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Cap badge, 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers, c1917
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This cavalry regiment was raised in 1858 for the East India Company. It soon transferred to the British Army, fighting in several campaigns until 1922, when it was merged into the 17th/21st Lancers.
Helmet plate, officer, 1st West India Regiment, c1880
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Raised in the 1790s to defend Britain's Caribbean colonies, the West India Regiments fought as infantry in several campaigns. They remained a part of the British Army until disbandment in 1927.
Cap badge, 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, c1900
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This cavalry regiment was raised in 1689. It went on to serve with the British Army until 1958, when it merged with the 3rd Hussars to form The Queen’s Own Hussars.
Other ranks' cap badge, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), c1900
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This unit was formed during the 1881 reforms. It continued in service until 1959, when it became part of The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire).
Other ranks' cap badge, The Irish Guards, c1900
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This foot guard regiment was formed in 1900. As well as guarding the Royal Family and taking part in the great ceremonial occasions of state, it has served in many of the British Army’s campaigns.
Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, c1918
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The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was the body charged with supplying weapons, ammunition and equipment to the British Army.
Other ranks’ cap badge, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
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The Middlesex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1881 and amalgamated in 1966 into The Queen’s Regiment.
Cap badge, The Norfolk Regiment, 1919
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This infantry unit was raised in 1685 and subsequently served in many British Army campaigns during its long history. In 1959, it was amalgamated with The Suffolk Regiment to form the 1st East Anglian Regiment.
Cap badge, The Worcestershire Regiment, c1904
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This infantry unit was raised during the Army reforms of 1881. It existed until 1970, when it was merged into The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
Cap badge, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), c1914
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This infantry unit was formed in 1881 and recruited in western and central Scotland. It served with the British Army until 2006, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Other ranks' cap badge, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, c1971
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This infantry regiment was formed in 1881. It continued in British Army service until 1992, when it was amalgamated into The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment.
Cap badge, The Gloucestershire Regiment, c1930
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This infantry unit was raised in 1881. It served with the British Army until 1994, when it was merged into The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.