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Funny how times change, now you can`t leave camp in your uniform!!

What a cracking thread, thanks for sharing it with us!!!

Now its starting to get interesting!!! This is what collecting medals is all about, everyone tells a story, its just a case of how much you can dig up. :cheers:

To be honest, if your just after a medal to the Glosters, I`d save you money and look for one in better condition, however, if theres a particular reason why you want this one, then it all boils down to down much its worth to you, but I certainly would pay over ?12 for it....

No hackles, good point, well spotted. If you look closely all the JNCO old sweats, all have their collars done up, so they don`t have to wear a tie. Loads of medals there too. 4th Battalion landed on Gold Beach on the 25th June 1944, so most of the old boys, have the France & Germany Star, hard to tell the others, some of them only appear to have one gong? Long Service maybe, or possible the GSM?. Should imagine the CSM & CSGT would be identifiable, will do some digging and see what I can come up with.

A cracking picture from circa 1953, of A Coy the 4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, prior to leaving for Warminter, to receive new Colours from the Queen.

Names to some of the faces....

Back Row

5th from Left Raymond Isaacs

9th from Left 22219262 Fus Geoff Roberts

11th from Left Cpl Ken Jones

Front Row

5th from Left 22219263 Fus Glyn Roberts

:cheers: Many thanks Leigh!!! :cheers:

Okey guys, now the ball is rolling.....

Are we going to go with most Vc`s won, or just the fame of the battle?

Hi Guys,

Possible hard one this, but can anyone tell me of the 3 battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (4,6 & 7), which ones wore which arms of service badges?

Gordon.

Cheers Guys

The only ribbons that would be worn at that time would be the 1939-43 (later 1939-45) Star and the Africa Star. Others came much later.

Cheers Ed. Any idea when the Burma ribbon made an appearance?

Hi guys,

Can anyone help me out with this, basically what I`m trying to find out is, when did WW2 medal ribbons (not the medals) start appearing on British soldiers battledress. Example, would a guy involved at Dunkirk and say North Africa, be wearing his the relevenant medal ribbons, on his tunic, when he landed at Normandy?

Does Germany still have the Iron Cross? :rolleyes:

Hi Guys, I thought it might be interesting/fun, to compile a list of famous battles, maybe even make a top 10 or something. So to that end, heres a few that I`ve racked my brains for, can anyone else come up with some more?

In no particular order yet....

Rorke`s Drift - The South Wales Borderers 1879

Arnhem Bridge - The Parachute Regiment 1944

Baraclava - The Light Dragoons 1854

Omdurman - 17/21st Lancers 1899

retreat to Gandamak - 44th Foot (Essex Regiment) 1842

Imjin - The Glostershire Regiment 1952

I tried to email the guy who wrote that and for some reason my email wasn't sent, my mail won't accept the address i'm trying to send to.

Maybe someone else can try?

All I found is that they were involved in the War of Independance.

Regards Eddie

Eddie, I`ve tried as well, it appears that this email address no longer exists. I also tried to email the guy who the site belongs to, as yet no reply, I think the site might de be extinct..........

Or the "American Revoluton", as we used to call it over here.

A few weeks ago I found a review of a book called, I think t was "Fusiliers", about the 23rd Foot in the War of Independence. Although I don't have a specific nterest in the RWF, it looked a very good read.

Can't find it on the web now though, & can't remember the author.

Cracking book, I`m reading it at the moment....

If any Regiment, should have battle honours for this war then it should have been the RWF, I think I`m right in saying that this isn`t the case!

Hi Guys,

I was surfing the net & found this website...

http://www.geocities.com/the23rdfoot/

On the guest book, there is mention of the RWF having a battalion in America during the Civil War. Can anyone shine any more light on this?

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know when the last TA VC was won? :unsure:

The King's shilling - for many years a soldier's daily pay, before stoppages - was the shilling given to recruits of the British army and the Royal Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries. The expression "to take the King's shilling" meant that a man agreed to serve as a soldier or sailor.

Recruiters of the time used all sorts of tricks, most involving strong drink, to press the shilling on unsuspecting victims. The man did not formally become a soldier until attested before a Justice of the Peace, and could still escape his fate by paying his recruiter "smart money" before attestation. In the 1840's this amounted to ?1 (twenty shillings), a sum most recruits were unlikely to have at hand.

One trick supposedly employed by press gangs was to slip the shilling into a drink. If the prospective soldier drank the drink to the bottom (so that the shilling was now visible), it was taken as a sign that they had accepted Impressment. It is believed that glass bottomed Tankards became popular as a result of this practice. This, however, is a myth. Recruiters were subject to fines if they used trickery in order to recruit civilians. Also, men who signed up to serve in the military were given a four day 'cooling off' period, during which they were permitted to change their minds.

The King's Shilling

Oh my love has left me wi' bairnies twa

And that's the last o' him I ever saw

He's joined the army and he marched awa'

He took the shillin'

He took the shillin' and he marched awa'

Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar

Tak' the King's shilling an' we're off tae war

Oh he looked sae prood and sae gallant then

Wi' his kilt and sporran an' his musket gun

And the ladies kissed them as they marched awa'

And they sailed awa' boys

They sailed awa', boys, by the Broomielaw

The pipes they played as they marched along

And the men they sang oot a battle song

"March on, march on," cried our Captain gay

And for King and country

For King and country we will fight this day

The battle echoed tae the sound o' guns

And bayonets flashed in the morning sun

The drums did beat and the cannons roared

And the shillin' didn't seem

The shillin' didn't seem much worth no more

Some lost the battle their bodies fell

Cut doon by bayonets and musket ball

And many o' these brave young men

Would never fight for

Would never fight for their King again

Oh my love has left me wi' bairnies twa

And that's the last o' him I ever saw

He's joined the army and he marched awa'

He took the shillin'

He took the shillin' and he marched awa'

Hi Guys,

Can anyone tell me whether Germany still issues an Assault Badge to its Infantry?

Cheers guys, like this?

Hi Guys,

Can anyone enlighten me as to whether the collar rank badges worn by the SS where silver or white?

No shortage here I`m afraid, in fact 2008 looks like being a bumper crop!!!!!

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