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Old 17-06-10, 11:02 AM
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Hi, Can anyone tell me what insignia the Royal Canadian Naval Commandos wore? I believe they wore the combined operations badge with a shoulder title bearing CANADA and I think a title below bearing COMMANDO? were these in red on black or white on black? also did they wear their normal red on black trade and rank badges as did the British RN Commandos?

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Old 17-06-10, 12:08 PM
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Hello Tony,hopefully these photographs may help.
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Thats really great! many thanks

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Happy to help.
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Hi, as far as i know trade badges were never worn with combined ops, the only other badges worn were titles, rank and good conduct stripes.
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Hi, as far as i know trade badges were never worn with combined ops, the only other badges worn were titles, rank and good conduct stripes.
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Mmm, pretty sure I have seen a picture of an RN Comms rating wearing a comms branch badge below a combined ops badge, but not sure where I saw it, but will post it if I find it! My memory could be wrong though!

Have seen badges used in unusual places before, and have seen pictures of a naval rating using a cut down combined ops badge as a cap badge on a green beret (or maroon, it was in black and white) and an RN comms rating serving with 148 Commando, Forward Observation Battery, using a cut down red on black comms branch badge as a cap badge on his green beret!

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Hello Tony,
The photo is in this thread.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ead.php?t=7707

There is a WWII green beret with a cut down CO Badge in the IWM London. Don’t have a photo handy at the moment. Can dig it out later if you want to see it along with the details of the person who wore it.

Interesting to hear about the post war comms badge being worn on the beret as well. I was told there is a photo of something similar in an old RN recruiting brochure. Have not seen it though.

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Old 18-06-10, 12:06 PM
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Hi Danny, It was in an old RN recruiting brochure that I saw it! Have tried posting on various naval forums to see if I could find someone who has a copy of it but with no luck!

Would certainly love to see pictures of the combined ops badge being used as a cap badge!

Just checked out the link and you are right!, glad to see my memory is still pretty reliable!

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I dont pretend to know all and am verey interested to learn more about patch combinations. I saw a pic of a Navy commando wearing his silver MS/AS badge on his BD cuff. Are there any dress regs available ? Was combined ops only worn by commando trained or by attached personel as well ?? I know there are always exceptions, i wore alsorts on my deserts, including Danish Nato.
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I dont pretend to know all and am verey interested to learn more about patch combinations. I saw a pic of a Navy commando wearing his silver MS/AS badge on his BD cuff. Are there any dress regs available ? Was combined ops only worn by commando trained or by attached personel as well ?? I know there are always exceptions, i wore alsorts on my deserts, including Danish Nato.
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I'm sure there are other people on here who know far more than me on this sunject and will inform you further, but not all combined operations personnel were commando trained! in fact the commandos were only one part of the combined ops set up, for instance landing craft coxswains were mostly not commando trained and in square rig wore the combined ops badge on their cuff!

Really interesting what you said about the pic of the naval commando wearing the naval patrol service badge as well, would love to see this, to date I've never actually seen a pic of a patrol service badge being worn!

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Hello Tony,
Below is a photo of the beret on display at the IWM, London.

Caption to this item says that it was worn by a R. Maitland-Flanagan a Royal Navy Diver attached to the SBS and other Special Forces in the Aegean and Adriatic Seas

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Below is a photo of the beret on display at the IWM, London.

Caption to this item says that it was worn by a R. Maitland-Flanagan a Royal Navy Diver attached to the SBS and other Special Forces in the Aegean and Adriatic Seas

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Cheers for that danny, that really is excellent, many thanks

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Default WWII RCN Beach Commando 'W'
Here is a WWII image of a RCN Beach Commando 'W' with the Combined Operations and RCN Trades badges on British BD.

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