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Originally Posted by GriffMJ
....I saw the black in the Royal Anglian shoulders boards when I was in the 7th (V) Battalion R.Ang. Thats when I found out about why it was worn..... I seem to remember that part of our toast was an acknowledgment to Gen. Wolf? (long time ago... memory is failing)
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I’ve been trying to ascertain if all of the successor regiments have maintained the tradition, but so far without reaching a confident conclusion. The infantry has been so badly cut that trying to maintain the so-called golden thread of lineage has proven increasingly difficult and not all traditions have been possible to maintain.
There are two books listing most of these traditions that can usually be found pre owned online at little cost. One by Arthur Taylor and one by Ian F W Beckett. Both have been republished a few times I think.