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Unknown uniform
« on: Saturday 07 July 12 11:51 BST (UK) »
I hope I have posted this in the correct section.
I am hoping someone could please date this for me so that I can try and find a name for him.
Thanks, Wendy
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 07 July 12 11:53 BST (UK) »
Oh, now I can see his spurs...mounted division of some sort?
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 07 July 12 12:01 BST (UK) »
The badge looks like it could be the 16th (The Queens') Lancers.

Would it be possible to scan just the badge in high definition?
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 07 July 12 12:09 BST (UK) »
Just reading up on the 16th now...thankyou very much
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 07 July 12 12:11 BST (UK) »


If your man was from this regiment their museum curator might be able to help with dating the uniform:

Queen's Royal Lancers Museum
Thoresby Courtyard,
Thoresby Park,
Perlethorpe,
NG22 9EP

Tel: 01623 824222

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curator@qrlnymuseum.co.uk
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 07 July 12 12:18 BST (UK) »
Thankyou very much for the address. I'm in Australia, so will email it off.
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 07 July 12 12:36 BST (UK) »
Sorry, took a while, and this was the best I could do.
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 07 July 12 13:04 BST (UK) »
This is a cap badge of the 16th Lancers.  The crown changes style depending on the reigning monarch at the time.  I can't see the detail on your photo well enough to say which crown style it is.

Hope this helps
Philip
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Re: Unknown uniform
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 07 July 12 13:13 BST (UK) »
That badge also applies to the 16th/5th Lancers after the regiments amalgamated in 1922.
The crown style on your image is the Kings crown.

I would say the date is interwar.
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