 2010 It rather looks like the badge of the Northamptonshire Regiment to me - not scratched out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 13 May , 2010 Share Posted 13 May , 2010 It rather looks like the badge of the Northamptonshire Regiment to me - not scratched out. I'd concur and it would also fit with the curved shoulder titles. I can't see anything to suggest a Territorial shoulder title so they don't fit with either the RE or London Rifle Brigade. Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 13 May , 2010 Share Posted 13 May , 2010 I'd agree that it is probably the cap badge of the premier Regiment of the British Army (Yes, I did mean the Northamptonshire Regiment) His RND Casualty Roll record notes: Name: Sydney Rodney Cyril Vince Service Branch: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit: Anson Bn. Rank: Able Seaman Death Date: 26 Oct 1917 Cause Of Death: Killed in action Burial: Tyne Cot Memorial (MR 30) Service History: Army Reserve 6/6/16 ; Entered 9/1/17 ; Draft for BEF 21/8/17, posted to Anson Bn. 10/9/17-26/10/17 DD. Service Number: R/609 Notes: A Groom ; b.Monks Eleigh, Suffolk 13/5/1898 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Father, Robert S., High St., Monks Eleigh, Suffolk. I assume by "discharge papers" you mean the Documents Online Service record? Description Name Vince, Sydney Rodney Cyril Service Number(s): R/609 Rank or Rating: Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman Date of Birth: 13 May 1898 Catalogue reference ADM 339/2 Dept Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies Series Admiralty and War Office: Royal Naval Division: Records of Service (Microfiche Copies) Piece Ratings/other ranks (discharged dead) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=1 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatbeanbags Posted 13 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 May , 2010 Thanks for all your thoughts on my man wearing a Northamptonshire Regiment Cap badge! Not so far from Suffolk so he could have been working there? Why does his previous service before being transfered to the Anson. Bn RNVR show simply Army Reserve, 3rd Reserve Bn.? Could or should it have been Northampton Shire Regiment, Army Reserve, 3rd Reserve Bn. but not recorded like this on his Discharge Papers? Stebie9173 thanks for all the RND info - I did purchase copy of his 'Discharge Papers' from the National Archives - presumably from their on line Service records. I also obtained info from the CWGC site. I do know a lot more about Sydney - if you visit The Paraphernalia of War section on this forum & go to Uniform & Cap badges Sydney's full story is currently the 4th topic from the top. There are images of his Tyne Cot memorial wall, possible grave, copy of a letter from the officer who survived the action where Sydney was killed with an account of his death plus a copy of the actual Bn. War diary account as well. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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