Essex Volunteer Artillery Other Ranks £100 + Postage
Miss matched halves, numbered 13 and 22, not unusual for Other ranks to be mismatched due to the reuse/mend and make do nature. Both parts have a matching patina and have been together for a 100+ years.
The West Riding Regiment Post 1881 Officers £100 + Postage
Miss matched halves numbered 3 and 5, but a good match.
The South Wales Borderers Post 1881 Officers SOLD
Miss matched bench marks, but a very good match.
Extremely scarce other ranks buckle SOLD
Post 1881 Officers Matching bench marks. SOLD
34th (Saddleworth) Yorkshire West Riding RVC at Saddleworth 10 September 1860, joined 5th Admin Bn in 1877
In 1880 the 5th Admin Bn was consolidated as a new 6th Yorkshire West Riding RVC
F, G, H & J Companies at Saddleworth (ex-34th RVC)
In February 1883, as part of the Childers Reforms, the corps was designated as the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment.
Outer Ring marked “GOD AND FATHERLAND” above “SADDLEWORTH”
One end numbered “3” the other “28”, not unusual for Other ranks to be mismatched due to the reuse/mend and make do nature. Both parts have a matching patina and have been together for a 100+ years.
If you have one for sale or trade or just so I can have a photo for the site, please leave a comment.
Pre-1881
*2nd if THE QUEENS ROYAL Regt. Ryan 5
5th Northumberland Fusiliers Ryan 9 and 10
*6th Royal First Warwickshire Ryan 11
*12th East Suffolk Regiment Ryan 20
*17th Leicestershire Regt Ryan 25
*19th 1st North Riding Ryan 29
*27th Inniskilling Regt, Ryan 41
31st Huntingdonshire Regiment, Ryan 47
*32nd Or Cornwall Regt Ryan 48, also Ryan 49 and 50
33rd Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, Ryan 53
*37th North Hampshire Regiment, but with different 3 to Ryan 60
*41st The Welsh Regiment NOT Welch Ryan 66
*43rd Monmouthshire Light Infantry, Ryan 68
*51st The Kings Own Light Infantry, Ryan 81
*52nd Oxfordshire Lt Infantry, Ryan 84
53rd Shropshire Regiment, Ryan 53
61st South Gloucestershire, Ryan 93
*66th Berkshire Regt, Ryan 100
*68th The Durham Lt Infantry, Ryan 103
*70thThe Surrey Regt, Ryan 108
*73rd Perthshire Regt, if Crown over 73
*75th Ryan 110
*80th Staffordshire Volunteers, Ryan 116 if Crown over 80
82nd Prince of Wales Volunteers, Ryan 119
*83rd County of Dublin, Ryan 121
84th York & Lancaster Regiment, Ryan 122
*85th The Kings Light Infantry Regiment, Ryan 124,125
*87th Royal Irish Fusilier,129
91st Argyllshire Regiment, Ryan 135
*95th The Derbyshire Regiment, Ryan 138
*97th Earl of Ulster Regt, Ryan 140 no THE
*98th Prince or Wales Own, Ryan 143 with the Feathers
*99th Duke of Edinburgh’s Regt, Ryan145
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102nd
1843 The 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers
1858 The 1st Madras Fusiliers
1862 The 102nd, Royal Madras Fusiliers
1881 The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
103rd
1844 The 1st Bombay (European)Fusiliers
1859 The 1st Bombay Fusiliers
1862 The 103rd, Royal Bombay Fusiliers
1881 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Letter Crests
“ROYAL MADRAS FUSILIERS”
102nd Fusiliers 1861-1881, (Ryan Fig.149)
“ROYAL MADRAS FUSILIERS”
102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers Other Rank’s pre 1871
103rd had a pattern worn 1857-1861,(Ryan fig.150) Photo needed
“ROYAL BOMBAY FUSILIERS”
103rd Fusiliers 1861 to 1881, (Ryan Fig.151)
“ROYAL BOMBAY FUSILIERS”
103rd Fusiliers 1861 to 1881, variation in 3 (see below)
A variation in the “3” as shown above exists.
“ROYAL BOMBAY FUSILIERS”
103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers Other Rank’s Pre.1871
Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1881-1901, (Ryan fig.240)
moto Spectamur Agendo – “We are judged for our actions”
“QUEEN’s OWN” / “ROYAL REGIMENT”
Queen’s Own Royal Regiment Silvered Officers Waistbelt clasp 1856-1881
City of Dublin Militia, became 4th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
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101st
1840 The 1st Bengal (European) Regiment
1841 The 1st Bengal (European) Light Infantry
1846 The 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers
1858 The 1st Bengal Fusiliers
1861 The 101st, Royal Bengal Fusiliers
1881 The Royal Munster Fusiliers
104th
1839 The 2nd Bengal (European) Regiment, The Honourable East India Company
1850 The 2nd (Bengal European) Fusiliers
1858 The 2nd Bengal Fusiliers
1861 The 104th, Bengal Fusiliers
1881 2nd Battalion, The Royal Munster Fusiliers
Letter Crest
Pegu, 1853, Silver added PEGU battle scroll
Pegu in gilt as part of wbc’s, worn 1857-1861
(Ryan fig.147)
101st Worn 1861-1881, (Ryan fig.148)
101st Other Rank’s Pre.1871 (Possibly a reproduction shown).
“ROYAL BENGAL FUSILIERS”
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers Other Ranks. Pre.1871. Centre would be “101”.
104th Worn 1861-1881, (Ryan fig.154)
Possibly the centre for the 104th Other Ranks clasp?
Worn 1881-1901
Variation with smaller grenade flame
(Ryan fig.239)
Worn 1881-1901
Variation with large grenade flame
(Ryan fig.238)
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1858 The 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment
1881 The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
109th
1854 The 3rd Bombay European Regiment (Honourable East India Company)
1858 The 3rd (Bombay) Regiment
1861 The 109th (Bombay Infantry) Regiment
1881 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Letter Crests
The 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment
Worn 1855-1881 (Ryan Fig.146)
Photo courtesy of POW Leins.R. (RC) Association
Variation of Ryan Fig.146 with a slightly elongated shape.
Photo courtesy of POW Leins.R. (RC) Association
The 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment
Another variation of Ryan Fig.146 with a difference in the scroll and crown.
The 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment
Scarce variation of Ryan Fig.146, the numbers are not outlined unlike the previous shown examples, and the maple leaf at each corner of the ends does not extend proud of the corners unlike the previous examples.
Other ranks pre.1871, I’m not sure if the outer ring is correct?
3rd Bombay Light Infantry
1858-1861,
The wear suggest it was worn for some time post 1861.
Worn 1863-1881 (Ryan fig.161)
A version of the above exists lacking the lower battle honour “Central India”
(Ryan fig.160) Photo needed
“THE LEINSTER REGt”
The Leinster Regiment Officers
Worn 1883-1901 (has “Central India” honour) (Ryan fig.237)
A version of the above but lacking the “Central India” honour is shown by Ryan and believed to be worn 1881-1883.
(Ryan fig.236) Photo needed
“ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND COMP”
Royal Newfoundland Company, 1824-1862.
Formed from former servicemen from the Royal Hospital for Invalid Soldiers at Chelsea. Became the Royal Newfoundland Company in 1842. Absorbed into the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment in 1862.
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