Rum Ration Posted 11 April , 2020 Share Posted 11 April , 2020 Sussex Yeomanry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 11 April , 2020 Share Posted 11 April , 2020 Very nice. (Technically, of course, 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment by then, presumably) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan24 Posted 11 April , 2020 Share Posted 11 April , 2020 What's the significance of the broken spur? Regards Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 11 April , 2020 Share Posted 11 April , 2020 It normally means that the unit has been dismounted. 84th (Yeomanry) Division, whose infantry was composed of dismounted Yeomanry regiments, was known as the Broken Spur Division, and its insignia included a broken spur. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan24 Posted 11 April , 2020 Share Posted 11 April , 2020 Thanks Ron. I had a notion that the broken spur had some meaning, hence Steven pointing out 16th RSR, presumably an infantry battalion by then. Regards Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 11 April , 2020 Share Posted 11 April , 2020 2 hours ago, Ron Clifton said: It normally means that the unit has been dismounted. 84th (Yeomanry) Division, whose infantry was composed of dismounted Yeomanry regiments, was known as the Broken Spur Division, and its insignia included a broken spur. Ron Typo alert. 74th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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