British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Recent Books by Forum Members

   

Go Back   British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum > British Military Insignia > Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia

 Other Pages: Galleries, Links etc.
Glossary  Books by Forum Members     Canadian Pre 1914    CEF    CEF Badge Inscriptions   Canadian post 1920     Canadian post 1953     British Cavalry Badges     Makers' Marks    Pipers' Badges  Canadian Cloth Titles  Books  SEARCH
 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 23-01-17, 03:23 PM
Postwarden's Avatar
Postwarden Postwarden is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The Garden of England
Posts: 3,224
Default Royal Horse Artillery Beret Badge

An nice shot of two RHA gunners wearing the badge not officially introduced until 1948 although as this wartime shot shows, widely worn anyway, in this case in the khaki beret.

Probably BAOR circa 1946/47.

Jon
Attached Images
File Type: jpg RHA Khaki beret JM.jpg (37.9 KB, 139 views)
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 23-01-17, 04:13 PM
Mike Jackson's Avatar
Mike Jackson Mike Jackson is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 6,329
Default

And another cheerful Horse Gunner - this time from 12 RHA. Not dated, but probably soon after VE Day. His badge resides in my collection. Mike
12 RHA Unident.01.jpg
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 23-01-17, 04:46 PM
Voltigeur's Avatar
Voltigeur Voltigeur is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Montreal,Canada.
Posts: 5,778
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Jackson View Post
And another cheerful Horse Gunner - this time from 12 RHA. Not dated, but probably soon after VE Day. His badge resides in my collection. Mike
Attachment 163748

Mike, What is the colour of the patch behind the badge ?

Jo
__________________
"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." -

“There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.”
Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003.

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 23-01-17, 05:25 PM
54Bty's Avatar
54Bty 54Bty is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: London, England
Posts: 6,292
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Voltigeur View Post
Mike, What is the colour of the patch behind the badge ?

Jo
This is a question that has been with us for years!

Marc
__________________
I am still looking for British Army cloth Formation, Regimental, Battalion, Company and other Unit sleeve badges, from 1980 onwards.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 23-01-17, 06:36 PM
fairlie63's Avatar
fairlie63 fairlie63 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Claremont, Tasmania
Posts: 1,366
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Jackson View Post
And another cheerful Horse Gunner - this time from 12 RHA. Not dated, but probably soon after VE Day. His badge resides in my collection. Mike
Attachment 163748
Interesting considering that 12 RHA was HAC! The batteries of 12 RHA(HAC) wore separately coloured bands below their brass HAC shoulder titles - blue/red for RHQ, red for C Bty, green for F Bty and I think blue for D Bty.

So I wonder if the beret patch conforms or if there was one for the whole regiment.
Keith
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 23-01-17, 06:46 PM
54Bty's Avatar
54Bty 54Bty is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: London, England
Posts: 6,292
Default

Never thought of that.

Marc
__________________
I am still looking for British Army cloth Formation, Regimental, Battalion, Company and other Unit sleeve badges, from 1980 onwards.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 23-01-17, 09:27 PM
fougasse1940's Avatar
fougasse1940 fougasse1940 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,206
Default

Perhaps this is of help: MHS Bulletin Vol. XXXVI No. 141 August 1985 p. 10; Cap Badge Backings by Eddie Parks: "The 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery soldiers wear a backing to their beret and collar cyphers in memory of Second-Lieutenant Ward Gunn's VC at Sidi Rezegh".

Rgds, Thomas.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 24-01-17, 06:43 AM
Mike Jackson's Avatar
Mike Jackson Mike Jackson is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 6,329
Default

Whilst on the HAC, my favourite image - says it all about Eighth Army! The state of the splendid Chev (Ford?) truck (note the charging rhino on the bumper and door markings), the uniforms (or lack of uniformity), the dog - the whole ensemble is the cartoonist's dream. Mike
Yeo.HAC.11 HAC Tunisia IWM.jpg
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 24-01-17, 09:33 AM
fairlie63's Avatar
fairlie63 fairlie63 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Claremont, Tasmania
Posts: 1,366
Default

With the pillion passenger wearing a tie!
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 13-11-20, 07:03 PM
tonyb's Avatar
tonyb tonyb is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Huytonshire
Posts: 3,266
Default

And Paddington bear behind the front seat passenger!
Excellent photograph.
Tony.
__________________
For Christopher night night son.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 23-11-20, 03:53 PM
Artynut Artynut is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada.
Posts: 876
Default

Back to the badges, can any one give me a definitive answer as to these two RHA badges? They were obviously around long before 1948 (official introduction) I do not believe them to be fakes, so who were they made for. I note that the strap finishes outside of the circlet. D.J.EE9515D6-3358-4745-A4B1-A03ABDC28FB4.jpg

0849CDA4-5707-41C8-80C3-2626983D3924.jpg

8C8FB84F-6ADF-4E51-9F67-4B08175B863B.jpg
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 23-11-20, 05:38 PM
CAM's Avatar
CAM CAM is online now
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
Posts: 1,217
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Jackson View Post
Whilst on the HAC, my favourite image - says it all about Eighth Army! The state of the splendid Chev (Ford?) truck (note the charging rhino on the bumper and door markings), the uniforms (or lack of uniformity), the dog - the whole ensemble is the cartoonist's dream. Mike
Attachment 163792
I can remember reading an article in the British Army Review (BAR) - I think in the 1980s stating that the only 8th Army Order on dress was that "Top hats are not to be worn in the 8th Army."

When things are back to normal I shall try and find the article.

Chris
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 23-11-20, 10:14 PM
Luke H's Avatar
Luke H Luke H is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Londoner in exile
Posts: 5,910
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Artynut View Post
Back to the badges, can any one give me a definitive answer as to these two RHA badges? They were obviously around long before 1948 (official introduction) I do not believe them to be fakes, so who were they made for. I note that the strap finishes outside of the circlet. D.J.Attachment 234875

Attachment 234876

Attachment 234877
The EviiiR badge is lovely. Nothing wrong there. Very desirable badge, c.£250 on a dealer’s list.

Can you post better close ups of the GvR badge with more light, it’s similar to one I’ve seen before but yours looks much rougher, almost sand cast. The other badge was also unmarked.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 23-11-20, 10:36 PM
54Bty's Avatar
54Bty 54Bty is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: London, England
Posts: 6,292
Default

Back to the badges, can any one give me a definitive answer as to these two RHA badges? They were obviously around long before 1948 (official introduction) I do not believe them to be fakes, so who were they made for. I note that the strap finishes outside of the circlet. D.J.


E Battery Royal Horse Artillery

The Royal Cypher of King George V in the centre of the Garter with a scroll below inscribed ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, ensigned by a Tudor Crown. Solid.
Private purchase, silver. 1933-1934 and 1935-1936.

In 1934 the Battery Commander Major E. Latham MC., ordered all non-regulation badges to be removed. But it re-appeared in 1935, for the records of Firmin & Son, who made the badge, have it listed as "a Pagri badge for E Bty RHA for wear on the Silver Jubilee Parades" which were held in May that year.
The badges were die cast in white metal some with the manufacturer's name in raised letters on the smooth back. Those for EVIII and GVI were similarly marked.

The Royal Cypher of King Edward VIII in the centre of the Garter with a small scroll below inscribed ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, ensigned by a large Tudor Crown.
Private purchase, silver. 1936

Marc
__________________
I am still looking for British Army cloth Formation, Regimental, Battalion, Company and other Unit sleeve badges, from 1980 onwards.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 24-11-20, 02:37 AM
Artynut Artynut is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada.
Posts: 876
Default

Luke H. Thank you for your comment. Please DO look at the first image again, (the rear view of both badges) BOTH badges are maker marked (Firmin London). Your estimate of the value of the ERV111 badge far surpasses what I paid for it. I am sorry that quality of my photo’s is less than could be achieved my a real photographer. It was the best of seven phot’s I took! Perhaps the horizontal view of the GRV badge would be more plain to your eye. Definitely not the best quality of casting either!

54Bty, (Mark) As you know, I have several albums on the forum of RA stuff so when I get to putting my RHA stuff into an album, I would ask that you allow me to Quote and attribute those quotes to your name. As in previous times, you have come through with some valuable and useful information. Thank you, Both of You! Regards, David J.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

mhs link

All times are GMT. The time now is 08:36 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.