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"Coast Brigade Royal Artillery Corporal Undress" - looks like the figure on the right is Royal Horse Artillery, but with caption cut off?

6th Inniskilling Dragoons, "Trooper and Trumpeter, Full Dress".

Another 6th Inniskilling Dragoon:

6th Inniskilling Dragoons

Marvelous prints, the Payne brothers & Simkins - this scrap is based on a Caton Woodville illustraton, "A gentleman in kharki", it's hand painted, or rather given a wash of paint, & is in slight relief & made of a plastic like substance - cellulose?

Yes, what a lovely little badge.

Who is he? Perhaps his acting rank or appointment isn't listed on his MIC, only his substantive?

I think that Chappell shows this insignia in one of his books - Battle Insigina WWI? - but captioned as a vehicle marking?

This cap has silver on gilt Royal Signals buttons, which are confusing me at the moment: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=43775 I have a Colonel's / Brigadier's khaki SD cap which I think is circa WWI, which has the red band lightly tacked on, the bullion badge sewn to the band.

You can get (not that I know where off hand) polystyrene hat or wig forms which look like the top cut off of a polyhead with a recess underneath that would take the pole of a helmet stand, you can either place the beret on it & sit it on a shelf so that the "head" isn't visble, or place it on a helmet stand, again so that the head isn't visible. I only have one, which came with an item I bought, but could do with more for when I finally get my glass showcases up & running. I've tried the hairdresser my wife goes to without luck...... Could always pad out with a suitable qualty paper.

Is that part of an army serial number on the inside Stuart - MIC check etc? If it is just 9836, there was a Pte Joseph Clark of the regiment, entered "Asia" in April 1915, qualified for 1915 Star, BWM & VM.

Yes, Napoleonic period certainly, I can't remember when the system changed - white for grenadiers, green for ligh companies & white red for the battalion companies.

I've checked through "Indian Cavalry Regiments 1880 - 1914", negative result. I'm tryng to think what other books I may have on the subject.

Full Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps, pre Queen Elizabeth II, it has General Servce buttons rather than the crown & Royal cypher within garter design of Full Colonels / Brigadiers. Datmg these things by construction etc rather than by the insignia isn't my sort of thing at all, but I'm guessing WWII or post war? The beret is Rpyal Armoured Corps or Royal Tank Regiment, worn with various cap badges (see the thread on Royal Armoured Corps).

Not Seaforths that I can think of, but possibly Royal Irish Rangers, London Irish & a few others... (I thnk London Irish would be green rather than the lightsh blue St Patricks Green).

The legend to the above illustrations. I suppose the natural tendency would be for a soldier to smarten up for a photograph with the addition of cap badge, but there must be photos that were taken with the patch worn without the additon of the badge.

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Illustrations from the Mike Chappell book mentioned above

Ne problema - I'm sure Michael's found the photo & the rest of this info as well: We are talking about the same man - Kirktown is a township within the parish of Garstang in Lancashre, Birth index records Ackrier Cross born in June 1893 at Garstang. Christening records show baptised on 11/6/1893 at Garstang. The 1901 Census shows an Ackrier Cross born about 1893 at Kirkland, residing at 82, Station Cottage, in the Civil parish of Pilling, Ecclesiastical parish of St John the Baptist, Lancashire in 1901, the family being: Thomas Cross 31, born Preesall, a railway labourer Ellen Cross 28 born Pilling William Cross 8 born Kirkland Ackrier Cross 8 born Kirkland James Cross 6 born Winmarleigh Robert Cross 4 born Winmarleigh Thomas Cross 2 born Claughton Alice Cross 7 months born Pilling Preesall, Pilling, Kirkland, Winmarleigh & Claughton are all villages & civil parishes in Lancashire, (there is a Claughton (pronounced "Clawton") in Lancaster & a Claughton ("Claffton") in Birkenhead). In 1911 Ackrier Cross was living at Nateby, Garstang, & was a horseman on a farm He married a Mary Wilkinson at Garstang during the first quarter of 1922. Death index shows born 10/3/1893 died at Garstang durng the second quarter of 1971. If he was working with horses pre-war then that could fit with subsequent service in The Royal Field Artillery, which although distinct from The Royal Horse Artillery, was horsed. The photo shows clearly that he is a member of a Territorial Force Battalion of The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), he's wearing the regiment's cap badge & his shoulder title bears "T/4/" or "T/5". Possibilty that he was a pre-war member of the TF who then joined The RFA. The 4th Battalion was based at Ulverston: "A" Company at Ulverston with a detachment at Grange, "B" at Ulverston, with detachments at Greenodd, Haverthwaite & Lakeside, "C", "D", "E" & "F" Companies at Barrow-in-Furness, "G" at Dalton-in-Furness with a detachment at Askam, "H" at Milliom with detachments at Broughton-on Furness, Coniston & Hawkshead. The 5th Battalion was based at Lancaster: "A" Company in Lancster with a detachment at Galgate, "B", "C" & "D" Companies Lancaster, "E" at Morecombe, "F" at Carnforth, with detachments at Arnside, Silverdale & Caton, "G" at Fleetwood, with detachments at Poulton, Garstang & Blackpool, "H" at Fleetwood, with detachements at Preesall & Thornton. I'm guessing that he was a member of "G" Company, 5th Battalion. During the war both the 4th & 5th Battalions formed 2nd & 3rd Line Battalions, so there were 1st/4th Bn, 2nd/4th Bn, 3rd/4th & 1st/5th Bn, 2nd/5th Bn & 3rd/5th Bn, but service in the King's Own isn't recorded on the MIC.

James Burns Gilbert's Victory Medal, named to : 516109 PTE J. B. GILBERT . 14 - LONDON. R. A modern replacement ribbon I'm afraid.

Thanks, I'd just assumed that the figure was a light horseman of some kind, I had'nt realised that the sword indicated an officer. I'd better get back in the garage & find some more scraps.

Presumably a posed shot after the ceremony? Possibly having to report back for duty?

Just remembered I've got a copy of "Indian Cavalry Regiments 1880 - 1914", by A. H. Bowling, published by Almark, 1971. A cursory flick through does'nt come up with a match, I'll have to sit down for a while & work through it.

Ah, right - I was wondering if we were talking about a set as in one of each rank or whatever. Handed in as part of a re-registration process?

You say a set, but what do the differences signify? Are they different ranks, functions, names?