Commando trained?

[Mike Jackson]

Originally Posted by James K

My father was a Commando Trained Royal Navy Signaller from 1953 and he wore the dagger badge. His father was also a RN Commando during the Second World War and he also wore the dagger badge. So you statement is either incorrect OR only applies to the Army.

Whether or not you agree, the "red, unsheathed dagger, blade pointing upwards, set on a black background" was stated by Howard Cole (Heraldry in War, Apr 47) as being "the badge of the Commando Brigades". The same sign features on a colour chart printed by HQ 21 Army Group in 1945 which depicts the formation signs of 21 Army Group as at 8 May 45 including the dagger as described above and attributed to 4 Command Brigade. The same design was painted on all vehicles of 3 Commando Brigade in the Far East for the period I served in the Brigade 1964-67. To my mind, this makes it a formation sign not a qualification badge. Mike
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