The bow and arrow AA Command sign was authorised for the Command's HQ staff in July 1941 and then extended for all those serving in AA Command in November 1942. Even if the Command sign and the Sussex sign were worn together - unlikely as they are both different and unrelated formations - the command sign was not introduced until after the West Sussex Division had been renamed.
My book
Badges on Battle Dress illustrates the sign and suggests that it may be a regimental badge which could have been worn with the AA Command sign, the most likely owners being 70th Searchlight Regiment and 109th Light AA Regiment which both had Sussex connections.
Jon
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Originally Posted by mike_vee
What is known so far.
West Sussex County Division : formed on 9 November 1940 by redesignation of Brocforce, this division was redesignated as Essex County Division on 18 February 1941.
Brocforce :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewto...f9954#p1879204
Could the RA Officer have been attached to WSCD/Brocforce ?
On the site mentioned in the previous post it references a page in a book (Morris Part 1 p26) , if anyone has access to the book could they please let us know what exactly it says/shows. |