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11-10-12, 02:54 PM
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JEWISH INFANTRY BRIGADE OF THE BRITISH 8TH ARMY (1945)
Good day all.An internet archive movie (silent) of members of the Jewish Brigade taken in March 1945.
Check at the 2:52 minutes for shoulder badges also at 5:20 for cap badges (funny that they seem to wear the arty bomb badge) and at 6:00 minutes. http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.17581 Jo
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11-10-12, 05:29 PM
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That would be because they are members of 200 Field Regiment RA.
The ORBAT was: 1st Jewish Bn, Palestine Regt 2nd Jewish Bn, Palestine Regt 3rd Jewish Bn, Palestine Regt 200 Field Regiment RA – 604 (Palestinian) Bty commanded by Edmund de Rothschild, remainder British 643 (Palestinian) Field Coy RE Brigade Sigs Sqn RSigs - British 178 (Palestinian) Supply Coy RASC Ordnance Field Park and Workshop RAOC 140 Field Ambulance RAMC – British possibly some Palestinian members Eddie PS Lovely bit of film!
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11-10-12, 06:05 PM
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Thanks Eddie but........where are the guns ????
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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11-10-12, 07:54 PM
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Off camera?
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12-10-12, 08:28 AM
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Sadly that stamp - which we've discussed on here before - is a red herring which does collectors of Jewish WW2 material a huge diservice.
The JBG was formed in 1943 and served in North Africa (briefly) and in Italy. The stamp commemorates the end of the war in Europe. The stamp, and its surrounding badges, was compiled with the aid of an Israeli collector who made a number of serious errors - since admitted. You will see that he included the infamous Trinidad and Tobago Police badge that so many dealers hawk as a JBG badge. (third row left) However the real clue that this is less than accurate is the 17/21 Motto which is shown (top row one from the right) which is described as "The Commando Unit". The JBG Orbat shown in my last post is correct. There were also a number of other Palestinian units including ATS, RE, RPC, RMP etc. Their soldiers were enlisted in Palestine and all had numbers with a PAL or rarely an ME prefix. According to enthusiasts in Israel they all served in the JBG. They didn't. Other Jews served in other non-Palestinian units but are not identifiable as such. If you have a copy of this stamp please give it to a stamp collector - it is not a useful source of badge collecting information. Eddie
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12-10-12, 01:10 PM
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Thanks a million Eddie for the informations which are useful in my case.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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12-10-12, 08:38 PM
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Thanks Eddie, A well constructed answer to my two questions, along with some interesting extra information. Some members here may recollect that as well as British Commonwealth Artillery hat badges, buttons, collar badges, Div.signs etc., I also collect any postage stamp that depicts a field gun or canon, Arty hat badges, Artillery projectiles or uniforms etc. Also paper money and coins showing same. Yes, I'm a real ARTYNUT! Best regards, David J.
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