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The Royal Sussex Regiment

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The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment
1881 The Royal Sussex Regiment

The 107th
1854 The 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry (Honourable East India Company)
1858 The 2nd Bengal Light Infantry
1862 The 107th, Bengal Infantry
1881 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

Letter Crests

“ROYAL SUSSEX” / “REGIMENT”

35th Royal Sussex Regiment Officers

Worn 1855-1881 (Ryan fig.56)

 

“ROYAL SUSSEX” / “REGIMENT”

35th Royal Sussex Regiment Other Ranks Pre.1871

 

“BENGAL INFANTRY”

107th Bengal Infantry Officers

Worn 1861-1881 (Ryan Fig.159)

 

 

“BENGAL INFANTRY”

107th Bengal Infantry Other Ranks

Worn 1861-1871 (But actually worn later depending upon stores)

 

 

“ROYAL SUSSEX” / “REGIMENT”

Royal Sussex Regiment Officers

Worn 1881-1901 (Ryan Fig.202)

 

“ROYAL SUSSEX” / “LIGHT INFANTRY”

Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia Officers, became 3rd and 4th Battalion Sussex Regiment in 1881.

 

(Photo courtesy of Tiger Pete @ http://www.britishbadgeforum.com)

 

“ROYAL SUSSEX” / “REGIMENT”

Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion.

 

 

“ROYAL SUSSEX” / “REGIMENT”

Royal Sussex militia

 

“PRO ARIS ET FOCIS”

“For God and Country”

Cinque Port Volunteers 1st Hastings Corps c.1884 ?

 

“PRO ARIS ET FOCIS”

“For God and Country”

Cinque Port Volunteers 6th Hastings Corps c.1870 ?

 

The Border Regiment

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The 34th, or Cumberland Regiment
1881 The Border Regiment

 

The 55th, Westmoreland Regiment
1881 The 2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment

 

 

Letter Crests

 

“CUMBERLAND” / “REGIMENT”

Cumberland Regiment.

Worn 1855-1881 (Ryan Fig.1871)

Another slight variation exists in the stye of the 3.

(Ryan Fig.54) Photo needed

 

“THE CUMBERLAND” / “REGt”

The Cumberland / Regiment.

Other Ranks pre.1871

 

“WESTMORELAND” / “REGIMENT”

Westmoreland Regiment

Worn 1855-1881 (Ryan Fig.88)

“WESTMORELAND” / “REGIMENT”

Westmoreland Regiment

Worn 1855-1881, a scarcer variation of Ryan Fig.88, with larger Crown and Numbers, also the outer ring lettering spacing has been squeezed together to increase the gap between Westmoreland and Regiment.

 

 

 

“WESTMORELAND” / “REGIMENT”

Westmoreland Regiment

Composite image from two halves, Other Ranks Pre.1871

 

 

“THE BORDER” / “REGIMENT”

The Border Regiment

Worn 1881-1901 (Ryan Fig.201)

 

“THE BORDER” / “REGIMENT”

The Border Regiment

Worn 1881-1901. Variation in spacing of “THE BORDER” title

 

“THE BORDER” / “REGIMENT”

The Border Regiment

1st (Cumberland) Volunteer Battalion

Made by Ranken & Co. of Calcutta, in brass and then silvered.

 

“THE BORDER” / “REGIMENT”

The Border Regiment

1st (Cumberland) Volunteer Battalion

 

 

“THE BORDER REGT” / “2nd VOLr BATTn”

The Border Regiment

2nd (Westmorland) Volunteer Battalion

 

“THE BORDER REGT” / “3rd VOLr BATTn”

The 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Border Regiment, raised in 1900 for service in the 2nd Boer War. Became became 5th (Cumberland) Bn, The Border Regiment in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force.

Centre device is absent, but would be as the 1st and 2nd VB.

The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)

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The 33rd (The Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot
1881 The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)

 

The 76th Regiment of Foot
1881 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)

 

 

Letter Crests

 

“THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S” / “REGIMENT”

Centre Crown over 33

Worn 1855-1881

(Ryan Fig.52 and 53 Variation in the number 3) Photo’s needed

 

“THE DUKE OF WELLINGTONS” / “REGIMENT”

33rd The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment Other Ranks Pre.1871

 

“REGIMENT”

76th Regiment Worn 1855-1881 (Ryan Fig.112)

 

76th Other Ranks Pre.1871

 

“THE WEST RIDING” / “REGIMENT”

The West Riding Regiment

Worn 1881-1901 (Ryan Fig.200)

 

“THE WEST RIDING REGt” / “1st VOLr BATTn”

1st Volunteer Battalion The West Riding Regiment

Worn 1887-1901

 

“THE WEST RIDING REGt” / “2nd VOLr BATTn”

2nd Volunteer Battalion The West Riding Regiment

Worn 1887-1901

 

 

“SIXTH WEST YORK”

6th West York Militia, became 3rd and 4th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment in 1881.

 

“GOD AND FATHERLAND” / “SADDLEWORTH”

34th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers (Saddleworth)

In 1883 became the 2nd VB the Duke of Wellington Regiment

 

The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

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The 32nd, or Cornwall Regiment
1858 The 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry
1881 The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

The 46th (South Devon) Regiment
1881 2nd Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Letter Crests

 

Officers 1855-1858
(Ryan fig.48)

 

Officers 1858-1881
(Ryan fig.51)

Ryan lists two further Officers clasps worn 1855-1881
THE CORNWALL / REGIMENT with Crown over Horn 32 centre
1858 worn briefly (Ryan fig.49) PHOTO NEEDED

CORNWALL / REGIMENT with Crown over bugle 32 centre
1858-1881 (Ryan fig.50) PHOTO NEEDED

 

SOUTH DEVON / REGIMENT

Officers Pre-1881 (Ryan fig.74)

 

SOUTH DEVONSHIRE / REGIMENT

Officers Pre-1881 (Ryan fig.73) Possibly only worn briefly before 1881.

 

46th Other Rank’s pre 1871.
Composite image from two orignal parts.

 

Officers post 1881
(Ryan fig.199)

Variation in centres of post 1881 Officers centre.

Unusual post 1881, believed to be Senior NCO’s. Notice the ends are not the usual acorn ends and the “OF” in “The Duke of Cornwall” is much smaller than normal.

 

DUKE of CORNWALL’S Lt INFty / 2nd VOLr BATTn

Duke of Cornwall’s 2nd Volunteer Battalion

The East Surrey Regiment

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The 31st, Huntingdonshire Regiment
1881 The East Surrey Regiment

The 70th (Surrey) Regiment
1881 The 2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment

Letter Crest

 

“HUNTINGDONSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

Worn 1855-1881 (Ryan fig.47)

 

“HUNTINGDONSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

Other Ranks Pre.1871

 

 

“SURREY” / “REGIMENT”

Worn1855-1881 (Ryan fig.107)

 

“SURREY” / “REGIMENT”

Worn 1855-1881 (Ryan fig.106)

Another version exists similar to the above but with “THE” in the title, “THE SURREY REGIMENT”

(Ryan fig.108) Photo needed

“THE SURREY” / “REGIMENT”

Other Ranks Pre.1871

 

“EAST SURREY REGIMENT”

Worn 1881-1901 (Ryan Fig.198)

 

“EAST SURREY REGIMENT”

4th Volunteer Battalion 1881-1901

Gilt castle device centre seen on 4th VB helmet plates.

 

“EAST SURREY REGIMENT”

Volunteer Battalion 1881-1901

White metal castle device centre.

 

“FIRST SURREY” / “RIFLES”

1st Surrey RVC became the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment in 1881

 

3rd Royal Surrey Militia

“3rd ROYAL SURREY MILITIA”

Became the 4th Battalion the East Surreys, in 1881

The East Lancashire Regiment

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The 30th, or 1st Cambridge Regiment
1881 The East Lancashire Regiment

The 59th, or 2nd Battalion, The Nottinghamshire Regiment
1881 2nd Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment

Letter Crests

Officers 1855-1881
(Ryan fig.45)

Another version exists with a different 3, having a straight edge to its top.
(Ryan fig.46) PHOTO NEEDED.

Variation but possibly Indian?

Other Rank’s pre 1871

 

2nd Nottinghamshire Regiment, Officers 1855-1881
(Ryan fig.92)

 

Officers 1855-1881
variation without “REGIMENT” in the title.

Officers 1881-1901
(Ryan fig.197)
Variations in Spinx and Rose.

Officers 1881-1901
(Ryan fig.197)
Variations in Spinx and Rose.

Officers 1881-1901
(Ryan fig.197)
Variations in Spinx and Rose.

 

“2nd LANCASHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS”

2nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteers became 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 1889.

 

Volunteer Battalion 1881-1901

The Worcestershire Regiment

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The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment
1881 The Worcestershire Regiment

The 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment
1881 2nd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment

Letter Crests

“WORCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

29th Worcestershire Regiment Officers, worn 1855-1881

(Ryan Fig.44)

“THE WORCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

29th Worcestershire Regiment Other Ranks Pre.1871

T

“HEREFORDSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

36th Herefordshire Regiment Officers, worn 1855-1881

(Ryan Fig.58)

A variation of the 3 in the above exists.

(Ryan Fig.59) Photo Needed

 

“WORCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

Worcestershire Regiment Officers

Lacks “THE” in title, and has a silver “FIRM” scroll as per Dress Regulations 1883.

Tower also in Silver. Ryan alludes to this as Fig.195, but that example had a gilt “FIRM” and “TOWER”.

Worn 1881 – 1883 ?

 

“THE WORCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

The Worcestershire Regiment Officers

Worn 1882 – 1890

(Ryan Fig.194)

 

“THE WORCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

The Worcestershire Regiment Officers, worn 1890 – 1901

(Ryan Fig.196)

 

 

“WORCESTER” / “MILITIA”

Worcester Militia Officers, became 3rd and 4th Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment in 1881.

Silvered brass.

 

“WORCESTER” / “MILITIA”

Variation all white metal with different tower.

The Gloucestershire Regiment

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The 28th, North Gloucestershire Regiment
1881 The Gloucestershire Regiment

61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
1881 2 Bn The Gloucestershire Regiment

Letter Crests

 

28th “NORTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

(Ryan Fig.43)

 

61st “SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

Centre Crown over 61

(Ryan Fig.93) Photo Needed

 

Another Version has been observed with the title ring “SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE” / “REGT”

 

 

61st Other Ranks Pre.1871, Photo needed.

 

 

“GLOUCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

Gloucestershire Regiment Worn 1881-1901

(Ryan Fig.193)

I have noted variations of the Spinx with the tail facing forwards as per the Volunteer examples shown below. Photo Needed.

 

“GLOUCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

Gloucestershire Regiment Worn 1881-1901

(Ryan Fig.193 variation in tail of Sphinx)

This clasp in unusual as its of known provenance to an officer in the 4th Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment. Lieutenant Slingsby Westbury Bethell, 4th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment, resigns his Commission on the 6th June, 1883. 4th (Militia) Battalion – formerly the Royal North Gloucestershire Militia

 

 

“ROYAL SOUTH GLOUCESTER” / “MILITIA”

Royal Gloucester Militia Other Ranks.

Became 3rd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.

Center should be a strung bugle.

Royal North Gloucestershire Militia became 4th (Militia) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.

 

“GLOUCESTERSHIRE” / “REGIMENT”

Volunteer Bn Worn 1881-1901

 

“ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN RIFLES”

12th Corps

Unit (County) Precedence Number 20.

1859: 2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers Corps.
1860: 1st Admin Bn Gloucestershire R.V.
1880: Bn Consolidated as 2nd Gloucestershire R.V.C.
1883: Re-designated: 2nd V.B. Gloucestershire Regiment.

 

 

The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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The 27th (Enniskilling) Regiment of Foot
1881 The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

 

108th
1854 The 3rd Madras European Regiment (The Honourable East India Company)
1862 The 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment
1881 2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

 

 

Letter Crests

   

Worn 1855-1865

(Ryan Fig.40)

Worn 1865-1881

(Note. there would be a small flag to the middle turret, now absent)

(Ryan Fig.42)

A variation o fthe above exists with the three turrets at the same level.

(Ryan Fig.41) Photo Needed.

“INNISKILLING” / “REGIMENT”

27th Other Ranks Pre.1871

The 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment worn 1861-1863 with the honour “Central India” added post 1863.

(Ryan Fig.158)

 

The 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment worn 1863-1881

(Ryan Fig.159)

 

The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Officers

Worn 1881-1901

(Ryan Fig.191)

Two versions exist of the above clasp with the battle honour spelt either PYRANEES or PYRENEES. I have seen multiple examples of both with service wear, so they were both worn.

 

A variation is said to exist with Acorn ends.

(Ryan Fig.192) Photo Needed

 

“FERMANAGH” / “MILITIA”

Fermanagh Militia Light Infantry Other Ranks, became 3rd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 1st July 1881.

 

“VITA VERITAS VICTORIA”

Londonderry Light Infantry Militia Officers, became 4th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 1st July 1881.

“Vita, Veritas, Victoria” – “Life, Truth, Victory”.

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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The 26th, The Cameronians
1881 The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

The 90th, Perthshire Light Infantry
1881 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Letter Crests

“THE CAMERONIAN” / “REGIMENT”

26th Cameronian Regiment Officers 1855-1881 (Ryan Fig.39)

 

“PERTHSHIRE” / “VOLUNTEERS”

90th Perthshire Volunteers Officers, 1855-1881 (Ryan Fig.134)

 

“PERTHSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY”

90th Perthshire Light Infantry

Photo Courtesy of Broadsword Antiques, Glasgow

 

“PERTHSHIRE” / “VOLUNTEERS”

90th Perthshire Volunteers Other Ranks, 1855-1870

Photo Courtesy of Broadsword Antiques, Glasgow

 

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1881-1890 Dirk plate.

 

“2nd V B SCOTTISH RIFLES”

2nd Volunteer Battalion Scottish Rifles

 

“THE CAMERONIANS” / “4th VOL BATT”

The Cameronians 4th Volunteer Battalion.

 

“LANARKSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS”

1st Lanarkshire (1st Glasgow Western) Rifle Volunteers. Became the 1st Volunteer Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1887.

 

“LANARKSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS” / “3”

3rd Lanarkshire (1st Glasgow Southern) Rifle Volunteers. Became the 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1887. Centre is the same as the Lanarkshire Highland Volunteers.

 

“LANARKSHIRE HIGHLAND VOLUNTEERS”

Lanarkshire Highland Volunteers (60th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps). Became the 4th Volunteer Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1887.