KEH Shoulder Titles
Figure 349 shows the front and rear of a pair of the King Edward's Horse shoulder titles in gilding metal with copper loops.
Figure 349: A pair of shoulder titles of the King Edward’s Horse in gilding metal with copper loops circa 1910-1924.
Maker marked shoulder titles for King Edward’s Horse have not been encountered nor examples with coffin-shaped lugs. The shoulder titles were worn with a brass backing plate under the tunic on the Service Dress uniform when shoulder scales were not being worn.
A cloth slip-on shoulder strap title with a straight K.E.H. over a semi-circular K.O.D.R. embroidered in white on khaki background was approved by the Army Clothing Department on 13/9/1916 as Pattern No. 9114/1916 with the Sealed Pattern card held by the Imperial War Museum. In July 2024, I was fortunate to acquire a postcard of an unnamed KEH Private wearing a cloth KEH over KODR shoulder title. The cloth title is not a slip-on title but has been sewn on. This postcard provides photographic proof that the KEH cloth shoulder title was actually issued and worn. The existence of a Sealed Pattern card for a cloth shoulder title for the Essex Yeomanry is also noted but to date photographic proof of it having been issued and worn has not been established (Michael Wood, personal communication).
Figure 350: A postally unused postcard of an un-named KEH Private wearing a cloth KEH over KODR shoulder title post-Sep 1916.
