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Fusiliers
Hi. While i am quite happy with the Royal and Northumberland Fusilier badges i am not too sure about the Lancs Fusilier and the Warwickshire which i think i read is a 70's Gaunt badge, any comments please.
The picture of the R.WAR.F is the only one i have seen where it is in use, did all the regiments within the brigade wear their rgts shoulder titles in this way and would they be aa or brass , Finally pre 58 and the brigade did any of the Fusilier regulars wear anodised badges please as i seem to remember reading the QC R. Fusilier only produced post 58. I have seen a pic of the R.Warwickshire whilst in the Foresters Bgde wearing collars but could not tell if aa or white metal. Thanks Iain. [ hoping you make sense of this ].. |
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Hi Iain
The R.WAR.F title was a/a. Regards Neil |
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Thank you Neil, sorry but i may not have been very clear, i know the R.WAR.F is aa but i was wondering if the other 3 , Northumberland, The Royal and The Lancashire Fusiliers also wore aa titles during their time in the Brigade. or if they wore brass/bi met titles. Again Thanks for your reply Neil.
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Lancashire Fusiliers
These very small (20mm x 17mm) anodised titles to the Lancashire Fusiliers exist and are listed as Westlake 934 worn in the 1960s.
I suspect they may have only been worn by LF officers together with the distinctive miniature 5/8th inch (11mm) pips and crowns. Tim
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Hi Tim
Thank you , nice badges , i have not seen aa small titles but did get these three recently aa R.Warwickshire and R.Fusiliers and Lancs Fusiliers in bi metal. My thinking was if the new boys had a title maybe the older ones did to . I have heard of a small LF but not seen any, and due to no longer having the books to look things up i am relying on the great knowledge held by members . Iain |
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The anodised silver and gold RF badges, authorised c1956 and probably not worn regulars but by the 8th (TA) Bn? Apparently there was also an anod al silver and gold RF cap badge too.
MikeH has knowledge of these badges. The R Warks white metal and / or silver anodised collar badge was worn (certainly the one facing to the viewers right) by RRF on the left cuff (so facing "backwards") by the antelope handlers. I don't know whether that was the case in all battalions of RRF. In the early 70's a 1RRF NCO gave me his shoulder titles from his 1RNF Fusilier Brigade days in the 1960's. They were the small size gilding metal ones. Prior to adoption of the anod al Fus Bde badge in the beret LF wore a cloth badge, white grenade and "LF" embroidered on a red vertical rectangle. Last edited by leigh kitchen; 20-07-18 at 01:33 PM. |
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