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The end of a quarter-century of war with the French brought the usual post-war army cuts even though Britain had acquired a vastly larger empire. Some of these reductions proved premature, and the 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th Regiments of Foot were added to the British Army in 1823-24.
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to 1767 buttons in the British Army bore no regimental designs or identifications.
The infantry and cavalry were , in 1751, numbered in order of precedence,
the infantry from 1 to 70 and the cavalry, excluding the household cavalry
and dragoon guards from 1st to 13th Dragoons. The infantry after 1751
became know as regiments of foot i.e. 10th Regiment of Foot|
Military Badges |
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THE 8TH
(KING'S ROYAL IRISH) HUSSARS (1804 - 1954) |
Upper section
of a Royal Artillery cap badge - 1902 - 1952 |
THE 5TH.
(PRINCESS OF WALES'S) DRAGOON GUARDS |
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North Yorkshire
Regt (Princess of Wales Own) |
9th LONDON
REGIMENT (QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIFLES) (f) |
THE ROYAL
MARINE ARTILLERY (PRE 1922)
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Royal Regiment
of Artillery (collar) |
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THE ARMY
SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918)
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East Surry Regiment Badge The Regimental Badge was a combination of the badges which were worn by the 1st Royal Surrey Militia and the 3rd Royal Surrey Militia (x) 1881 Amalgamation with 70th Regiment to become 1st Bn The East Surrey Regiment |
Essex Regiment cap badge THE ESSEX REGIMENT Formed in 1881 from The 44th. (East Essex) Regiment of Foot (1st Battalion) & The 56th. (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. (2nd Battalion). Nicknames:- "The Two Fours", "The Little Fighting Fours", "The Pompadours" & "Saucy Pompeys. |
Essex Regiment
cap badge |
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Victorian
era Corps of Royal Engineers |
Royal Artillery |
WWII Army
cap badge
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Navy badge
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King and
Empire, Services rendered medal. What a neat find |
Royal Army
Medical Corp (c) |
10th Reg
insignia |
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Royal Sussex
Regiment |
Royal Air
force silver wings badge |
THE YORK
AND LANCASTER REGIMENT |
East Somerset
Yeomanry cap badge |
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Another
Nazi badge probably from the Dornier bomber crash site |
WWII Nazi
Swastica from a downed German bomber |
Swastica |
WWII
Army Educational Corp badge |
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Essex Regiment
cap badge |
Leicester
Regiment lapel insignia - probably 1940's |
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5th Dragoon
guards |
WWII Army
badge |
1940 Queens
Own Hussars |
THE ROYAL
ARMY SERVICE CORPS (GEORGE V1) |
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WWII Regiment
belt slide |
London
Veteren Reserve badge |
Essex Regiment
badge |
WWII
military badge |
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21st
Lancers badge |
Royal
Corps of signals badge |
WWI
flying badge - 1.05g, 14.64mm |
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Huge
military helmet badge with Latin inscription and thistle |
WWII
Royal fusiliers badge |
95th
Canadian Infantry Batt'n |
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The
Durham light infantry badge |
WWII
Army lapel badge |
Army
lapel badge - Scottish regiment |
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WWII
pressed copper 7th/11th Lancers hat badge |
'The
Kings' regiment badge
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German
Eagle insignia |
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| Somerset Regiment lapel badge | C 1816 Rifle Brigade badge |
Royal artillery |
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Suffolk Reg
cap badge |
Royal artillery |
Navy belt badge |
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19thC
THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT
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Scottish regiment cap badge |
The Kings Hussars silver badge |
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Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it) THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918) |
Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it) THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918) |
THE 24 TH LONDON REGIMENT (QUEEN'S OWN) |
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THE ESSEX REGIMENT Formed in 1881 from The 44th. (East Essex) Regiment of Foot (1st Battalion) & The 56th. (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. (2nd Battalion). Nicknames:- "The Two Fours", "The Little Fighting Fours", "The Pompadours" & "Saucy Pompeys. |
Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it) THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918) |
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Royal artillery |
56th Regiment of foot badge |
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West Yorkshire regiment lapel badge |
Suffolk regiment lapel badge |
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Essex regiment cap badge |
Kent regiment cap badge |
Officer Army lapel rank insignia |
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Army officer shoulder rank insignia - blue and red enamel |
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