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Guaranteed original. Complete & intact. E2B/651
This is an original WW1 National Motor Volunteers Corps Officers Cap Badge for sale. In good condition. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military cap badges for sale including other WW1 National Motor Volunteers Corps cap badges.
For more original cap badges for sale, click here. The National Motor Volunteers, which operated as a seperate formation within the Volunteer Training Corps, the Great Wars equivalent of the Home Guard, were actually formed in 1915 and the Newcastle Squadron, National Motor Volunteers were formed in September 1915. It was later absorbed into the 1/1st Battalion, Northumberland Volunteer Regiment as 'E' Company with the additional title of '(Motor Section)' in late 1916. The Motor Section was removed from the battalion on 9th March 1917 and it was renamed the 'Northumberland Motor Volunteer Corps', with it's H.Q. located at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, with Squadrons and half Squadrons located at Newcastle, Alnwick, Morpeth, Rothbury, Hexham & Tynemouth. In July 1918(Army Order 208 of 1918) it was again renamed as 'Northumberland Army Service Corps, Motor Transport(Volunteers), and it finished the War with 10 Heavy Sections, 1 Light Section, 3 Field Ambulance Sections & 1 Composite Section. It was eventually disbanded on the 17th June 1921. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military cap badges for sale including other WW1 National Motor Volunteers Corps cap badges.
For more original cap badges for sale, click here. The National Motor Volunteers, which operated as a seperate formation within the Volunteer Training Corps, the Great Wars equivalent of the Home Guard, were actually formed in 1915 and the Newcastle Squadron, National Motor Volunteers were formed in September 1915. It was later absorbed into the 1/1st Battalion, Northumberland Volunteer Regiment as 'E' Company with the additional title of '(Motor Section)' in late 1916. The Motor Section was removed from the battalion on 9th March 1917 and it was renamed the 'Northumberland Motor Volunteer Corps', with it's H.Q. located at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, with Squadrons and half Squadrons located at Newcastle, Alnwick, Morpeth, Rothbury, Hexham & Tynemouth. In July 1918(Army Order 208 of 1918) it was again renamed as 'Northumberland Army Service Corps, Motor Transport(Volunteers), and it finished the War with 10 Heavy Sections, 1 Light Section, 3 Field Ambulance Sections & 1 Composite Section. It was eventually disbanded on the 17th June 1921. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military cap badges for sale including other WW1 National Motor Volunteers Corps cap badges.
