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Originally Posted by N Nine
Thank you everybody.
Can anyone think why the CWGC would use the old Somerset Light Infantry badge with numerals on the headstones of WW2 graves rather than the newer badge with the letters PA which was in use at the time of the second world war?
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Not an expert on this by any means, but I believe the CWGC use the regimental crest, not the cap badge. I guess, in the vast majority of cases these are one and the same, but there are other exceptions, The Royal Flying Corps for example. I believe, in the case of SLI, the crest has XIII, not PA.
https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.u...e/Details/9968 Best regards, Mike