Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery
 

Are my eyes deceiving me or could the visible section of this shoulder title read R.D.Y............(as in R.D.Y. ARTILLERY). The officer whose BD blouse this is was wearing an RDY badge in his beret.

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Mike, I think you are correct - assuming that the "RDY" doesn't come with a '.' between the letters...
David

It looks like a creased up ROYAL to me. As there is something after what you see as a D.

Marc

I'm with Marc, looks like a creased royal.

Rgds, Thomas.

The Royal North Devon Yeomanry mobilised as Artillery in 1939 (RHA I think) Could this have any connection ?
JohnG

Thanks to all. Consensus of opinion has it that it's a boring ROYAL ARTILLERY title - creased. I was led astray by the 1945 vintage officers' rank slides seen in the Malaysian Military Museum - olive green with R.D.Y.A in black.

Royal North Devon Yeomanry amalgamated to become Royal Devon Yeomanry (RDY) in 1920.

RDY was mobilised as 142 Fd Regt RA in 1939 armed with Valentine/Bishop SP Guns as part of 25th Tank Bde until disbanded Dec 1944, some members retained in the newly reorganised 25th Armoured Engineer Bde RE.

Regards, Paddy