161st Regiment (12th Bn The Green Howards) never wore either the RAC badge or the Recce Corps badge. Although their title changed in 1943 they continued to wear the Green Howards cap badge. The only element of 161 to wear the Recce cap badge was B Sqn (majority) who transferred across to the 43rd Recce Regt as the replacement A Sqn. They adopted the Recce badge (and khaki beret) to blend with their new regiment, although there are plenty of stories of their members still wearing their black berets with the Green Howards badge well into late 1944 until the 43rd were issued with black berets.
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