Light Infantry Button.

[High Wood]

Described by Howard Ripley as being worn by Light Infantry Regiments 1946-1959. Did it replace the regimental Light Infantry buttons such as the K.S.L.I., D.L.I., D.C.L.I., etc, or if not , who exactly wore them?

[Buttonman]

Ripley's book shows the regimental buttons of the KOYLI, OX & BUCKS, KSLI, & DLI ending c1946. For the Som LI it just says post 1881 and for DCLI post 1929 but I assume they changed to the Light Infantry button at the same time.

[High Wood]

Thank you for your thoughts. It seems strange that individual Light Infantry regiments would lose their regimental distinctions so soon after WW2. Possibly uniformity as a cost cutting exercise, but it cannot have saved a vast sum of tax payer's money.