battle of loos Posted 31 July , 2019 Share Posted 31 July , 2019 (edited) Good evening, I would like to identify these 3 blue rafters on a khaki background. thank's in advance. regards michel Edited 1 August , 2019 by battle of loos change the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 31 July , 2019 Share Posted 31 July , 2019 (edited) Hello Michel That is the specialist badge of a trained Lewis Gunner. Edit - the image has been changed! Ron Edited 2 August , 2019 by Ron Clifton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David26 Posted 31 July , 2019 Share Posted 31 July , 2019 (edited) Michel Those more expert than me will no doubt chip in, but that looks like a Lewis Gunner's badge to me, David. And Ron beat me to it. Edited 31 July , 2019 by David26 Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 1 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 1 August , 2019 good morning, I was tired last night when I made this message. here are the good pictures. sorry for the inconvenience regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 1 August , 2019 Share Posted 1 August , 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, battle of loos said: good morning, I was tired last night when I made this message. here are the good pictures. sorry for the inconvenience regards michel They are ‘overseas service stripes’, Michel. One was authorised for each year of war service outside of Great Britain. Those who served in the first year, 1914, were issued a red stripe, and then a blue stripe was issued for each succeeding year until 1919 I believe. From memory I don’t think that the stripes began to be issued until early in 1918. They were positioned on the lower right sleeve of service dress jackets. Edited 1 August , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted 1 August , 2019 Share Posted 1 August , 2019 Would 1919 have been included as a blue stripe? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 1 August , 2019 Share Posted 1 August , 2019 1 hour ago, MAW said: Would 1919 have been included as a blue stripe? Service overseas up until May 1920 counted - just about everything you could want on them at: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/tips-for-interpreting-photographs-of-men-in-uniform/whats-that-on-his-sleeve-an-overseas-service-chevron/ or: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Service_Chevron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted 1 August , 2019 Share Posted 1 August , 2019 Very interesting. I had thought that the chevrons were awarded for whole calendar years, but they were actually awarded for twelve-month periods of continuous or non-continuous service. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 1 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 1 August , 2019 good evening, thank's a lot for your answer. regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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