I believe that the purple band on the cap with the blues may only be for Colonel rank, I have 3 caps which I have aquired with Blues uniforms and 2 of them have a black band similar to that worn on RAF caps, with the chaplains badge on, the 3rd one belongs to a beautiful CF1 [Colonel rank] chaplain uniform and has the purple band and also gold leaves on the peak, and purple gorget patches on the jacket.
There is a picture I have somewhere from WW2 with a chaplain in Italy wearing KD with an SD cap and you can tell he has a purple band on his cap, rank CF1.
Regards
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Matt Gibbs
Formerly RAChD Collector, IMS medical and Indian Army living history group member
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