agooner Posted 2 March , 2022 Share Posted 2 March , 2022 This young officer died in Gallipoli age 21. He was in the Royal Engineers (1st/1st East Lancs Field Coy) The badge does not appear to be either Royal Engineers or East Lancs Any ideas please Thanks in advance Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 2 March , 2022 Share Posted 2 March , 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, agooner said: This young officer died in Gallipoli age 21. He was in the Royal Engineers (1st/1st East Lancs Field Coy) The badge does not appear to be either Royal Engineers or East Lancs Any ideas please Thanks in advance Tony Can you show the complete head and shoulders, as a collar badge would also be an indicator and buttons also. At the moment I’m thinking Royal East Kent Yeomanry, but am not 100% confident with such a blurred image and curtailed view. Edited 2 March , 2022 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agooner Posted 2 March , 2022 Author Share Posted 2 March , 2022 Sorry no other badge visible and that is the only image I have, enlarged that bit as far as deemed useful No collar badges and buttons lack detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 2 March , 2022 Share Posted 2 March , 2022 (edited) King Edward VI School, Bury St. Edmunds. Courtesy of the B&CMBF. Pete. Edited 2 March , 2022 by CorporalPunishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 2 March , 2022 Share Posted 2 March , 2022 Well done Pete. Is the image also posted on B&CMBF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agooner Posted 2 March , 2022 Author Share Posted 2 March , 2022 Thanks all of you for your help. .I did also ask on britishbadge forum with the same result. I had him as educated at the King Edward (arch ;local rivals of my old school, Culford) Thanks again Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 2 March , 2022 Share Posted 2 March , 2022 3 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said: Well done Pete. Is the image also posted on B&CMBF? It is and also the full image as well which would have helped to begin with . Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 2 March , 2022 Share Posted 2 March , 2022 1 minute ago, CorporalPunishment said: It is and also the full image as well which would have helped to begin with . Pete. Yes, I was just thinking that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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