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Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn
Army Council Instruction 469 of 1941 promulgated that the shoulder titles of the Army Catering Corps to be worn by other ranks on service dress were the letters ACC in brass.
When the designs of the new cap and collar badges were announced in ACI 1054 of 1941 it also stated under the heading "Distinguishing Marks for wear on battledress" that all ranks would wear the letters ACC in yellow on a grey background.
In ACI 1118 of 1940 "An arm of service" strip of coloured felt was to be worn by all ranks on the upper sleeve of the battledress and greatcoat. The strip allocated to the Corps was two inches long and a quarter of an inch wide. The first inch being of pigeon grey and the second half of yellow material. Grey was not a colour used by any other branch of the army and may have been the reason it was allocated to the new Corps. Grey backing cloth was approved for the worsted rank badges worn on battledress by officers.
On 27 June 1947 the Controller Army Catering Corps proposed to the Army Dress Committee at their second meeting after the war, that the existing shoulder title was unsatisfactory in that after a period of wear the yellow initials ACC became very indistinct against a grey background.
It was proposed and agreed that the full wording "Army Catering Corps" in grey lettering on a yellow background should henceforth replace it. This form of title, introduced in 1948, was worn until battle dress was finally replaced after 1963. The grey colour taken into use by the Corps was originally described as pigeon grey.
At the 80th meeting of the Army Dress Committee on 27 April 1955, when consideration was given to the pattern, style and colour of a mess dress for officers of the ACC, the description grebe grey was first used. Senior officers of the Corps promoted to the rank of Colonel prior to 1959 wore a grebe grey band around the service dress cap and grey gorget patches on their collars.
Tim
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Thanks Tim,
You've confirmed most of what I understood, I still struggle for an explanation on the full wording yellow and grey title, the initials ACC seemingly the only official type in this colour format. As I said it was suggested they may be airborne related as other corps seemingly adopted their full wording title whilst serving with airborne forces.
I have a few SD metal titles of different styles that I will dig out tomorrow, I think one may be Army Cyclist Corps.
Paul