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11-04-19, 07:59 PM
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Infantry junior Leaders Battalion
Does anybody know when the Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion cap badge K&K 2165 in gold anodised was last worn?
Also what (if any) collar badges were worn on No2 Dress during training? The photo shows Junior RSM M BRISTOW Royal Anglian. He is wearing the IJL cap badge and probably Royal Anglian collar badges. Tim PS the QC anodised version also exists with 2 lugs.
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14-04-19, 08:02 PM
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Still seeking information on date the cap badge was last worn as the JIB at Shorncliffe existed until the early 1990s.
It seems likely that junior leaders wore the collar badges on No2 Dress of the Regiment they would join on passing out. Tim
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14-04-19, 09:34 PM
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I was instructing there in Corunna Company in 1982-84 and everyone wore regimental badges.
When one of my Cpls as posted back to 2RGJ we gave hime a plaque of Light and Scottish Division badges and tried to find an old IJLB badge to place in the centre which took quite a search in the stores.
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15-04-19, 12:56 PM
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I passed out there in 1974, we were still wearing the Junior Infantry cap badge but with regimental collar badges. Buttons were more interesting, with some wearing regimental buttons, but many still had the old Brigade buttons because they had to be ‘wasted out’ before the Ordnance would contract for the return of regimental patterns. From memory, I recall that some of the newer amalgamated regiments had not yet had a regimental button design approved.
There was still an outstation to JIB at Canterbury although it was scheduled to close, with the residue moving to Shorncliffe by the end of 1976. My theory is that regimental cap badges commenced in 1976. Last edited by Toby Purcell; 18-04-19 at 09:12 AM.
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15-04-19, 02:18 PM
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Thanks to all for your help and 1976 looks like an end date.
I was using the Sir John Moore Barracks Dental Centre at Shorncliffe in the late 1980s and early 1990s while the IJLB was still in residence. All the camp signage still featured the lion on crown above crossed swords design but I do not recall seeing the cap badge being worn. There are pictures on the Internet but only a few show headdress and many are undated. Tim
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