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#16
22-03-09, 09:27 PM
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I'm a bit jealous so, here's my contribution with the help of Library and Archives Canada.
Jo http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/d...hki39aplh10kh3
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#17
23-03-09, 12:23 AM
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12th Dragoons
Hi Jo; I liked the photo. Thank you. What is interesting, besides the flashes, is the positioning of the 12th Dragoon cap badge or collar dog on the right arm of the sgt. on the left of the picture. I believe this was an indication of staff sgt. rank. Am I correct in that assumption? Did all regiments including infantry do the same thing?
Moe.
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23-03-09, 12:51 AM
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Hi Moe, Thanks. I was told by Capt. Vern Murray of the RMR, that having a cap badge on the stripes was to indicate a "confirmed in rank" status. Maybe someone else will come up with a different answer.
Jo
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"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.
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#19
23-03-09, 06:09 AM
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In the British cavalry and Yeomanry it is a tradition for the RSM, CSM, Sergeants and Corporals to wear a special badge above or directly on their rank marks (it depends which unit), but only on the right arm. The WO arm badge can be larger than a cap badge or with a different shape. I guess in some Canadian cavalry regiments, WO adopted a similar tradition? Jo, thanks to show us this very nice picture! J-F
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#20
23-03-09, 11:35 AM
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There was another thread about the practice of wearing the cap or collar on the rank badges. This practice "re-emerged" very late in WW2 maybe even after the end of hostilities. J-F has the essentials, but it has yet to be established why the practice was resumed. Cavalry Arm Badges.
J-F to address your question about the shoulder title, it appears to be consistent with Canadian manufacture. Towards the end of the war, the were many shipments of embroidered shoulder titles from Canada to various regiments in NW Europe. (Documented examples include the Perth Regiment, and the Lord Strathcona's.)
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#21
23-03-09, 01:38 PM
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Hi GregN, you mention something about a museum in Niagara Falls?... would be interested to know more!
regards, sean
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