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08-11-11, 07:34 PM
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British / Canadian Officers rank colour backing
This is from the "Handbook of the British Army 1943" a WW2 US manual for personnel based in the UK.
My question is does the Canadian colour backing on officers insignia match that of the British Army? Rob. 
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08-11-11, 08:37 PM
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Hi Rob, Yes the colour backings are the same on the officer's rank insignia. However the organization of the Canadian and British armies were somewhat different. There were no equivalent corps / services in the Canadian army to the Army Ed Corps, the Pioneers, Catering Corps, or at that time the Phys Training Corps.
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08-11-11, 10:18 PM
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Thanks Bill
So there was no Canadian Army Catering Corps, not sure what to say about that  Rob.
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08-11-11, 10:43 PM
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Also, the 1st CanPara officers used red stars instead of light blue of the Para Regt.
Jo
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19-08-12, 02:23 PM
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Pip backing colours
Thanks Rob,
Been all over the net, as well as this forum, (which I haunt regularly, time permitting!), trying to find a list distinguishing British Army rank insignia colours, and this is the first reference I have found. I am currently trying to identify the cloth pips in my collection. This is probably my first post here, despite having been a member of this forum for some time, and I must say it is one of the best reference sources on the subject in caption! Hats off to the many contributors and collectors who constantly upkeep and augment the quality of this site. Thanks for sharing! I hope to be able to do my own bit at some point, when the pressures of mundane reality recede slightly!  I am posting 2 photos of my cloth pip collection. I hope to add details about the respective bits once I have positively identified all, in terms of branch of service / regts. and in terms of period of provenance and use. The shoulder tabs in the second photo are a matching pair of Canadian Army Medical Corps epaulettes, which I would say are from WWI. This due to the cadre being given the Royal title and becoming Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps after the Great War, reflected in a change of buttons. The latter contained the letters R.C.A.M.C. rather than the full name as before. Any comments above anything you see here are welcome.  http://www.melitomnes.org/resources/...%201%20-LR.JPG Last edited by Crusaderblood; 27-08-12 at 11:42 AM.
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