Jacqueline Hunter Posted 16 October , 2022 Share Posted 16 October , 2022 Hi there I wonder if anyone can offer any advice on my great grandfather's cap badge please. The attached photo can be dated fairly precisely as my great grandparents married in Belfast in February 1918 and I can see my great grandfather's wedding ring in the photo. There are only 2 medal index cards for a Thomas Cadden, one for the Royal Scots and one for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. I had assumed the Inniskilling entry was correct given the Irish connection. Google though suggests his cap badge is probably not the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and more likely the Machine Gun Corps. Perhaps my great grandfather never served abroad therefore no medal index card? Could I have the opinion of the experts on here please? Thanks for your help. Jacqueline Hunter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 16 October , 2022 Share Posted 16 October , 2022 Definitely a MGC cap badge, the Medal Rolls show a 161546 Thomas Cadden MGC. The entry is struck through and annotated ‘not entitled’ which explains the lack of a MIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 16 October , 2022 Share Posted 16 October , 2022 Possibly. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Fermanagh/Rosslea/Eshekerin/514101/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Hunter Posted 16 October , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2022 4 minutes ago, museumtom said: Possibly. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Fermanagh/Rosslea/Eshekerin/514101/ Yes, that's my great grandparents' marriage certificate and my grandmother's birth certificate. 10 minutes ago, jay dubaya said: Definitely a MGC cap badge, the Medal Rolls show a 161546 Thomas Cadden MGC. The entry is struck through and annotated ‘not entitled’ which explains the lack of a MIC. Ah, thank you. Not entitled because he didn't go abroad or could there be any other reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 16 October , 2022 Share Posted 16 October , 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jacqueline Hunter said: Yes, that's my great grandparents' marriage certificate and my grandmother's birth certificate. Ah, thank you. Not entitled because he didn't go abroad or could there be any other reason? Yes it would be because he served on home service only. Edited 16 October , 2022 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Hunter Posted 16 October , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2022 3 hours ago, FROGSMILE said: Yes it would be because he served on home service only. Thank you for the confirmation and also for the excellent examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 16 October , 2022 Share Posted 16 October , 2022 (edited) On 16/10/2022 at 21:23, Jacqueline Hunter said: Thank you for the confirmation and also for the excellent examples. They were an amazing corps, Jacqueline, right at the then cutting edge of modern warfare. Their large, basic training depot was at Grantham, in Lincolnshire. There is a distinctive memorial to the corps in London called The Boy David, it’s very impressive. Staying in Britain on home service usually related to medical disability of some kind, or through having sole responsibility for some one, or some thing, important. Edited 22 October , 2022 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorak Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 hi the two vickers machine guns are real vickers guns dip in bronze this monument caused quite a stir with the wording when first put in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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