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24-03-17, 12:49 PM
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Monty's Well-Known Bush Hat
© IWM (E 19699) Montgomery wearing his bush hat decorated with the badges of some of the units which served under him.
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24-03-17, 01:03 PM
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Do You have a date for this image as the Staffordshire Yeomanry badge has threw me a bit as I did not think the garter on the badge was introduced until post war, although not very clear KK has it sealed 8th August 1952
Paul
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24-03-17, 01:33 PM
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The IWM did not indicate any date for the pic. Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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24-03-17, 01:35 PM
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What are the two badges under the RTR badge....below left and the one next to the south african one....
Jo
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24-03-17, 01:43 PM
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Jo,
The one to the left is Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, the one next to the SA badge looks like first pattern RAC Paul Montgomery is wearing a Lt.General Rank slip on so I guess this is c.1942/3
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#7
24-03-17, 01:57 PM
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I was writting about the badge ON the left,as seen in the pic. of the RTR badge.It has what looks like a bugle in the middle.
Jo
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24-03-17, 01:59 PM
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Paul
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24-03-17, 02:18 PM
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Thank you very much for your help,it is much appreciated.
Jo
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#10
24-03-17, 02:31 PM
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The Notts Sherwood Rangers is also the officers pattern. ORs wore the brass bugle in WW1 up to 1936 (according to K&K) and from what I can see from these pictures the RTC cap badge 1941-44.
http://www.sherwood-rangers.org/photos/ww2-soldiers/ Last edited by Alan O; 24-03-17 at 05:09 PM.
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#11
24-03-17, 03:07 PM
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Monty's slouch hat
I believe this photo was taken when Montgomery first arrived in Egypt in August 1942, apparently he visited as many units of the 8th Army as was possible and presumably collected a cap badge from each one.
He adopted the Tank Corps beret later. Rob
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#12
25-03-17, 08:26 PM
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Thanks for this image Jo.
Not something I would of looked for but I have learnt something by it being posted. Paul
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26-03-17, 07:11 AM
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I think you are probably right, most likely KRRC. Paul
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