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03-05-17, 07:30 PM
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LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP
© IWM (CBM 1214)
A member of a Long Range Desert Group patrol. 
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03-05-17, 08:35 PM
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Has that badge got a backing ?
Andy
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03-05-17, 08:45 PM
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Mike LRDG Tpr Bluey Grimsey.02.jpg
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03-05-17, 09:25 PM
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Another variant of the LRDG badge then.
Andy
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04-05-17, 05:01 PM
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LRDG badges
Having read gavin Mortimer's excellent book "The men who made the SAS", on page140 it mentions that the CO (Prendergast) ordered all LRDG men on leave in Cairo not to wear insignia, the reason was that deserters were wearing LRDG badges.
I do wonder where they got them from? Were they locally made by some enterprising bazaar manufacturer? Surely not from official sources as this would have been extremely difficult due to the small number of badges issued. Now, are these badges if they survived after being worn by deserters and then caught by the Military Police would they be classed as genuine? Your thoughts on this . . ! Rob
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04-05-17, 05:11 PM
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Cecil Beaton visited the LRDG in the spring of 1942 when he took the photogrpaph of Tpr Grimsey, the green beret was introduced by ACI 2264 of 24 October 1942, so about half a year later.
Rgds, Thomas.
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04-05-17, 05:40 PM
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Andy
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04-05-17, 06:41 PM
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05-05-17, 07:44 AM
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Both Black and Sand coloured berets were worn by the LRDG.
Keith
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26-05-17, 02:03 PM
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Lieutenant Simon Denis St.Leger Fleming, RHA
© IWM (Art.IWM ART 16556)
Lieutenant Simon Fleming, born in County Down in Northern Ireland, commanded the M2 patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) in 1944. Fleming commanded M2 patrol on an aerial drop behind enemy lines near Montepulciano, south east of Siena in Italy, which was designed to gather intelligence on German troop movements during the Allied advance. He died on 13 June 1944 after his parachute failed to open. He was 23 years old. A posthumous portrait of a young man in sandy coloured British uniform, with his sleeves rolled up to the elbows. There is a lettered badge on his right shoulder bearing the letters 'L.R.D.G', denoting the Long Range Desert Group and blue parachute insignia on his right arm. http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/191/277/large_000000.jpg
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