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Calgary Tank at Dieppe
...here's the quiz...which of these titles was the variant used by the regimnent at Dieppe?
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WOW!...You really know how to test my knowledge!
I am guessing here, I am choosing the last one in the stack, I have all of these but one,in my collection, I actually found that last one in a flea market in Cedar Lake Indiana,who would have thought that one of those prize pieces would be hiding in that hillbilly venue? hehehe!
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maybe the second one but if not I,d say the 3rd or 4th type....
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The first one is out. The printed pattern didn't become available until at least 1943. The next one down is the identical embroidered pattern as the printed one, which would make it likely later issue, not 1942. The third one is the starch back pattern which, again was not issued until later in the war, well after the Dieppe Raid.
That leaves the last three, and I would simply be guessing which one, though I suspect it may be the second last one? Great question Dwayne. |
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Well, did the officers wear the same title as the ORs?
If so, you can see which title is being worn by a Captain Purdy, who was killed at Dieppe, in a picture book about the raid. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=2317377 I can provide full details of the book, which I have. I can even send a scan of the photo, but I don't really want to put photos of dead Canadian Officers in this forum.
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I vote for the 4th one, but only because Bill talked me out of the 3rd one down. I seem to remember a Ron Volsted pic of a Calgary Tanks trooper at Dieppe in a Osprey book which showed a dark shoulder title.
G |
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and the answer is.........
......First I agree with BWEF about posting pictures of casualties on the board. The picture to which he refers is the clue to determining the answer. Awhile back Chris Brooker has a number of titles to the unit up for bid. He identified the second title as the Dieppe version....which is wrong. I'm happy that he was wrong as the bid for that one went very high under the pretense that it is the Dieppe variant. I got the Dieppe variant...for considerably less because it was identified as post Dieppe.
The 2nd last one is the pattern worn at Dieppe. With all the respect in the world to our vets, I have cropped the photo mentionned above to just show the shoulder flash. This is a photo taken by the Germans after the battle and appears in the book "Dieppe through the Lens" Dwayne |
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Hi Dwayne, Not golfing today? Beautiful day here.
Thanks for that id quiz. It is good to have the information about the varieties of various titles out here. Now the rest of us will battle it out when one of these shows up. Do you have any provenance on the third last title? |
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Hi, I'm hoping this is a worn version. The one above is a glue back, I hope I'm getting the hang of these terms. It would be informative for someone to do a thread on the different backings and periods of use. Said he hopefully
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Yup looks like a good one
..the bottom one in your scan is the Dieppe variant.
Dwayne |
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Dwayne,
Which period is the bottom one in your pic? I have one exactly like it but don't know enough about Canadian cloth to pin down the dates on these things! |
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Calgary
Hi,
I would place that one mid to late war. Canadian manufacture and a good quality title. It is a bit straight and small when compared to some of the other versions. Dwayne |
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Not trying to stir things up but, why not show pictures of deceased soldiers. They died in defence of the world, they should be given recognition for their sacrifice. If you have kids or grand kids who see an old photo and ask, "Who is that", you should be able to tell his story. They should not be forgotten.
Michael
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Point of the photo
The reason why I cropped the photo was that the focus of the subject was the shoulder flash, not the supreme sacrifice made by individual. If the subject was the human cost of the landing on those beaches, the context would have warranted the whole photo. I felt it to be disrespectful and inappropriate given the subject matter of insignia.
Dwayne |
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Thanks, Dwayne -- good to see it's a nice WW2 example.
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