Yeomanry tunic, Edwardian?

[Garth Thompson]

Another recent buy. I think this is a Edwardian vintage tunic.

Garth

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Close up #1

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Close up #2

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Cuff trim

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Buttons

[Tony Farrell]

Not Yeomanry, but rather a dress tunic of the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteers. The shoulder titles are a post 1908 addition, after the Volunteer Force became integrated in to the Territorial Force. The 16th Bn. were a TF battalion within the Royal Fusiliers. Although this style of dress technically became defunct upon the formation of the TF, they continued to be worn by those who possessed them right up until the Great War. A very nice tunic indeed.

[Garth Thompson]

Not Yeomanry, but rather a dress tunic of the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteers. The shoulder titles are a post 1908 addition, after the Volunteer Force became integrated in to the Territorial Force. The 16th Bn. were a TF battalion within the Royal Fusiliers.

Tony,
Thanks for the correction.
Cheers,
Garth

[leigh kitchen]

..... The 16th Bn. were a TF battalion within the Royal Fusiliers......

I think that the "Westminster link" to The Royal Fusiliers is The 2nd City of Londons - I think that their HQ was at Westminster.
The 16th County of London were affiliated to The KRRC (1st - 4th Bns City of The City of London Regt were affiliated to The Royal Fusiliers).
The Queen's Westminsters were originally formed in 1860 as 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunter Corps, & renumbered 13th in 1880. In 1881 they became a volunteer Bn of The King's Royal Rifle Corps, in 1908 became 16th (County of London) Bn The London Regt (Queen's westminster Rifles). In 1921 they amalgamated with The 15th (County of London) Bn, (Civil Service Rifles) to become The 16th (County of London) Bn The London Regt (Queen's Westminster & Civil Service Rifles), in 1937 they became The Queen's Westminsters, The KRRC.

[Tony Farrell]

You are (of course) perfectly correct. I get rather confused with these City/County of London affiliated units - many of which ended up as RF. The KRRC connection should have been obvious really, as the red facings (60th Foot) are a bit of a giveaway. Doh!