Skipman Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Is this Royal Engineers?Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 No, Its a Scottish capbadge on a glengarry, and I would suggest its a Cameron Highlander. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Sorry Mike, that was rude and abrupt of me, but it's still a Cameron Cap badge. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Sorry Mike, that was rude and abrupt of me, but it's still a Cameron Cap badge. R Don't worry Rob. I'm thick. Skinned that is. No problem. That's what I was wondering. I thought Cameronian at one point. His name is Fred Taylor, and his family say he served with RE. It kind of looked RE, but I wasn't sure if Scottish RE might have worn the Glengarry. There are a few RE Fred Taylor's, this might narrow it down. They have no number for him. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Mike the Sappers (RE) recruited UK wide and wear the RE capbadge even on attachment. Your man might have worked as Infantry support to a Sapper unit, or possibly rebadged because of some specific trade experience gained prior to his call up, like the miners. All the best, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TParker96 Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Hi, How old was he and what were his parents names? Also did he survive the war? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Hi, How old was he and what were his parents names? Also did he survive the war? Tom Thanks for that Rob. Hi Tom. Will have to speak to them again. I just took a quick photograpgh of the man, amongst a few other items. I will see them soon and ask for more details. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 I agree with Rob that he is Cameron Highlanders and wearing the usual dark blue glengarry favoured by the regiment. and uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Ok. Thanks for that. I will have a look later, for a Cameron Highlander Fred Taylor, that might also have served in the RE. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinhat47 Posted 5 July , 2011 Share Posted 5 July , 2011 Interesting. The National Archives shows only four men with the last name Taylor who served both in the Camerons and Royal Engineers -- two Johns, an Andrew and an Archibald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2011 Share Posted 6 July , 2011 Interesting. The National Archives shows only four men with the last name Taylor who served both in the Camerons and Royal Engineers -- two Johns, an Andrew and an Archibald. Matt. Sorry, but received an email last night to say she had given me wrong information, and that he was a Cameron Highlander. Not sure where she got the RE from. Perhaps plucked out of thin air? So Fred Taylor, Cameron Highlanders, and she doesn't know if Fred is Alfred, or other. I think there is no point wasting more time on this, until clarity reigns. Sorry about this. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 6 July , 2011 Share Posted 6 July , 2011 No Freds...only one Alfred... http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=5680787&queryType=1&resultcount=1 Served after 1916...entitled to BWM and VM. Rgds Tim D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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