Can anyone recommend any good sites for identifying uniforms, insignia and medal

[meowkat]

Can anyone recommend any good sites for identifying uniforms, insignia and medals?

I did have a good site for identifying medals, but I seem to have lost the link. I've just spent two hours on the web trying to find a site to help me identify a uniform with no success. Surely such a resource must be out there, or at least a book, one with good photos. I'm mainly interested in UK military.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Kat

[millymcb]

Best on the web is Rootschat Armed Forces Board
 
If you have photos you can always post on here. It's not often the experts are completely stumped (if there are clues in the photo of course)

There isn't a one-stop-shop website you can refer to - although there are various books and websites on a variety of subjects. Nothing which is comprehensive though which is where the combined knowledge of rootschatters come in.

For medals you could take a look at 
the Medal Yearbook 2013 (guide to British Commonwealth medals) (Published by Medal News)
or British Campaign Medals 1914-2005 (Shire publishing)


Milly


 

[John915]

Good evening Kat,

Try these;
http://www.britisharmedforces.org/pages/nat_british_badge_gallery.htm
http://www.petergh.f2s.com/flashes.html
http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/uniforms_ww1.htm
http://www.worldmedals.co.uk/Rib/Britrib/britribb.htm
http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/

That should give you a start but post pictures and we will help all we can.

John915