25 Army Tk Bde

[plang876]

No one of that name mentioned on disbandment of 142 RAC (the period covered appears to be 14th Nov - 24th Dec 1944 btw) or even similar name and rank (Tprs Miller and Mullen).

The only ARR mentioned is 1 ARR and quite a few Fwd Delivery Sqns and other units so it must be outside of this particular timeframe.

Paddy

[chief_chum]

This early, unmodified, blouse belonged to 7/Suffolk and 142 veteran Major Bill Payn. His other blouse (an American made one just like fearnaught's above) is on display in the Suffolk Regiment Museum. From memory the American blouse has red and white silk ribbon on the shoulder straps instead of the crude home made style on this blouse.

I have never seen any evidence of the khaki drill slip-ons being worn on Battledress by men of 142 although there are plenty of photographs of the slip-ons on their KD shirts.

[Mike Jackson]

Another outstanding BD blouse. Militaria 285 illustrated the diabolo w/maple leaf mounted on a rectangle of KD to be worn dangling from the shoulder strap (IDF Style). Presumably this was an officer's style since his rank badges on his shoulder strap didn't leave room for formation signs.

[chief_chum]

I'm sure you are right Mike. I have never seen a photograph of a 142 officer wearing an "IDF style" patch but it certainly makes sense.

This is Bill Payn's American-made blouse in the Suffolk Regiment Museum. From memory he transferred to a staff job before the disbandment of 142 which probably explains why he was still wearing 142 insignia at the end of the war with his medal ribbons.

[Old Smelly]

Originally Posted by plang876

The simplest answer certainly makes sense.

Another daft question is whether there was a directive on which way the colour strips went (or just guessing that so long as everyone wore the appointed colours the same way that would comply with uniformity!)

Should you be interested, I have a 142 RAC nominal roll of which personnel went to which units when it disbanded in Dec 1944.
Of only 14 named personnel who went directly to 51st RTR (many went to RAC Trg Depot so could have been posted later) there's only 1 SNCO, W/Sgt Fuller.D - don't know whether that may comply with any provenance you may already have.

Regards, Paddy

As the RAC Training Depot was mentioned I've posted this thread: http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...660#post211660

Some nice BD and insignia shown on this thread

Lee