Coloured FS caps period guide

[Jerry B]

A couple of examples in the flesh.

Very nice Luc. Here are my few examples. As the book includes Glengarry caps I have included my two examples.

[LucN]

Jerry, have you identified the dark grey FS cap with light grey crown piping? It seems identical to one of mine.

[Jerry B]

Jerry, have you identified the dark grey FS cap with light grey crown piping? It seems identical to one of mine.

Hi Luc,

not yet. It is of the type issued before WWI, from the liner and the leather sweat band. It is probably for a Yeomanry unit, but there is little known about many of the early caps.

[Jerry B]

Two more to show here. Post 1953 Royal Army Pay Corps and pre 1953 for the Welch Regiment.

[LucN]

Nice ones Jerry, well done!

I think I may have found the blue cap with buff crown piping:
Cap - The Collection - The Wardrobe housing The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum

[Jerry B]

Thanks Luc,

The books I have state the wilts used white piping and the unidentified example I have is grey piped.

[LucN]

You're quite right Jerry, I was hoping mine was in fact white and grubby but when I looked at the piping from the inside it was clearly grey.

[Jerry B]

You're quite right Jerry, I was hoping mine was in fact white and grubby but when I looked at the piping from the inside it was clearly grey.

Mine is the same Luc, clearly grey on the inside. Still a mystery yet to be solved. One suggestion was that in the case of my example it might be yeomanry from circa just prior to WWI, as mine has the flatter top and a leather band typical of the earlier period.

[Michael Ryan]

Hi, A few more which may be of interest to someone.
Regards Michael Ryan

[Michael Ryan]

The caps are

1. Royal Army Medical Corps.
2. Royal Army Service Corps.
3. Royal Army Chaplains Department.
4. Royal Corps of Signals.