47th Division
According to its Divisional Routine Orders, in February 1925 47th (2nd London) Division reintroduced the ‘Dutch Tile’ sign worn in the First World ‘on the upper part of the sleeve with the two sides horizontal, the top of the badge three inches below the seam of the shoulder strap and in line with its centre’. The photo shows it worn by a soldier of the London Scottish.
The Tile disappeared when the two London Divisions were reduced to one in February 1936.
From 1956 until 1961 47th Signal Regiment, originally raised in 1908 as the Signal Company of 2nd London Division, wore the ‘Dutch tile’ which it retained when renamed 47th Signal Regiment (Middlesex Yeomanry), wearing it until 1967.
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