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#1
06-04-17, 08:38 PM
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Mystery WWII Army jacket badges
My grandad served in WWII, I believe 59th Staffordshire then 11th Armoured divisions.
I have a photo of him in uniform, I'm not sure of the timing. I gather he was promoted to Sgt at some point so I believe this was before D-Day. Can anyone help identify the badges on his upper arm? A cross of St George on a shield and a couple of horizontal bars lower down? Thanks for any pointers  
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#2
06-04-17, 09:27 PM
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Hello jdp80, welcome to the Forum. Your account is active and open for posts.
The patch on his tunic appears to be the21st Army Group HQ and L of C troops patch. The horizontal two colour bar is an arm of service strip.
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#3
06-04-17, 10:22 PM
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Blimey, he's blancoed his stripes white and the crease on his battledress arm is sharp enough to shave with. A proud soldier.
Ian H
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#4
07-04-17, 11:44 AM
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The colours on the arm-of-service stripe would suggest that he belonged to one of the following at the time:
Royal Artillery Royal Armoured Corps Royal Army Service Corps Pioneer Corps Reconnaisance Corps ...but not infantry. It all depends on the specific colours (see attached). Best regards
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#5
09-04-17, 08:47 PM
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That's great, thanks.
So the badge is blue on yellow as per http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30071899 I seem to remember in my cadet days wearing a brassard on my right arm. I think it's a brassard in the picture - might the original photo be flipped, meaning the colours are reversed? When were these photos typically taken? Pre d-day or after May 45? I guess there wasn't much time for photos like this inbetween ?
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#6
09-04-17, 09:21 PM
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Hello,
No not on a brassard, sewn onto the sleeve. Probably taken after the war. regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges
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#7
09-04-17, 09:30 PM
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To see if the photo is flipped show the whole photo, then the front buttons will show it.
Rgds, Thomas.
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#8
10-04-17, 05:12 AM
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10-04-17, 05:53 AM
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Is not 21st Army Group LOC blue on red rather than blue on yellow? (Or was that blue on red France, blue on yellow Low County?)
Last edited by leigh kitchen; 10-04-17 at 06:03 AM.
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