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    WWI British Insignia Question

    Can anyone identify the units from these soldier's insignia? Thank you in advance,
    Glen
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    Hat Closeup

    Here is a closeup of his hat.
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      #3
      Soldier #2

      Here is his brother.
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        #4
        the first one looks like looks like Royal artillery (could be Canadian royal artillery) & the second, Canadian infantry (?)




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        Last edited by redline09; 05-07-2013, 07:09 PM.

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          #5
          Agree with Redline.

          1st could be Royal Artillery or Canadian.
          2nd is Canadian but I cant tell you more as most badges used the maple leaf design.

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            Thank You

            Thank you both very much for your help. These are my great-uncles; but, I am not sure about their first names. The family came from Scotland and later settled in Cumbria. After that, some went to Canada later joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. I thought with unit ID, perhaps I could match names using the Ancestry.com site.

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              #7
              Looks like Royal Horse artillery he has the mounted bandoleer . Rob
              God please take justin bieber and gave us dio back

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                #8
                Artillery

                Thank you very much Rob! I think now the Canadian insignia might be from the 79th Overseas Battailon out of Manitoba.

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                  #9
                  79th Battalion CEF

                  Here is an example of the badge for an officer.
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                    #10
                    might help a bit, if you know the surname try here

                    http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/d...2-100.01-e.php

                    you can view copies of the sign up papers

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