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Originally Posted by fougasse1940
The Border Regiment, part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, so yes, glider-borne, wore coloured epaulette tabs as follows:
HQ Comp – yellow
A Comp – green
B Comp – white, then (pre Arnhem) purple (to avoid being confused with officer cadet shoulder strip designations)
C Comp – red
D Comp – pale blue
S Comp – dark blue
T, (Training) later R Comp - black
Thus his would have been red.
According to my info he was POW until April '45, so either he was liberated or escaped before the end of the war, and shortly thereafter was at this meeting or either the date when the photo was taken is off or my POW info is wrong.
Rgds, Thomas
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Thanks Thomas for the great info.My guess is that he was a freshly liberated PoW and, being an officer he was sent to London on a priority list.
First annual reunion of CANLOAN officers, Royal Empire Society, London, England, 14 April 1945.
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