what is this ? irish guards plaque ?

[banksy]

hello

had this a few years now not sure what it is ?

it belongs to D.SULLIVAN 2716481

on the back it is stamped DUTY
also a mackers mark HOBSON & SONS lexington st. london w ?

kind regards
alex

[jimpy]

hello

had this a few years now not sure what it is ?

it belongs to D.SULLIVAN 2716481

on the back it is stamped DUTY
also a mackers mark HOBSON & SONS lexington st. london w ?

kind regards
alex

Hi Alex,

Not sure what its for, I would hazard a guess and say its some sort of personal ID tag for kit.
What I will definately say though is that its a nice EARLY service number, (7 digits), which puts it somewhere between approx 1922 and 1955 in date. Personally I would hedge towards a WWII period, (my late grandfather was Grenadiers and his service number was 261****, he enlisted in 1939 at the outbreak of the war)
It may be possible to trace him through PRO or Regimental HQ, certainly GG have retained their personnel records, so I would assume that IG are the same.

Regards etc

Ian D

AKA: Jimpy

[ian]

its a regemental bed plate

[Adrian Stevenson]

Ian is correct. It hung over your bed to donate your space.

Cheers, Ade.

[banksy]

Hello

Thanks for the positive I'd I thInk it is a interesting item !

[Andy O]

The service number is from the interwar period. Possibly early 1930s. It is indeed a bed plate.

[Jerry B]

Nice, bed plate as others have said. I have one