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RND Machine Gun Corps
The machine gun units in the Royal Naval Division had their own cap badge and according to Westlake wore the curved RND shoulder title , does anyone know if they also wore the standard MGC cap badge and shoulder title, I wondered if that was a possibility, particularly after they were formed into the 63rd Machine Gun Battalion, cheers,
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Paul
The RND MG cap badges were made under local arrangements by mating a standard issued MG cap badge with an RND title. I doubt that all members of the RND MG had these and I suspect that the standard cap badge was also worn. The tricky thing will be to identify RND MGs wearing the standard badge in contemporary photos. I doubt they wore the MGC shoulder title as the RND one was issued. Last edited by Alan O; 18-05-20 at 03:23 PM. |
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Alan, to avoid confusion it was the RND shoulder title that was soldered below a Machine Gun Corps cap badge.
However, the RND title was worn as a cap badge with a numeral above it before the six individual cap badges were issued. Rob |
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That would make sense Alan, the 63rd MG Battalion would have presumably received drafts directly from the MGC Depot and gone to the Division wearing their issued cap badges , and thanks for the clarification Rob, cheers guys,
Paul |
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Sorry my error. I have amended the post to read title not badge as you are quite right on both accounts. Coincidentally I did have a picture of the title being worn on khaki caps in front of me as well as another with the tally on the cap. Alan |
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