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Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles Epaulette Slip on
I am desperately trying to put together all the Epaulette slip ons badged to the different South African formations deployed in the 6th South African Armoured Division. This is a recent purchase, a slip on badged to the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, that were part of the 13th South African Motorised Brigade as a component of a Battalion (?) denominated DSR, along with companies from the Transvaal Scottish and the Rand Light Infantry, if I get it right. I guess DSR stands for Dukes, Scots and Rands but I am sure somebody will know better. thank you in advance for your knowledge, gents!
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Great project, good luck with it.
Cheers, Alex |
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It is actually Divisional Support Regiment, which did at one point in 1945 include the three units you mention, the DofE/RLI was formed in 1943 and the Transvaal Scottish was subsequently merged to form the new battalion, which was known as the Divisional Support Regiment.
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The whole division was a cracking good one, with a little help from it's attached British and American formations, of course, but, I do think that the Union could have been justifiably proud of it's soldiers.
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How about a picture or two of the collection so far. Those slip on's are getting hard to find, fortunately still pop up from time to time. Acquired a few 3 weeks back but sadly just the blanks without titles. I have a number of the red tabs with titles. Regards Brian |
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