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Old 23-03-15, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Toby Purcell View Post
Cough....splutter 'General Service Corps'...I don't think a unit exists under that title outside of wartime, although it's cap badge does. Joking aside, my original comments related largely to the Victorian period & WW1 because that was the OPs photo. I expanded a little to the modern army in the next post as that principle that I had outlined did not change in the conservative infantry battalion that I first served with. All RPs had to have at least 2-years in a rifle company.
The photos I will show are all much older though.

Replace GSC with "all other corps".
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