koyli Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Hi all, does anyone knowanything about this badge? KOYLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Presumably a post war ex services association,or club,the White Horse suggests Kentish origins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Hello, On the other hand the battlefields of Ypres were referred to as 'The Salient' This could well be a post war organisation formed by those who had served there. Old Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 19 April , 2019 Share Posted 19 April , 2019 (edited) Sorry for resurrecting this ancient thread but I wonder if anyone has any more information about the "Salient Circle" as I have acquired this badge and this thread is one of the few places where the group is mentioned. Edited 19 April , 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB1943 Posted 21 April , 2019 Share Posted 21 April , 2019 This looks to be the badge of an Anglo-German association (XXII Res. Korps). Regards, JMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 24 April , 2019 Share Posted 24 April , 2019 The three groups on the badge have a "Ypres" connection , XXII.Res.Korps were heavily involved in the Battle of Gheluvelt. It is the "Salient Circle" that I am having a problem with , they appear to have been a Kent based group (Whitstable and Sittingbourne branches) but all I can find is a couple of articles about visits they made to Ypres in the 1960's. The photo is from a Dutch brass/drum band site : "In addition, there is one very special one drum in the instruments of the brass band, namely a black drum that after a visit in 1967 was donated by The Ypres Salient Circle, a group of British former fighters." But I can find no other information about when they were founded or what happened to them (disbanded ?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 (edited) On 24/04/2019 at 15:45, gunner who said: The three groups on the badge have a "Ypres" connection , XXII.Res.Korps were heavily involved in the Battle of Gheluvelt. It is the "Salient Circle" that I am having a problem with , they appear to have been a Kent based group (Whitstable and Sittingbourne branches) but all I can find is a couple of articles about visits they made to Ypres in the 1960's. The photo is from a Dutch brass/drum band site : "In addition, there is one very special one drum in the instruments of the brass band, namely a black drum that after a visit in 1967 was donated by The Ypres Salient Circle, a group of British former fighters." But I can find no other information about when they were founded or what happened to them (disbanded ?). Skipman has today posted a clip of a 1961 BBC programme about a trip by the Salient Circle to the Western Front on, er, ‘The Western Front’ sub-forum. (I’d post the link but my iPad has gone a bit weird.) Edited 11 November , 2019 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 17 November , 2019 Share Posted 17 November , 2019 https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/ Have you tried posting on ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaBam Posted 7 December , 2023 Share Posted 7 December , 2023 (edited) On 24/04/2019 at 15:45, Guest said: The three groups on the badge have a "Ypres" connection , XXII.Res.Korps were heavily involved in the Battle of Gheluvelt. It is the "Salient Circle" that I am having a problem with , they appear to have been a Kent based group (Whitstable and Sittingbourne branches) but all I can find is a couple of articles about visits they made to Ypres in the 1960's. The photo is from a Dutch brass/drum band site : "In addition, there is one very special one drum in the instruments of the brass band, namely a black drum that after a visit in 1967 was donated by The Ypres Salient Circle, a group of British former fighters." But I can find no other information about when they were founded or what happened to them (disbanded ?). Very late indeed to the party ! Today I received a newletter published in April this year ( 2023) by and circulated to all members of the East Kent Western Front association. There is a superb 10 page article about the Salient Circle indeed a Kent based group ( in Whitstable to be precise) of WW1 veterans and others who arranged regular 5 day visits to Ypres where they walked the trench areas , dined with the Mayor and local people. Up to 80 group members used to attend these trips to Flanders . Suppers and meetings held in the town too. Sadly the Town Council took too long to respond to a request from Ypres to be " twinned " with them so Sittingbourne stepped in . I will pass the group photo above with the caption in Flemish /Dutch (?) to my local museum and to the East Kent WFA . Page 9 of the article below includes this photo with Mr Albert Dawkins identified . Hello to Guest and to others- enjoy the marvellous article below. Wonderful happy ending on the last page . FYI There is a new local project to support people to research ancestors who served and died in WW1. In addition myself and a local expert WW1 researcher are seeking the names of those who served in WW1 and who survived in order to compile an archive for the local museum Copywrite to EAst Kent WFA . Written by Editor James Brazier @Matlock1418 @koyli @HarryBettsMCDCM Edited 7 December , 2023 by FionaBam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koyli Posted 7 December , 2023 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2023 Fionabam, Thank you very much for this information. I also have a badge and at long last a mystery solved for me. Regards Lawry Farrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaBam Posted 8 December , 2023 Share Posted 8 December , 2023 31 minutes ago, koyli said: Fionabam, Thank you very much for this information. I also have a badge and at long last a mystery solved for me. Regards Lawry Farrow Hi Lawry You are very welcome! That's good! Have passed your badge photo plus the other 2 photos on to the EKent WFA so James who wrote this article will get them very soon and no doubt be very interested to see them . I might be back with queries from James ! Cheers Fiona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koyli Posted 8 December , 2023 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2023 oke, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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