British Military Badges: Difference between revisions

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The display below is of various Military Cap Badges located in the first floor corridor in the Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley, West Yorkshire. To aid in identifying different regiments, various crests, colors, badges, etc. were adopted by each regiment.

British Military Crests and Badges

Using the link above and going to full resolution, one can view the actual names on some of the labels.

These insignias help in identifying the correct regiment to look for an ancestor.

There are a number of publications as well as online references to aid in identifying the exact regiment connected with the military crest or badge left behind by those ancestors who fought so bravely for their country.

Identification Aids

Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons, by Robert Wilkinson-Latham (2008). At various libraries (WorldCat).
British Military Badges and Insignia: Website with just an index of cap badges only

What type of badges or crests have been left to you?

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-= [[Image:Cliffecastlemus 051.jpg|220x273px|Cliffecastlemus 051.jpg]]British Military Crests and Badges  =
+The display below is of various [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cliffecastlemus_051.jpg Military Cap Badges] located in the first floor corridor in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffe_Castle_Museum Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley, West Yorkshire]. To aid in identifying different regiments, various crests, colors, badges, etc. were adopted by each regiment.
-The above display is of various [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cliffecastlemus_051.jpg Military Cap Badges] located in the first floor corridor in the Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. Using the link and going to full resolution, one can view the actual names on some of the labels.<br>
+<br>[[Image:Cliffecastlemus 051.jpg|220x273px|Cliffecastlemus 051.jpg]]           '''British Military Crests and Badges'''
-To aid in identifying different regiments, various crests, colors, badges, etc. were adopted by each regiment. These insignas help in identifying the correct regiment to look for an ancestor. There are a number of publications as well as online references to aid in identifying the exact regiment connected with the military crest or badge left&nbsp;behind by those ancestors who fought so bravely for their country.
+<br>
-Identification Aids
+Using the link above and going to full resolution, one can view the actual names on some of the labels.
-*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Discovering_British_Military_Badges_and.html?id=H1Mym2l6fb0C Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons]&nbsp;by Robert Wilkinson-Latham (2008)
+''These insignias help in identifying the correct regiment to look for an ancestor''.
-*[http://www.arbeia.demon.co.uk/srs/collect/badges/atoz1.htm British Military Badges and Insignia]: Website with just an index of cap badges only&nbsp;
-== <br>British Army&nbsp; ==
+There are a number of publications as well as online references to aid in identifying the exact regiment connected with the military crest or badge left behind by those ancestors who fought so bravely for their country.
-== British Royal Air Force  ==
+Identification Aids
-== British Royal Marines&nbsp;<br> ==
+*''Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons,'' by Robert Wilkinson-Latham (2008). {{WorldCat|865883623|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
+*[http://www.arbeia.demon.co.uk/srs/collect/badges/atoz1.htm British Military Badges and Insignia]: Website with just an index of cap badges only
-== British Royal Navy&nbsp;<br> ==
+<br>
-== British Royal Artillery <br> ==
+What type of badges or crests have been left to you?
-[[Category:England]]
+<br>
+[[British Military Artifacts|Return to British Military Artifacts]]
+[[Category:England Military Records]]