potty5 Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 Hi guys, please forgive clarity of photo, but any idea of the cap badge this soldier is wearing? I've never come across it before. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 One of the Staffordshire Regiment badges I reckon. https://www.google.ie/search?q=staffordshire+regiment+badge&source=lnms&tbm=isch&biw=1164&bih=801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 Difficult. Top edge looks more like a crown, rather than POW feathers. So South Staffs? Is that a recruiting ribbon behind or lens flare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 P.S. I've seen a similar " ribbon like" object behind a cap badge very recently on this forum, @FROGSMILE will probably remember. the exact details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 27 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Difficult. Top edge looks more like a crown, rather than POW feathers. So South Staffs? To my eyes there appears to be no scroll evident (unless it's hiding under the cap band) and he's wearing a bandolier which would suggest to me Staffordshire Yeomanry rather than either of the infantry regiments. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 27 minutes ago, SteveE said: To my eyes there appears to be no scroll evident (unless it's hiding under the cap band) and he's wearing a bandolier which would suggest to me Staffordshire Yeomanry rather than either of the infantry regiments. Steve Good spot. That's a strong possibility. The crown is relatively large here, like the yeomanry. The South Staffs Crown is smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 (edited) In WW1 the Staffordshire Yeomanry still favoured a brass cap badge with a notably large Victorian crown as a regimental idiosyncrasy. I don’t think I can see such a large crown in the OP photo, but as per usual I’m only looking on a phone screen. It might then be South Staffordshire Regiment battalion transport section man. If there really are ribbons behind the badge and it’s not some kind of photographic flaw or light diffusion causing visual distortion, then they are recruiting ribbons of red, white and blue. The latter were a very old tradition going back several hundred years. Edited 12 March , 2021 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 There is also he fact that there is no sign of collar badges. Another point to South Staffs Transport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 12 March , 2021 Share Posted 12 March , 2021 28 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: There is also he fact that there is no sign of collar badges. Another point to South Staffs Transport? On balance yes, as cavalry were more partial to collar badges during the war and before universal adoption in the 1920s. If they are recruiting ribbons (and I can’t see them well enough to be positive), they were very much a feature of regular army recruiting and I can’t say I’ve even seen their use by TF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty5 Posted 12 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 12 March , 2021 Thanks for your suggestions guys. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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