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Cloth Badges
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Below are some examples of cloth
badges used by the Worcestershire Regiment from 1873 to 1968.
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BADGE 1873-1881 |
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In 1873 the 29th Regiment adopted this new
cap badge. Permission to use this badge was authorised on the 12th
August 1873 by the Commander-in-Chief, Horse Guards, War Office,
London. This badge was used on the Officers' forage cap. A gold
embroidered star of garter, with Royal motto, solid silver lion device in
the centre, and a gold embroidered "29" below the star. A
similar device was used on an officers' shoulder-strap, the garter and
lion was on blue enamel.
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| CAP
BADGE 1883-1902 |
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This badge was worn on the forage cap by officers'
of both the Regular and Militia battalions from 1883 to 1902. A smaller
version of this badge was also worn as a collar badge on officers' Mess Dress.
An earlier version of this badge was used from 1881 to 1883 the only difference
being that the garter and lion was centred on blue enamel as opposed to black
cloth.
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| SHARP
SHOOTER BADGE 1886 |
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This arm badge was worn by men of the
Worcestershire Rifles Volunteers in 1886. This badge was a sharp shooters
awarded.
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| SHOULDER
TITLE 1914-1918 |
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During the First World War 1914-1918
soldiers of the Worcestershire Regiment wore a black shoulder title with
'WORCESTERSHIRE' and the regimental motto 'FIRM' embroidered in white
stitching.
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| SHOULDER
TITLE MALAYA 1950-1953 |
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During the Malaya Emergency in 1950-1953 the 1st
Battalion of the regiment used this unofficial arm title on battledress.
Embroidered in white stitching on a red cloth strip.
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| SHOULDER
TITLE 1939-1968 |
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During the Second World War the introduction of
battledress brought about the re-introduction of an embroidered arm title.
The above example is an alternative version which used white printing in stead
of embroidered white stitching. This was used by all battalions of the regiment.
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| 11th
BATTALION SHOULDER TITLE 1942-1943 |
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During the Second World War the 11th Battalion of
the Worcestershire Regiment used this unofficial regimental motto badge as a
shoulder title. The regimental motto 'FIRM' was embroidered in white on a
green curved strip.
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| MILITIA
CAP BADGE 1890 |
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The Worcestershire Militia used a Tower cap
badge in 1890. The emblem was gold embroidered on a bright blue
background. Although the Militia tried to maintain some independence by
still using their Tower motif, this was superseded in 1891.
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