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Re: Trying to identify uniform
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 28 June 16 14:29 BST (UK) »
Hi

It looks like the "Royal Irish Rifles".

The Badge attached is the Post 1953 version.

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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 28 June 16 14:35 BST (UK) »
They were 2 very different regiments with different badges. 

The one you show is a 1950s cap badge for the Royal Ulster Rifles.  As their name suggests they recruited from the Ulster area and pre-partition were the RIR.  They did not wear collar badges until after 1958 when they adopted them as a result of the 1958 mergers.  There is no way what so ever that the Victorian soldier is a member of that battalion.

The collar badge shown is a pre 1901 collar badge for the Royal Irish Regt who recruited from the south of Ireland.

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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 28 June 16 14:47 BST (UK) »
The 1st Bn of the 18th Regt was in Malta in the 1870s and the 2nd Bn in the 1880s.

In 1884 the Cardwell reforms retitled the numbered regtl title to the Royal Irish Regt.

http://maltaramc.com/regmltgar/18th.html

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Re: Trying to identify uniform
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 28 June 16 15:56 BST (UK) »
A history of the regiment 1694-1902  is readable on line at https://archive.org/details/campaignshistory00gret

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

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