Help Needed on Arm Badge

[Guest]

Please can anyone tell me what regiment this arm badge belongs to - Maybe Staffordshire Territorials WW1? Sorry it's blurry.

[FROGSMILE]

It's a cursive 'LG' within a wreath, Mollie, to mark his qualification as a trained 'Lewis Gunner' (which was a light machine gun with a circular feed 'drum' magazine on the top).

Unfortunately I can't discern the unit shoulder title, although its curvature suggests a County title.  There is no 'T' above it to indicate a Territorial unit, but these tended to be omitted during the last 2-years of the war anyway, as men of all categories became mixed within units.

Edited 26 September , 2021 by FROGSMILE

[Toby Brayley]

and certainly of the Great War era as he has a "Wound Stripe" below his Good  Conduct Chevron on his lower left arm. These were authorised in July 1916 and were awarded for each wound received. 

Edited 11 July , 2017 by Toby Brayley

[FROGSMILE]

2 minutes ago, Toby Brayley said:

and certainly of the Great War era as he has a "Wound Stripe" below his Good  Conduct Chevron on his lower left arm. These were authorised in July 1916 and were awarded for each wound received. 

 

His possession of a good conduct badge (stripe) is also more commensurate with a regular soldier, although I recall that sometime in 1916 these were opened up to men who enlisted as Territorials too.

[rayoung74]

Later in the war, around late 17 IIRC the inverted chevron were also awarded for meritorious acts. Something that wasn't considered worthy of a medal but still noteworthy.

 

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[Toby Brayley]

That's a new one on me, I thought that was what the M.I.D was for. 

Edited 12 July , 2017 by Toby Brayley

[Steven Broomfield]

I didn't know that, either.

[FROGSMILE]

I would be very surprised if such a policy ever existed and in 40-years of research have never heard of it.  Stranger things have happened but one would need evidence as there would be great confusion about usage.

[Tony Barton]

Is it possible that he's wearing a dark cloth patch on his right arm at the top: one thinks of battle patches etc.? Might be easier to see on the original.