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Offline MikeR48

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1780s uniform
« on: Friday 29 September 17 14:58 BST (UK) »
Hi
Could some kind person please tell me the name of the metal item around this soldiers neck, (my daughter keeps asking and i cant seem to find it anywhere).
Many thanks.
Mike.
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Bennett, Bone, Haffron, Huseman, Russell, (Rochester Kent ) Winslade,(Middlesex)  Waller,(Sussex)  Alderton, Trigg, Harding ( Hampshire )

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Re: 1780s uniform
« Reply #1 on: Friday 29 September 17 15:45 BST (UK) »
Aucock/Aukett~Kent/Sussex, Broadway~Oxfordshire, Danks~Warwickshire, Fenn~Kent/Norfolk, Goatham~Kent, Hunt~Kent, Parker~Middlesex, Perry~Kent, Sellers~Kent/Yorkshire, Sladden~Kent, Wright~Kent/Essex

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Re: 1780s uniform
« Reply #2 on: Friday 29 September 17 15:57 BST (UK) »
Tonepad has provided you with the answer. In addition they were the sign of an officer in the British Army together with the crimson waist sash. The gorget was deleted about 1830.
Griffiths Llandogo, Mitcheltroy, Mon. and Whitchurch Here (Also Edwards),  18th C., Griffiths FoD 19th Century.

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Re: 1780s uniform
« Reply #3 on: Friday 29 September 17 16:16 BST (UK) »
Many thanks to you both.
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Mike
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Bennett, Bone, Haffron, Huseman, Russell, (Rochester Kent ) Winslade,(Middlesex)  Waller,(Sussex)  Alderton, Trigg, Harding ( Hampshire )
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