[QUOTE=Bill A;310093]...For some reason the 8th Recce name became the operative name while other armoured and recce units which also had CAC primary designations but used their regimental names. For example the RCD's were the 1st Canadian Armoured Car Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons) and the 2nd Armoured Regiment (Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), and skipping up the CAC numbering,...
...As indicated above, for some reason the 8th Recce stuck with the primary CAC designation and used it as the basis for the cap badge and the shoulder title design...[.../QUOTE]
Hi Bill
As I understand it, the wartime Corps units were all the have numbers and not names. 14th were the only suckers that fell for it. <wink>
"...Another of the changes that took effect on 11 February 1941 was the formal numbering of the units of the (Canadian Armoured) Corps, as Worthy (F.F. Worthington) had recommended eight months earlier in an effort to foster a distinctive Armoured Corps identity among units that came from very different backgrounds. The old cavalry units with historic names found this policy most distasteful, even though unit names continued to be used in brackets behind the new designations. The official name of the RCD for example became 1st Canadian Armoured Car Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons) while the Strathconas became the 2nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (Lord Strathcona's Horse).
The numbering system adopted was itself somewhat confused, reflecting in some cases seniority in the Cavalry Corps, and in others seniority of entry into the Armoured Corps. Units brought in after 11 February (1941) were assigned numbers sequentially based on dates of affiliation. While the numerical designators were used on all official documents until after the war was over, regimental names continued to be commonly used in practice, especially in the former cavalry regiments. With the sole exception of the 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars), all units continued to wear their own regimental cap badges. The policy on wearing regimental shoulder titles varied from one formation to another, ...."
page 90, The RCAC An Illustrated History, Marteinson & McNorgan, 2000
I wonder if there is mention of the policy of an Army or General Order? Oh, and one cannot say "RCD's". Bad english.
regards
Darrell