UNKNOWN CLOTH SHOULDER TITLES - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

actionoke · #1 09-11-17, 08:25 AM

Can anyone id these 2 cloth shoulder titles and say what period they where worn as well please?

leigh kitchen · #2 09-11-17, 08:29 AM

Incorporated Soldiers Sailors & Airman's Help Society?

leigh kitchen · #3 09-11-17, 08:32 AM

A bit of googling produces:

The Incorporated Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen Help Society (ISSAHS) was a chartiable organisation originally formed 1899 to provide assistance to former and existing British Armed Forces members in need.

The ISSAHS changed its name to the Forces Help Society in 1948 who in turn amalgamated with the SSAFA in 1997 to form the SSAFA Forces Help. Prior to 1997, the SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen Families Association) were a different charity organisation.

actionoke · #4 09-11-17, 08:37 AM

Thanks so that makes this a WW2 version?What uniform would they wear?

Postwarden · #5 09-11-17, 10:28 AM

If accompanying the forces usually Army-issue battle dress or khaki drill with ATS uniform for women.

Some of the civilian organisations which worked in Germany in the immediate aftermath of WW2 wore their own uniforms if they had them but I don't know if that is the case with this Society.

Jon