WelshVoices Posted 10 April , 2013 Share Posted 10 April , 2013 Hello - I hope that someone will be able to identify this cap badge + uniform. Photo of unknown soldier, probably from Treboeth, Swansea, and quite possibly a member of Caersalem Newydd chapel, which has a detailed roll of honour of all those who served in WW1, so it may be possible to identify him from that. Thanks, Gethin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 April , 2013 Share Posted 10 April , 2013 Driver. Possibly RE? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATNOMIS Posted 10 April , 2013 Share Posted 10 April , 2013 Looks like RE with 4 Good conduct stripes close up on his tiltes might help. Drv MT section Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshVoices Posted 10 April , 2013 Author Share Posted 10 April , 2013 Thanks for these suggestions. If he was indeed a member of Caersalem Newydd chapel, then this information points towards D S Dennis - the only one on the chapel's roll of honour who is noted as serving in the RE. Gethin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATNOMIS Posted 10 April , 2013 Share Posted 10 April , 2013 Thanks for these suggestions. If he was indeed a member of Caersalem Newydd chapel, then this information points towards D S Dennis - the only one on the chapel's roll of honour who is noted as serving in the RE. Gethin Gethin Dont forget the guys sometimes moved Regt's and even Services. My GGD Pictured left was in the East Lancs Regt after war wounds he ended up in the Labour Corps. So you may have pictures of chaps that might not have the correct Regt to the RoH. Hope that helps. Your Harries B Cheshire Regt MM and Bar is very interesting on the RoH. Might be worth going into Soldiers and asking on the threads in there for each of the 79 men on RoH Simon Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 10 April , 2013 Share Posted 10 April , 2013 Try a close up of the shoulder title for confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 10 April , 2013 Share Posted 10 April , 2013 I don't think its RE. I think it is Worcestershire Hussars? Here's one of an officer with a similar plume (or whatever its called). Does it represent the Pear Blossom? Rgds Tim D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Owl Posted 11 April , 2013 Share Posted 11 April , 2013 I agree with Tim. I think that this is almost certainly a Worcester Hussars Yeomanry badge, the centre of the badge is the give away. However the shoulder title doesn't look correct for Worcester Yeomanry, so a close up of this may confirm the unit. Does anyone know the significance of the 'rosette' above his left ear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshVoices Posted 12 April , 2013 Author Share Posted 12 April , 2013 Thanks for all the suggestions. Here are the highest-resolution scans that I can manage of the badge and the shoulder title. Gethin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 12 April , 2013 Share Posted 12 April , 2013 Royal Engineers. You can see the large RE shoulder title and the badge is just being seen from an odd angle. RE in mounted dress were usually members of a pontoon troop or a line laying unit of the signal service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 13 April , 2013 Share Posted 13 April , 2013 Disagree. I don't see an R and I know its not the standard QOWH title, but I would try the Worcestershire Regiment museum. I think the rosette is the key. The photo I have posted is an officer in the Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars sporting the same rosette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 13 April , 2013 Share Posted 13 April , 2013 Disagree. I don't see an R and I know its not the standard QOWH title, but I would try the Worcestershire Regiment museum. I think the rosette is the key. The photo I have posted is an officer in the Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars sporting the same rosette. Here are the shoulder titles of the Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars to compare with the RE type and the close up photo of the soldiers shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 13 April , 2013 Share Posted 13 April , 2013 I know what the common ones look like. I don't think they are RE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 13 April , 2013 Share Posted 13 April , 2013 My money's on RE, too, for what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 13 April , 2013 Share Posted 13 April , 2013 One thing the lad is sporting which takes away the Yeomanry element is the fact he's wearing 4 Good Conduct Badges, something which wasn't introduced for Territorials unitl 1916 under ACI 1582 of the 13th August. The badge was introduced for the previous two years 'embodied' service only and not "back-dated" to include any pre-war T.F. service, so the maximum that could be worn was two by the end of hostilities in 1918. The lad in this photo is therefore a Regular soldier and not a member of the T.F. and the title does indeed appear to be R.E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 14 April , 2013 Share Posted 14 April , 2013 Cheers guys, Loud and clear. Not convinced though....the shoulder title looks like a castle of some description to me? Maybe the dog gives it away...and he's an early version of an RE EOD dog handler? Rgds Tim D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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