Cloth arm titles or regimental designations as they were originally known were never worn on greatcoats.
Slip-on titles were introduced with battle dress in place of the brass ones worn on service dress. They exist for all regiments and corps. They were never very popular and in the early days of BD brass titles were often retained as the cloth ones were initially in short supply.
Many regiments ignored them - the cavalry rarely wore them - and many regiments wore the Guards-style of title in their place, an unofficial practice much frowned upon by the War Office.
After the introduction of arm of service strips their use at home was officially restricted to infantry regiments. An Indian-made version was worn by British regiments serving in India from about 1942.
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