Help identifying a cap badge please

[mcpl.wray]

Hi all

Looking for some help identifying a cap badge on the glengarry worn by the young lad in this picture. I am thinking KOSB possibly??

[Sepoy]

It is certainly a large cap badge but I dont think it is the KOSBs. Could the photograph be Canadian in origin or could the young chaps have come into contact with Canadian troops because I think the badge could be that of the 48th Highlanders of Canada.

Sepoy

[Old Owl]

I would agree with Sepoy this is not a British Army badge, more likely Canadian

[mcpl.wray]

Thanks guys for the repsonses. What you say does make sense in that the photo is of my father wearing the glengarry in question and was taken in Oakville, Ontario Canada. Our family immigrated to Canada just prior to and directly after WW1. However, all members of the famiily (and there are many) served with British units during WW1 that we know of. He remembers the glengarry fondly, however, can not remember who it belonged to other than to say that it was a family member. The cap badge is extremely large to say the least. This is why I thought KOSB due to the simple fact of the shear size of it lol.

Thanks!

[Guest]

Could be Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Mike

[mcpl.wray]

The only one I could find was a great uncle who was with the 34th Bn CEF - Royal Highland fusiliers of Canada, but, the cap badges do not appear to be the same. I looked at the 48th Highlanders, but, the badge seems to be rounder and smaller than the one in the pic.

[Staffsyeoman]

Too broad in the base for the Argylls, methinks. I'm inclined to say Canadian, like:

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/canadian_expeditionary_force/cef_e17.htm

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/canadian_expeditionary_force/cef_e179.htm

...as suggestions. The Nova Scotia one is promising...

[gordon92]

Too broad in the base for the Argylls, methinks. I'm inclined to say Canadian, like:

http://www.britishba...rce/cef_e17.htm

http://www.britishba...ce/cef_e179.htm

...as suggestions. The Nova Scotia one is promising...

On the original image there is a definite hint of a St. Andrew's cross on a basically round bodied badge. So, your second link to the Cameron Highlanders of Canada is possibly correct. The 43rd, 174th, and 179th Bns CEF all wore similar badges of the same silhouette.

[mcpl.wray]

Thanks everyone for your assistance. Like the British in WW1, Canadian soldiers did move from unit to unit during the war. Unfortunately, the only way to find out which units a Canadian soldier served with is by obtaining there service records. Luckilly the Canadian service records survive and are relatively easy to obtain for WW1. I believe that the glengarry likely belonged to my Uncle mentioned above. I know he started the war with the Royal Highland Fusiliers, but, likely was moved to another unit. For some reason the 43rd Bn rings a bell.

Thanks again for all the assistance!

Wray