Danny and MPN11
The issue of Regulars and Auxiliaries looking down on Volunteer Reservists (and the Regular Army looking down on the TA) perhaps had it's origins in peacetime attitudes. The VRs and TA in peacetime were (are) part-timers. Inevitably, their level of proficiency would be inferior. The Auxiliaries were also part-time in the pre-war era, but might have assumed superiority over the VR 'newboys'. Arthur told me that VRs were looked down on, and the Wiki article corroborates that. Of course, as you say Danny, once war started everyone was full-time and fully trained, so the continuation of any prejudice seems unreasonable. But, glad to hear you never had any sense of being looked down on. Suggests that it may have happened in some units and not in others.