Thread: General Staff shoulder titles and insignia in WW2
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Old 05-05-21, 07:38 PM
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Montgomery would have.
Certainly within the chain of command it should have happened.
However, Monty was not himself much of a stickler for dress regulations, remembering his only instruction on dress in the 8th Army - “Top hats will not be worn!”

So let us picture the scene when the two ‘difficult’ personalities actually met:
Monty: “Well Boy you really should not be wearing those shoulder titles, you are a Lieutenant General.”
Browning: “But Monty, what about your black beret with two cap badges….”

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