Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918
Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918 is based on over thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the twelve divisions that formed the regular army during the Great War. It also looks at the badges of those battalions left behind to guard the Empire.

While the divisional signs are well known, there has been no authoritative work on the signs worn by the infantry battalions. The book will illustrate the cap and shoulder titles used, as well as cloth signs worn to provide easy recognition in the trenches. Each regular and reserve battalion of a regiment has a listing, which provides a brief history of the unit and detailed information on the badges worn. It is prodigiously illustrated and contains much information, like why a shape or color was chosen, when it was adopted, what size it was, whether it was worn on a helmet, what color the helmet was and even what colors were used on horse transport; the majority of this rich and detailed information has never been published before. What helps make the information accurate and authoritative is that much of it comes from an archive created at the time and from personal correspondence with hundreds of veterans in the 1980s, many of whom still had their badges and often had razor-sharp recollections about wearing them. The book also provides some comments from these veterans. Using the illustrations will allow many of those unidentified photos in family albums to come to life.
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Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918
Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918 is based on over thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the twelve divisions that formed the regular army during the Great War. It also looks at the badges of those battalions left behind to guard the Empire.

While the divisional signs are well known, there has been no authoritative work on the signs worn by the infantry battalions. The book will illustrate the cap and shoulder titles used, as well as cloth signs worn to provide easy recognition in the trenches. Each regular and reserve battalion of a regiment has a listing, which provides a brief history of the unit and detailed information on the badges worn. It is prodigiously illustrated and contains much information, like why a shape or color was chosen, when it was adopted, what size it was, whether it was worn on a helmet, what color the helmet was and even what colors were used on horse transport; the majority of this rich and detailed information has never been published before. What helps make the information accurate and authoritative is that much of it comes from an archive created at the time and from personal correspondence with hundreds of veterans in the 1980s, many of whom still had their badges and often had razor-sharp recollections about wearing them. The book also provides some comments from these veterans. Using the illustrations will allow many of those unidentified photos in family albums to come to life.
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Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918

Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918

by David Bilton
Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918

Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918

by David Bilton

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Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918 is based on over thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the twelve divisions that formed the regular army during the Great War. It also looks at the badges of those battalions left behind to guard the Empire.

While the divisional signs are well known, there has been no authoritative work on the signs worn by the infantry battalions. The book will illustrate the cap and shoulder titles used, as well as cloth signs worn to provide easy recognition in the trenches. Each regular and reserve battalion of a regiment has a listing, which provides a brief history of the unit and detailed information on the badges worn. It is prodigiously illustrated and contains much information, like why a shape or color was chosen, when it was adopted, what size it was, whether it was worn on a helmet, what color the helmet was and even what colors were used on horse transport; the majority of this rich and detailed information has never been published before. What helps make the information accurate and authoritative is that much of it comes from an archive created at the time and from personal correspondence with hundreds of veterans in the 1980s, many of whom still had their badges and often had razor-sharp recollections about wearing them. The book also provides some comments from these veterans. Using the illustrations will allow many of those unidentified photos in family albums to come to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526758026
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 02/24/2022
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 9.60(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Bilton is a retired teacher who spends his time looking after his family, working as a University lecturer and researching the Great War. He is the prolific author of numerous books about the British Army, the Home Front and the German Army. His first book, The Hull Pals, became the BBC 2 series The Trench. Since he started writing he has contributed to many television and radio programmes. His interest in the Great War was ignited by his grandfather's refusal to talk about his experiences in Gallipoli and on the Western Front.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii

Introduction xi

Background xxxii

Divisional Signs xxxiv

Brigade Signs xlii

Regiments

The Grenadier Guards 1

The Coldstream Guards 9

The Scots Guards 15

The Irish Guards 18

The Welsh Guards 21

The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 24

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 30

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 33

The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 36

The Northumberland Fusiliers 41

The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 44

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 47

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 55

The Norfolk Regiment 59

The Lincolnshire Regiment 62

The Devonshire Regiment 66

The Suffolk Regiment 69

The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 73

The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 77

The East Yorkshire Regiment 80

The Bedfordshire Regiment 83

The Leicestershire Regiment 86

The Royal Irish Regiment 89

The Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) 93

The Lancashire Fusiliers 96

The Royal Scots Fusiliers 101

The Cheshire Regiment 106

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 109

The South Wales Borderers 112

The King's Own Scottish Borderers 116

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 119

The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 122

The Gloucestershire Regiment 128

The Worcestershire Regiment 132

The East Lancashire Regiment 138

The East Surrey Regiment 141

The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 144

The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 146

The Border Regiment 149

The Royal Sussex Regiment 153

The Hampshire Regiment 157

The South Staffordshire Regiment 162

The Dorsetshire Regiment 166

The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 173

The Welsh Regiment 178

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 182

The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 186

The Essex Regiment 190

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 194

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 198

The Northamptonshire Regiment 203

The Princess Charlotte of W'ales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 206

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 209

The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 212

The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 216

The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 219

The King's Royal Rifle Corps 225

The The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 230

The Manchester Regiment 233

The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 236

The York & Lancaster Regiment 241

The Durham Light Infantry 244

The Highland Light Infantry 247

The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) 250

The Gordon Highlanders 253

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 258

The Royal Irish Rifles 262

The Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 266

The Connaught Rangers 270

The Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) 272

The Princess of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) 276

The Royal Munster Fusiliers 282

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers 287

The Rifle Brigade 291

Museums 298

Regimental, Unit and Campaign Associations 298

Veterans 299

References 301

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