Regimental Badges

[Mike_E]

Hi all,

Been researching the Warmley memorial in South Glos for the technical Admin on the Landscape team, as they are going to refurbish the memorial which I think is a great idea. below an extract from the E-Mail I received.

We are currently looking at putting Portland stone paving slabs around the war memorial at Warmley (in the Parish of Siston) as part of an improvement scheme for the memorial park. The Friends of Warmley War Memorial Park would like us to look at the possibility of getting the regimental badges of those listed cut into some of the slabs but I have no idea how to identify which regiments these are.

Well I've done that for her, But looking for some assistance in getting good quality images of the badges. Found some here, http://www.regiments.org/
but not great.

1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regt
4th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt
6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt.
7th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt
8th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt
12th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt.
14th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt.

11th Bn. Worcestershire Regt.

1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.
5th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.


61st Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Field Artillery
"D" Bty. 245th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
81st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Royal Artillery

3rd Bn. Grenadier
2nd/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regt.
20th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
9th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regt.
2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
North Somerset Yeomanry

HMS Pheasant, Royal Navy
HMS Penylan Royal Navy

S.S. Toronto (Bristol), Merchant Navy
Pioneer Corps

2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, R.A.C

[neil1821]

61st Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Field Artillery
"D" Bty. 245th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
81st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Royal Artillery

For all the above
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/fg/green38.jpg

Gloucestershire Regt
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/post14/15.jpg

Royal Warwickshire Regt
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/post14/28.jpg

Worcestershire Regt
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/post14/42.jpg

[neil1821]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/fg/ryl-welsh.jpg

Fife & Forfar Yeomanry
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/fg/fife2.jpg

Durham Light Infantry
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/post14/06.jpg

Grenadier Guards
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/post14b/05.jpg

Pioneer Corps
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/fg/green18.jpg

[Mike_E]

Hi Neil,

thats great. I had that site amongst my bookmarks, but must have missed it.

Thanks for the links, Only 7 to get, fantastic.

[neil1821]

Mike,
I'm not sure what to suggest for the Royal Navy/Merchant Navy.

Each ship may have had a ship's crest, but I'm not sure how official they were. And certainly there was no equivalent of a "regimental" badge worn by each crewmember.

Maybe find out what badges the CWGC use on war graves in these cases? A standard Naval motif I imagine.

[Mike_E]

Mike,
I'm not sure what to suggest for the Royal Navy/Merchant Navy.

Each ship may have had a ship's crest, but I'm not sure how official they were. And certainly there was no equivalent of a "regimental" badge worn by each crewmember.

Maybe find out what badges the CWGC use on war graves in these cases? A standard Naval motif I imagine.

I think I'll try and find the ship crest first, but failing that the Navy and merchant Navy emblem would be the best.

I had an e-mail from the lady who made the original request, and she is chuffed to bits with the info we have supplied her, and is already speaking to the stonemasons. I'll get some pictures of the finished article, but may not be available until Oct next year.

[neil1821]

Loyal North Lancs Regt on this page
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/uk/Regimental19.jpg

Royal Berkshire Regt
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/uk/Regimental20.jpg

Hertfordshire Regt? Is that Beds & Herts?
http://www.militarybadges.info/images/uk/Regimental16.jpg

This is the badge the CWGC use for the Royal Navy
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/IMG/GRAVES/stan_craig_big.jpg

And for the Merchant Navy
http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/war/mercnavymem.jpg

[Mike_E]

Thank you thank you to all my little helpers. |hug|

I've also had a result from the CWGC today, they are sending me scans of the regimental badges for the chaps listed on the memorial.

[Stephen_J]

If you need any help with badges for the Gloucestershire Regiment - then please let me know.

Best wishes,

Stephen

Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

[Mike_E]

If you need any help with badges for the Gloucestershire Regiment - then please let me know.

Best wishes,

Stephen

Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for the offer, I wrote to the CWGC and a nice lady there sent me all the images I needed to pass on to south Glos folks who are working on the memorial. They hope to have the work completed for 11 Nov 08, I'll go down and get some pictures and post to the forum.

P.S. I only live round the corner from the Museum, and I've not been, must put that as something to do in the near future, the web site looks good.