WO2 But Whose? - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Postwarden · #1 28-03-23, 02:00 PM

Not sure if this has been round the houses before but worth another try.

A WOII badge but whose and what does the S indicate?

Thoughts please.

Jon

manchesters · #2 28-03-23, 02:09 PM

Jon,
It was me who posted a request for an ID severs years ago and you replied but couldn’t ID it. Can’t find the thread though.

Hope someone can now

Regards

Postwarden · #3 28-03-23, 03:17 PM

Thanks Simon.

Jon

Mike B · #4 28-03-23, 03:56 PM

A real puzzle - at first thoughts throwing in a wild card I wondered if Salvation Army or some such non military - colours not what would be expected for Salvation Army admittedly - as I say thinking aloud with no real idea

Mike B · #5 31-03-23, 12:01 PM

Appreciating the knowledge of those who have posted in this thread, a further contribution by me probably adds nothing new - Looking through Proficiency Badges by Edwards and Langley I note 'S' in use for 'Surveyor' ... the two contributors have probably considered this already

manchesters · #6 31-03-23, 12:13 PM

Mike,

All suggestions gratefully received.

If I was to give a best guess I would be inclined to think it was for a British Female uniformed branch of the either the Armed Forces or a Voluntary organisation of which there were many.

If it can be narrowed down to a particular service then wee may be able to work out its meaning.

regards

Mike Jackson · #7 31-03-23, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Postwarden

Not sure if this has been round the houses before but worth another try.

A WOII badge but whose and what does the S indicate?

Thoughts please.

Jon

Probably coincidental but in WW2 the tactical markings of Survey Regts RA were typically unit serial (lettering in white on a backing plate predominantly blue but with the top left quarter being in yellow. Examples of these are illustrated in "British Military Markings 1939-1945" by Peter Hodges.