Guest Posted 11 July , 2017 Share Posted 11 July , 2017 Please can anyone tell me what regiment this arm badge belongs to - Maybe Staffordshire Territorials WW1? Sorry it's blurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 11 July , 2017 Share Posted 11 July , 2017 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Brayley Posted 11 July , 2017 Share Posted 11 July , 2017 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 11 July , 2017 Share Posted 11 July , 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayoung74 Posted 12 July , 2017 Share Posted 12 July , 2017 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. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Brayley Posted 12 July , 2017 Share Posted 12 July , 2017 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 12 July , 2017 Share Posted 12 July , 2017 I didn't know that, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 12 July , 2017 Share Posted 12 July , 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Barton Posted 12 July , 2017 Share Posted 12 July , 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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