When I say non-airborne types what I mean is those members of 1 RGR who were not parachute trained and who wore the regiment’s normal rifle green beret with RGR cap badge. Only the parachute trained soldiers in 1 RGR were allowed to wear a maroon beret with rifle green badge backing in the late 1990s, when 1 RGR was part of 5th Airborne Brigade (and then 16th Air Assault Brigade after 1999).
(2 RGR recently became part of 16 Air Assault Brigade in 2015 and they all wear the RGR badge on a maroon beret, regardless of parachute qualification or not).
The Gurkha Reinforcement Companies of the late 1990s either wore their standard RGR rifle green beret or the regimental head dress of the unit they were part of. In 2 PARA they wore the maroon beret with RGR cap badge and no badge backing. In the Royal Scots they wore a navy blue beret with a patch of Hunting Stewart tartan backing the RGR cap badge. Both the R Scots and the RGR shared a heritage of using the Hunting Stewart tartan, although if I recall correctly the Gurkhas aligned their backing tartan in the opposite way to the R Scots.(The second photo is of the Royal Scots tartan alignment)
Last edited by Colin S; 31-01-19 at 11:42 PM.
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