About the Wiltshire Regiment, Page 135 of "Badge Backings and Special Embellishments of The British Army" says... "A 2 inch square badge backing, together with a small maroon cut-out in the shape of the badge on the left arm of the battledress. These distinctions were both unofficial and appear to have arisen in India pre-war, at the discretion of the CO. ...Though never approved by the War Office Dress Committee, the maroon patches continued to be worn until amalgamation in 1959 with the Royal Berkshire Regiment" Source Maj (Retd) JH Peters MBE.
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