Bronze Tyne RA collars....

[dragonz18]

Guys,
Have a pair of 7 flame Officer's bronze collars , with the name 'Tyne' replacing the normal 'Ubique'.
Can find no information on these,period of use,unit size, etc
Assume they were a larger RGA unit?
Can anyone help here?
My thanks,in advance !
Cheers !
Steve

[Mike H]

Hmmmmm,are you sure that they are RA rather than RE collars.The Tyne electrical engineers is now used in the title of of 72 Regt RE TA.They wear RE collars with TYNE rather than the std RE UBIQUE.

[tynesideirish]

Mike H, RE have 9 flames!

However the Tyne Electrical Engineers did convert to RA in 1939 as 37th (TEE) LAA Regiment RA (TA)

Suspended animation 1944

1947 Reconstituted as 537th (M) LAA / SL Regiment RA. (Tyne Electrical Engineers) (TA)

1955 Finally amalgamated with other Durham Regt's to become 439th LAA Regt RA (TA) the (TEE) surviving as P (TEE) & Q (TEE) Bty's.

1956 Amalgamated out of existance 439th (TYNE) LAA Regt RA (TA)

The Collars are for 537th (M) LAA / SL Regiment RA. Bronze Officers Brass OR's

[dragonz18]

I have seen the smaller TYNE Engineer's collars B4, but these are the big 'chunky' Bronze style. Have seen T-RGA-TYNEMOUTH titles & wondered if these were from the same unit ??
Cheers !
Steve

PS: appologies that my camera is ,'out on loan' ,at the momemt.

[tynesideirish]

Steve, those are just earlier ones. The RGA Tynemouth is a different unit. This one...

[dragonz18]

tynesideirish,
many thanks for that!
So a Teritorial Army Artillery Regiment 1947-55 ,early style Officer's collars.
& ... (M) ---/SL ,stands for .........???
Big or small unit ?

Cheers !
Steve

[engr9266]

A stab at (M) & SL-(M) for Militia and SL for search light ?????

[dragonz18]

That is what I assumed they meant, but it always pays to check, if not 100% certain ??
Thanks & Cheers !
Steve

[Op-Ack]

Close, but unfortunately no cigar (M) in this instance would refer to Mixed (Male and Female personnel),

More info is available in a forthcoming book on RA Abbreviation which I can supply details of if anyone is interested.

[dragonz18]

pic of above mentioned badges.....

Cheers !
Steve