Back || The reverse Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) cap badge previously owned 2nd Lieutenant T.G. Skyrme.

This is a studio photographic portrait of Temporary Second Lieutenant Theophilus Garfield Skyrme in his Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) uniform taken around 1915. 2nd Lieutenant Skyrme served with the 13th (Service) Battalion the Rifle Brigade between February and November 1916 on the Somme. He was wounded at the Battle of the Ancre and subsequently lost his leg to gangrene. Theophilus Garfield Skyrme is my maternal great-grand father.

I am ex-Royal Green Jackets and collected these items because of my interest in the Rifle Brigade (one of the three regiments amalgamated in 1966 to form the Royal Green Jackets). || Trench art- an engraved German shell case (possible vase) and a trinket box made out of two shells; an officer's shaving kit in its case; a sweetheart badge; a tortoise shell and gold officer's regimental badge; medals and accompanying records; medal scroll; memorial card; handkerchief embroidered with the Rifle Brigade insignia (plus pdf of collected images) || || Western Front || Multiple || A collection of memorabilia from the Rifle Brigade including trench art, badges and memorial scroll || Rifle Brigade || Middle East