Richard C Pendry Posted 23 March Share Posted 23 March I am researching John Collins as part of YT documentary. He was a member of the Welsh Horse Yeomanry that was amalgamated with the RWF as dismounted cavalry. He won his VC and DCM in Palestine. The only pictures I can find of him is him wearing a WH cap badge. Can anyone shed any light on why he didn't wear the RWF badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 23 March Share Posted 23 March Somebody who knows more about Welsh Horse than I, will , I am sure answer your question The details that are needed are, from Ancestry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 23 March Share Posted 23 March From the Long Long Trail, under Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25th (Montgomeryshire & Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion 16 December 1916: this date appears in service records of men bring transferred into this unit. 4 March 1917 : formed in Egypt from dismounted Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry and came under orders of 231st Brigade, 74th (Yeomanry) Division. Moved to France in late May 1918, landing at Marseilles on the ship “Malwa” on 7 June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Anderson Posted 23 March Share Posted 23 March (edited) His VC was with RWF - Citation LG 18 Dec 1917: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30433/supplement/13223 DCM Citation 1 May 1918: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30664/supplement/5294 Edited 23 March by Ivor Anderson Additional Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewSid Posted 24 March Share Posted 24 March 16 hours ago, Richard C Pendry said: The only pictures I can find of him is him wearing a WH cap badge. Can anyone shed any light on why he didn't wear the RWF badge? Richard, curious why you presume he never wore the RWF cap badge? Finding one photo of him in a WH uniform doesn’t suggest this. He would have changed uniform when he transferred. Cap badge, button and shoulder titles as a minimum. Does the photo look like it was taken in the UK? It was common and a a lot easier to get a photograph in the UK before deployment. When overseas the opportunities for photos were more challenging, not impossible but fighting in the field and austere rear areas did not always allow for such luxuries. Equally i believe he only transferred to the RWF in early March 1917 thus reducing the time period available for him to get a photo in RWF rig. I presume you have this photo from the Daily Mirror Dec 19th 1917. A Uk photo I would venture: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 24 March Share Posted 24 March The only photo with a cap badge that I can find is this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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