Badges of Kitchener s Army is based on thirty years research in museums archives and collections It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion brigade and divisional signs of the thirty divisions raised by Kitchener s appeal for men While the divisional signs are well known there has been little authoritative work on the signs worn by the infantry battalions The book will illustrate the unique cap and shoulder titles used as well as cloth signs worn to provide easy recognition in the trenches Each service battalion of each regiment has a listing which provides a brief history of the unit and detailed information on the badges worn. The Badges of Kitchener's armyjko It is prodigiously illustrated and contains much information like why a shape or color was chosen when it was adopted what size it was whether it was worn on a helmet what color the helmet was and even what colors were used on horse transport the majority of this rich and detailed information has never been published before What helps make the information accurate and authoritative is that much of it comes from an archive created at the time and from personal correspondence with hundreds of veterans in the 1980s many of whom still had their badges and often had razor sharp recollections about wearing them The book will also provide some comments from these veterans A further unique aspect of the book is that it will look at the uniforms and badges worn before the battalions left the country providing much new information that will enable people to identify any photographs they have lying around The Badges of Kitchener s ArmyA quick and disappointing read for me it is literally just about the badges used and worn by the Service battalions during World War 1 There is no information given on any service by any of the battalions except in which theatres they served I am only giving this 3 stars as it is a very well researched book and it contains good pictures Only get if you are interested in badges 1473873525
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