wulsten Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Same soldier two cap badges, can anyone identify the badges and if identified could he be traced possibilty the surname could be Adderley ?, any help appreciated, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Smaller picture is the badge of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 The other Ox & Bucks? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Light Infantry but which unit? Other is Lincolnshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 I thought DLI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 The larger one in my opinion is the Durham Light Infantry, the Ox and Bucks doesn't have anything beneath the bugle strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Changed my mind to Yorkshire Light Infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 OBLI DLI Could also be KSLI Do you know his name? Edit. Sorry, just noticed Adderley ?, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Could be 15098 William Harris Adderley served with the Ox and Bucks and the West Yorks and the RAF, MIC on Ancestry as a 2nd L/T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Died of wounds 27-10-1918 as 2L/t West Yorks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Son of William H Adderley and Esther born 1891 Hanley 34 Newcastle Rd Hanley. Buried Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cem XIV B 3 . 59TH Sqdn RAF and 9th Batt West Yorks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 The larger one in my opinion is the Durham Light Infantry, the Ox and Bucks doesn't have anything beneath the bugle strings. Which it certainly is - distinctive through the crown and lettering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 I think you will find he is in a Home service Labour Unit. Many Lincolns were transferred to labour companies of the DLI. and the Labour Companies of the Lincolns were administered by the DLI Depot. If he did go overseas he may have changed his regiment again which would account for no Adderley in the DLI rolls. regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 20 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Thanks for the replies, i know that it is definately not William Harris Adderley as i have a photographs of him and this chap was with them, thats why i thought his surname might be Adderley, however this is only a guess. Is the DLI connection the best possibility ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Thanks for the replies, i know that it is definately not William Harris Adderley as i have a photographs of him and this chap was with them, thats why i thought his surname might be Adderley, however this is only a guess. Is the DLI connection the best possibility ? As Graham has said, he is without any doubt wearing the Durham Light Infantry badge, the only LI badge to bear a crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tn.drummond Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 As Graham has said, he is without any doubt wearing the Durham Light Infantry badge, the only LI badge to bear a crown. It goes very much against the grain to split hairs with you Frogsmile but the PA Somerset LI carried a crown, albeit the 'Mural' Crown of Jellalabad. Suddery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max7474 Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 It is without doubt Lincs and then DLI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 20 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2012 Thanks for the replies if im correct in thinking then the chap served with the Lincolns and transferred to the DLI possible Labour Battalions for home service only ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 20 July , 2012 Share Posted 20 July , 2012 So no takers for KOYLI then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 21 July , 2012 Share Posted 21 July , 2012 So no takers for KOYLI then? I expect that you know that is not the KOLI's standard cap badge (as worn on SD), which is what Graham and I were referring to here. Likewise 'crown' meaning the King's or Imperial crown. It remains a fact that the DLI were the only LI regiment to have a cap badge bearing the sovereign's crown. It was long considered by many to be the most elegant and balanced of the LI cap badge designs and that fact played a large part in the selection of a cap badge for the new 'Rifles' regiment formed from LI, Rifles and Line regiment forebears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 21 July , 2012 Share Posted 21 July , 2012 No, not at all. Thanks for explaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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