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17-02-21, 01:42 AM
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Churchill and 5th Cinque Ports uniform
Ran across this video and noted that Churchill is wearing a uniform to the 5th Cinque Ports Bn. Royal Sussex Regt. The tunic appears to be a wartime economy type and the cap badge is assumingly gilt, whilst the collar are bronze.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnvJuSMkMJI CB
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17-02-21, 06:58 AM
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Great video! But I would have expected Mr. Churchill to have worn a 4th Hussars uniform, as that was his old regiment???
Terry
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17-02-21, 07:14 AM
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Hi,
Churchill was Honoury Colonel of the 5th (Cinque Ports) Bn The Royal Sussex Regiment from 1941 to 1965. He even wore a 5th Bn uniform to the Potsdam Conference. From August 1946 he was also appointed as Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports. The officers cap badge of the 5th Bn was silver, with blue and red enamel central charges. On some examples the central stem of the plume may have had a gilt wash, otherwise it is all silver, to reflect the traditions of its antecedent rifle volunteer corps. I have several examples in my Cinque Ports album. Kind Regards, Pete
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17-02-21, 07:35 AM
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Herewith some Cinque Ports officers badges.
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17-02-21, 08:54 AM
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I think he would have struggled to fit inside it by 1945!
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17-02-21, 03:34 PM
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Apparently Churchill wore the 5th Bn. uniform quite often towards the end of the war. I too would have expected the 4H or even QOOH. CB
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18-02-21, 04:44 AM
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Hi
I have some half-remembered recollection (like most of my memories these days....) of reading about Churchill standing in a some type of naval uniform as those poor RND men went past him, most of them into captivity (if they were lucky....). This would have been in late 1914 (?) and I think it may have been in "Catastrophe" by Max Hastings. Am I correct? Or not.... 
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18-02-21, 08:23 AM
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WLSC held a number of positions in Asquith's government including First Lord at the Admiralty, he did promise support to the Belgium government, I suppose it was the natural thing to have done, but, I do think "Catastrophe" is certainly very appropriate.
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Last edited by Frank Kelley; 24-02-21 at 07:06 AM.
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