QRL question

[Iain2]

Hi. I have been looking but not found anything ,what was the pouch badge of the QRL please also i have read of bronzed shoulder titles used i think on No 10 dress ? Thanks in advance. Iain

[Alan O]

I do remember the QRL officers wearing Bz titles on their coloured jumpers.

[leigh kitchen]

According to British Army Badges by R Hodges (2005) officers wore bronzed shoulder titles and they wore silver pouches of constituent regiments, ORs didn't wear pouches.

[leigh kitchen]

"The Regiment" issue no. 20, "The Queen's Royal Lancers 1689 - 1997" states that officer's shoulder titles and rank insignia on Service Dress and on the jersey in Winter Barrack Dress are "gun metal" and that the buttons on the shoulder straps of the jersey are of leather.
From a photo shown the shoulder strap button on Service Dress is "shiny", presumably of anodised aluminium.

A poor quality photo shows the RSM wearing a pouch described as a silver pouch with a gold ERII cypher with crown above in the centre.

The officer's pouch illustrated in "British Army Badges" is similar but with crown over VR cypher.

[Iain2]

Thank you for the replies. I just bought this shoulder title could this be a example of the officers title .
Iain

[Lancer 17]

G'day Ian

Its a bit hard to tell from the lighting in the photograph, but if the QRL shoulder titles are of officers bronze, well that is correct. I have a couple of pair like this.

Re pouch badges, the 17th Lancers used to wear a VR cypher on officers pouches, this continued on up to the end of the QRL period, the last ones being EiiR. with the RL all ranks wear a pouch with an enlarged version of the 16th/5th Lancers and QRL collar badge. Ors in white metal and officers (I believe) in silver.

Regards

Phil.