The man on the left looks like he's wearing the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers grenade on his GS Cap.
I thought he might be wearing the Belaraphon sign but I'm picking upon the fact hes with a Parachute Regiment man.
Possibly signalers crossed flags above his Chevron?
The Para has, I think, a wound stripe and the crossed rifles marks man's badge on his left lower sleeve.
The difference in shade of Battledress may be down to one of them not being a British manufactured suit, eg Canadian BD were a greener shade than the British and were, so I've read, smarter and popular with British troops for walking out suits.
I think one of Mike Chapell's books on Battledress mentions an Irish infantry battalion which used to kit out its men with Canadian BD for guards or parades.
Last edited by leigh kitchen; 09-03-21 at 04:27 PM.
Reason: Was going to say the Para looks familiar from somewhere but.......
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