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Showing results 1 to 25 of 49 Search took 0.00 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: MBrockway

Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-09-18, 10:24 AM

Replies: 9 Cap badge of woman driver (possibly?) 1918-1922 Views: 444 Posted By MBrockway Sorry Hoot - I missed this post till just now! ... Sorry Hoot - I missed this post till just now! Looks 100% conclusive then. Thanks for all the inputs Folks! Mark (and p.p. Drew-1918)

Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-09-18, 10:15 AM

Replies: 9 Cap badge of woman driver (possibly?) 1918-1922 Views: 444 Posted By MBrockway No worries Leigh! The RAF is terra incognita... No worries Leigh! The RAF is terra incognita for me, but initial digging points to the jacket being entirely consistent with RAF. One web source mentions the single pronged belt buckle was...

Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-09-18, 08:52 AM

Replies: 9 Cap badge of woman driver (possibly?) 1918-1922 Views: 444 Posted By MBrockway That's a possibility we're considering too -it's... That's a possibility we're considering too -it's what I meant by 'Sweetheart photo' etc. The recipient of the photo was in the KRRC, ex RB. On the Western Front and then out in India till 1921 -...

Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-09-18, 08:28 AM

Replies: 9 Cap badge of woman driver (possibly?) 1918-1922 Views: 444 Posted By MBrockway Thanks Phil - that certainly seems to be the... Thanks Phil - that certainly seems to be the badge. I looked at RAF/WRAF, but t'Internet results were swamped with WW2 examples. My primary interest is the Army and these badges are not in K&K,...

Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-09-18, 12:43 AM

Replies: 9 Cap badge of woman driver (possibly?) 1918-1922 Views: 444 Posted By MBrockway SOLVED: Woman 'dressing up' in hybrid RAF uniform 1918-1921 Can anyone help myself and Drew-1918 (from the Great War Forum) with a cap badge and uniform puzzler? This photo dates from approx 1918-1921. We are not certain whether it was taken in the UK or...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 29-10-17, 10:51 AM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway On reading the copyright and licensing terms on... On reading the copyright and licensing terms on the British Pathé website very closely, I fear I am unable to post even crops that include a copyright message here on the forum without running the...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 28-10-17, 09:42 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Typical! Now the tide's flowing the other way... Typical! Now the tide's flowing the other way again!

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 28-10-17, 09:26 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Dang! The colour photos from 1962 I mentioned... Dang! The colour photos from 1962 I mentioned that I'm prepping for posting, are in fact grabbed from the very British Pathe newsreel Tim has mentioned! I'll have to pull my finger out! Mark

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 28-10-17, 09:16 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Some explanation of this 1957 Report to the War... Some explanation of this 1957 Report to the War Office is here from The Rifle Brigade Chronicle courtesy of Andy Pay .... ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 28-10-17, 04:15 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway This superb portrait from the obituary of Bugle... This superb portrait from the obituary of Bugle Major R.P.B. Silver, M.S.M., 2nd Green Jackets,The King's Royal Rifle Corps, who died in 1961, shows the tip of the Bugle Major's four inverted...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 27-10-17, 11:59 AM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Colin Green was by all accounts a great 'Green... Colin Green was by all accounts a great 'Green Machine' character - I wish I'd met him. Among many exploits he got the RGJ Band & Bugles up to 220 paces pm at the climax of the 'Zorba the Greek' ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 27-10-17, 09:32 AM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Bugle Major Silver of the KRRC was WOII during... Bugle Major Silver of the KRRC was WOII during the years around the Green Jackets Brigade transition, but back in 1953 he was a Colour Serjeant while still holding the Appointment of Bugle Major. ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 24-10-17, 10:25 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway "My" band photo is from July 1959. "My" band photo is from July 1959.

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 24-10-17, 09:14 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway I've got some interesting material from Andy... I've got some interesting material from Andy covering this same transition period from the RB perspective. I'll post it later in the week.

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 24-10-17, 03:51 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Close-ups of front rank from LEFT to RIGHT (as we... Close-ups of front rank from LEFT to RIGHT (as we look at the parade)... http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=179980&d=1508859703 BM A. McQuaid, 3rd Green...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 24-10-17, 03:37 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Here is the section of the photo that shows the... Here is the section of the photo that shows the bands .... http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=179978&d=1508859154 I've also attached below a reduced filesize...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 23-10-17, 09:56 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway It was in the 1959 KRRC Chronicle Toby. That... It was in the 1959 KRRC Chronicle Toby. That year's volume included a section on the Band & Bugles - not one of the standard sections that appeared in every year. The bandsmen in the photograph...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 21-10-17, 10:12 AM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway I found a photo of the Massed Bands of the Green... I found a photo of the Massed Bands of the Green Jacket Brigade - i.e. the bands of all three regiments paraded together - and some associated references in the 1959 KRRC Chronicle. The photo is...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 21-10-17, 01:18 AM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Ditto - nice comparison. Ditto - nice comparison.

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 20-10-17, 01:38 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway Phew - because on looking back at the actual... Phew - because on looking back at the actual photo of the Rifles Band from 2015, there are NO cord bosses visible anyway! (Nor for that matter music cases, but I'll drop that as it's Off Topic) ...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 20-10-17, 09:22 AM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway The photograph is from the 7th Ride To The Wall... The photograph is from the 7th Ride To The Wall commemoration at the National Memorial Arboretum that took place on 03 Oct 2015. I did wonder if it were one of the Reserve bands, but checking the...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 19-10-17, 08:59 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway IIRC the LI and RGJ bands were amalgamated into... IIRC the LI and RGJ bands were amalgamated into the Band & Bugles of the Light Division in 1994. Edwin Keely (mentioned on the sleeve) was BM of the LI's Corunna Band 1990-1994. I'm guessing he...

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 19-10-17, 08:11 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway This is certainly true of the current Band of the... This is certainly true of the current Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas. Their pouch is the larger music case and its belt has a buckle close to the left epaulette ......

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 19-10-17, 02:07 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway I meant to say Bandmaster badge rather than... I meant to say Bandmaster badge rather than Bandsman badge above - now corrected! Good too that we finally found a photo of the frock coat in use versus merely described in the Rifles Dress Regs.

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 19-10-17, 12:59 PM

Replies: 122 Green Jackets Brigade Quandry Views: 5,778 Posted By MBrockway The Bandmaster of 1st Green Jackets 43rd & 52nd... The Bandmaster of 1st Green Jackets 43rd & 52nd Band in 1963 was Basil SIMPSON. Here's Simpson conducting in Penang in 1963, alongside a crop of our man from the previous photo, together with...

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