One for the Lincolns colectors
 

A postcard photo Ihave just got , a soldier and his sweat heart .

He wears a white on khaki slip on LINCOLNSHIRE but worn stitched down on the shoulder below this is a unit formation sign of a cross on a dark square , not un like the one worn by 10 para years later ......

If any one can added moreinfomation such as the battalion please do .

I can't identify the Battalion but the Lincolns were the 10th of Foot - hence the red X on black disc worn in various sizes by various Battalions in World War 2.

" Lincolns were the 10th of Foot " simple when you know how ! never made the connection , many thanks for taking the time to help

The Imperial War Museum’s records show that the 2nd Bn Lincolns wore a red silk embroidered X on 2” square of dark blue cloth (the X was 1 3/8” square). Worn 2” below the shoulder seam on both arms.

According to the records the X was not worn by any other Lincolns battalion in World War One but several of the regiment's battalions wore it in World War Two.

Jon

Also worn on a small disc by 102 LAA Regt RA (ex-7 Lincolns) and on the larger disc as an officers' beret badge by 6 Lincolns in Italy 1944-45 (my informant served with 7 Lincolns from 1941-45). It's possible that the red X was also worn by 47 SL Regt (ex-5 Lincolns) and 101 ATk Regt RA (ex-8 Lincolns) but I've never seen photographic evidence.
Mike

I saw the same photo when up for sale and thought it interesting being a ranker. Have seen officers of the 2nd Lincs wearing that patch in the Great War but have never seen a pic of an other rank. My gg grandfather wore one (he was a corp by end of war) but there are no pics of him wearing it. Only WW2 examples I've seen were round blue background.

I've rediscovered this filed away since 1995 with my cap badges, but at 47mm diameter would it be a 102 LAA Regt RA arm badge rather than a 6 Bn Lincs Regt officer's beret badge?

Just to add my 'two pence' on this subject.
Jo

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=59202

http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/543/503/large_000000.jpg

Interesting parachute badge being worn in that photograph.

Great photo, and I read the accompanying thread. Am I mistaken or is General MacMillan wearing an American Eisenhower jacket?

Cheers,
Dan.

No, he's wearing a privately made, probably barathea, tailor's version of a 1937 pattern battledress jacket.

I ask because of the cuff stripe, which was an American affectation.

Cheers,
Dan.