Military Badges of the British Empire

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TitleMilitary Badges of the British Empire Object TypeMilitaryDate1914-1916Description16 Military Badges of the British Empire, owned by Walter John Thomas.

22nd County of London Battalion (The Queens) 1908-22

Royal Artillery

Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Manchester Regiment

The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons)

The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1680 Amalgamated in 1959 with the Border Regiment to form the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment

The Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Lancers) 1819 amalgamated with Lothians and Border Horse and the Queens own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry to form the Queens own Lowland Yeomanry

The Army Service Corps 1799. Designated Royal in November 1918

The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

8th South African Infantry 1915. Recruited into Composite Regiment in November 1916. General Service Badge

The 17th (Duke of Cambridge Own) Lancers. In 1922 the Regiment was amalgamated with the 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers to form the 17th/21st Lancers

Lancers. The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragons)

Scots Guards 1660. Also known as the Jocks, now part of the Guards Division

Royal Marine Light Infantry Badge

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914

7th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles 1915
Provenance and SignifcanceWater Thomas volunteered for service with the First Light Horse Regiment, and served in Egypt and Gallipoli, where he was wounded and invalided home in 1916. He re-enlisted six weeks later and embarked with the 22nd Reinforcements of the 13th Battalion.

He took part in the Battle of Bullecourt and during the fighting, was one of 900 men taken prisoner. His health deteriorated in the prison camp and he was eventually transferred to Switzerland during an exchange of prisoners.DonorThomas, Yvonne

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CollectionObjectsThomas, Walter JohnFamilyThomasLocalityMarshall MountCalderwoodPersonThomas, Walter

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Military Badges of the British Empire