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Can any one tell me if this is the 4btn
« on: Wednesday 13 June 07 07:33 BST (UK) »
Can any one tell me if this is the 4btn Royal West Kents. Or any thing maybe about the photo.
I would be very grateful.
Regards Lee
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Re: Can any one tell me if this is the 4btn
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 14 June 07 13:33 BST (UK) »
Lovely pic...but blimey what a mish mash of kit!!!

Long puttees....KD shorts, KD trousers, rolled sleeves, cut off sleeves and what looks like the coy showing off their new Wolselys!....

I would guess at mid to late 1930s...

Now as for RWK...Ummm....The single cap bade I can make out on one of the officers SD caps would suggest not...The pugrees on the Wolselys would be a starter, be nice to know the colour of the pugree....but some appear to have a double badge affair, and some a Regt flash.

The double badge thing is reminiscent of the Argylls who wore a collar dog in certain hats...But the officers SD cap badge is far too small for a Scots Regt! It is also too small and round for the prancing horse of the RWKs...

I shall go and ponder... ;D
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Re: Can any one tell me if this is the 4btn
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 14 June 07 13:35 BST (UK) »
DOH!!!

I think the "small cap badge" I can see, isn't...It's just a mark on the photo!!!
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        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.

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Re: Can any one tell me if this is the 4btn
« Reply #3 on: Friday 15 June 07 07:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your replies i'll keep studying. I thought it looked a bit like the rising horse of the
Royal West Kents .
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Re: Can any one tell me if this is the 4btn
« Reply #4 on: Friday 15 June 07 09:51 BST (UK) »
Which one are you looking at Lee??

I must admit I have been looking without  my glasses on...Vanity thy name is Grum...
One more charge and then be dumb,
            When the forts of Folly fall,
        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.
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