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29th January 2004	Unknown unit designators By Chris Tapster Grateful for any assistance from unit history specialists out there. I have a 1900-dated bayonet with the stamp 1YG on the hilt . Can anyone identify this as a Britsh Army unit? Also have acquired black metal cap badge and shoulder titles with lettering NRRV, badge is Yorkshire Rose with NRRV beneath. My guess is that this could stand for "North Riding Rifle Volunteers" but I can find no evidence to support this. Any ideas anybody?
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31st January 2004	Adrian Whiting Chris, My suggestions - for I am not certain - are 1st Sqdn Gloucestershire Yeomanry for your 1YG, deriving from the fact that the original unit markings had the Y above the G, which would account for why the Y would precede the G if stamped in a straight line. What pattern bayonet is it ? I would tend to agree with your suggestion for NRRV. NR certainly features as a territorial unit stamp for North Riding. Hope this helps Adrian
31st January 2004	Chris Tapster Adrian, Many thanks. The bayonet is for a long Lee-Enfield and is dated 1900. In the meantime I've established that NRRV was indeed the North Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, a territorial unit formed in 1860 and affiliated to the Green Howards. I'l pursue my enquires further at the GH museum in Richmond once it reopens. Cheers, Chris
3rd May 2004	David I see one rifle. It's a winchester model 1892. Caliber 44-40 200. In it stock NRRV is engraved, and a numberabove, 679. This rifle was produced in 1913, the number in the box. I leave in Brasil, south. Can, you, please report about, in Portuguese. A arma, uma winchester modelo 1892, fabricada pela ordem numerica na base da culatra, em 1913, em calibre 44-40 200, tem na sua coronha gravado NRRV e embaixo desta grava��o o n�mero 679. A arma est� em estado 50%, mas n�o foi reoxidada, apenas o seu rifling est� prec�rio. Obrigado por uma informa��o a respeito. Obs�quio um retorno em portugu�s. Resido no sul do Brasil, estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Faz fronteira com a Argentina e o Uruguai, pr�ximo o Paraguai. As letras s�o pequenas. Iguais a estas, NRRV.