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what British Cavalry Regiment? 5th DGs?


downshill

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The photo below says on back Cavalry leaving barracks 1914.I am guessing these guys are 5th Dragoon Guards as they have a star type cap badge but what looks like a horse of Hanover over a regimental title badge  on the shoulder strap ,which was part of their regimental symbolism .Any opinions 

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I forgot to mention it says location Aldershot 

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Well, the 5th DG were at Aldershot (1st Cavalry Brigade) so the location works.  Can you zoom in on the badges?

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pos 5th dg.jpg

reminds me a bit of Benedict Cumberbatch ,what I take to be horse of hanover above title on shoulder strap

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It is difficult to identify the cap badge above, but it is the basic shape and the 5DG cap badge has  a horse of Hanover at its centre and the regimental title VDG surrounded by brass circle 

Eddie

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I don't like the shoulder title. I don't think any regular cavalry wore curved titles - 5DG was a simple 5DG. I wonder if it's a TF units of some description

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Definitely not cavalry. The ST doesn’t really fit any Yeomanry I can think of either, dare I say they could be TF ASC unit

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The leading horse in the first pic does not look like cavalry, unless a drum horse.  Look at the size of the hoofs.

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if it wasn’t for the crowd I’d say these horses have just been requisitioned, saying that there isn’t much of a crowd

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I'd go TF ASC 

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39 minutes ago, daggers said:

The leading horse in the first pic does not look like cavalry, unless a drum horse.  Look at the size of the hoofs.

Could be a heavy draught horse, such as were used to pull baggage wagons or cooks' wagons. Or 60-pounder guns, though they would be RGA and not ASC - unless the horses were indeed being requisitioned before being allocated to units.

 

Ron

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