London Rifle Brigade insignia?

[DougSA]

I would be most grateful if anyone can share information on metal shoulder titles and battle patches worn by the battalions of London Rifle Brigade?

Any insights appreciated!

[CAM]

From Westlake's book "Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles"

Chris

[DougSA]

Originally Posted by CAM

From Westlake's book "Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles"

Chris

Much appreciated!

Regarding the "LRB" titles, were these only worn by officers, or is there any evidence to the contrary?

[Postwarden]

This photo shows the cloth title worn by a Sergeant with what looks like a (square?) patch below.

Jon

[cbuehler]

Originally Posted by Postwarden

This photo shows the cloth title worn by a Sergeant with what looks like a (square?) patch below.

Jon

This chap looks to have had his collar tailored to a standup style.

CB

[orasot]

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=148153
hope this helps,
Wilf

[DougSA]

Originally Posted by Postwarden

This photo shows the cloth title worn by a Sergeant with what looks like a (square?) patch below.

Jon

Thank you for sharing!

[DougSA]

Originally Posted by orasot

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=148153
hope this helps,
Wilf

Much appreciated!

[Mike_H]

Doug

1/5th wore a 2" green square below the shoulder titles as a battalion i/d.

The LRB History, P114, says that the cloth shoulder titles were introduced in early June 1915.

On the first day of the Somme 1/7/16 the bombers of each company wore additional marks of tapes on the left shoulder strap as follows
A Company - blue, B Company - green, C Company - yellow, D Company - red, (this info is from a copy of the Battalion orders held in the IWM Library).

2/5th wore a 2 1/2" x 1" blue rectangle vertically below the shoulder titles

Mike

Hi Doug,

Here's a photo of a LRB Rfn in 1939/40 with a similar patch to that shown in Jon's post. It's from this excellent website:

http://8thriflebrigade.co.uk/biographies/

Mark

[CAM]

Originally Posted by orasot

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=148153
hope this helps,
Wilf

Very nice.

Chris

[Postwarden]

Several Territorial units serving with the British Expeditionary Force in 1939/1940 ignored instructions to remove approved dress ‘deviations’ on mobilisation by continuing to wear regimental designations on service and battle dress; photographs taken in France record ‘LRB’ worn on service dress by The London Rifle Brigade in Imperial War Museum photo O 515.

Jon