Great Britain Tank Corps Embroidery

[Robin Lumsden]

Just picked this up.

Sewn around a period magazine page as a backing.

These embroideries of regimental/corps insignia were typically made in hospitals by convalescing wounded soldiers.

The embroiderer here had quite a skill !!

[Robin Lumsden]

Goes well with these other things I have gathered ..................

[Robin Lumsden]

This tank badge was worn between 1917 and 1924.

[Jerry B]

Very nice Robin. I have a similar embroidery to the RWF which is also probably a hopsital made item. I have a few other items to the RWF, too many to show here.

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[Robin Lumsden]

Nice one, Jerry.

[peter monahan]

Very nice indeed. The downside, of course, is the fact that unless this bloke was a tailor before the war or a very quick study, he was in hospital long enough to get good at embroidery! One tends to forget how many of those wounded spent months and in some cases years convalescing, sometimes between repeated bouts of surgery. But lovely lovely work and surely with a story of its own if one could trace it.

[Robin Lumsden]

How true, Peter.

Many of these soldiers had artisan skills from their pre-war trades, I suppose.

I also have this one, which was made by a man called Burgess convalescing at St. Anne's Hall in 1916.