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Can you recognise this cap badge?
« on: Sunday 29 April 12 22:01 BST (UK) »
My grandfather George died at the Battle of the Somme on the 1st of July, 1916.  He served in the York & Lancaster Regiment I have his medals and have visited his grave.  After many years of searching I finally have a photograph of him and my Nanna taken presumably before he went to war.
Can anyone confirm what cap badge he has as it would not appear to be the York & Lancaster one.

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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 29 April 12 22:11 BST (UK) »
Looks like the Cheshire Regiment cap badge.

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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 29 April 12 22:36 BST (UK) »
This is very confusing!
Davidson, Black, Wishart: Fife, Shaw,Morton, McNeice, Gray: Antrim/Scotland
Aldred, Wright, Kirkman, Hurst,Byrom, Hart, Grimshaw,Openshaw. Wilkinson: Lancashire
Hughes: Mold/Wigan
Cubby, Williamson: Cumberland/Wigan

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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 29 April 12 22:44 BST (UK) »
The photograph also shows him wearing a wound stripe. Don't forget that men would be drafted into other regiments/units when there was a shortage etc and where they were needed.


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Claxton- East London & Essex<br />Cuthbert- Mile End East London <br />Edwards - East London & Essex<br />Goll- Norfolk<br />Harris-Mile End East London<br />Hurr - Suffolk<br />Law- Bethnal Green East London<br />Moll- East London<br />Robinson- Bethnal Green East London<br />Tait- Argyll & Glasgow<br />Thompson Shoreditch East london<br />Watson- Glasgow<br />Wood- Bethnal Green East London<br /><br />Local history interest; Noak Hill & Harold Hill Essex<br /><br />census information crown cop

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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 29 April 12 22:54 BST (UK) »
Thank you for that information, I did wonder what the stripe was for. 

When he was killed he was in the 9th Bat. York & Lancaster Regiment and is buried near Albert.

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Aldred, Wright, Kirkman, Hurst,Byrom, Hart, Grimshaw,Openshaw. Wilkinson: Lancashire
Hughes: Mold/Wigan
Cubby, Williamson: Cumberland/Wigan

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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 29 April 12 23:01 BST (UK) »
Good evening,

That's the Royal Sussex Regt, Cheshires is just an 8 pointed star. If the top of the cap was'nt folded down you would see the prince of wales feather.

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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 29 April 12 23:06 BST (UK) »
Sorry, could also be the East Yorks, missed that one first time through the book,

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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 29 April 12 23:10 BST (UK) »
Certainly looks like The East Yorks one you posted to me, thank you so much to everyone for your help.

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Aldred, Wright, Kirkman, Hurst,Byrom, Hart, Grimshaw,Openshaw. Wilkinson: Lancashire
Hughes: Mold/Wigan
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Re: Can you recognise this cap badge?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 07 May 12 08:08 BST (UK) »
Quote from: old rowley on Sunday 29 April 12 22:11 BST (UK)
Looks like the Cheshire Regiment cap badge.

OR

Yes it is.... ;)

One must be very careful when looking at badges, as many changed over the years....The Gib Regiments castle was often different on many badges prior to them being standardised in 1902, and between the wars many lost bits and added bits to the badge...Some changed completely...

Its the scroll at the bottom which pinpoints the Cheshires (as well as the acorn in he middle!!)
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