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Wensleydale.
With respect, perhaps I should have quoted my own regiment :the 3rd East Anglian Regt (Bedfordshire Hertfordshire and Essex _The Pompadours_ 16th/44th of Foot whose quick march was La Mandolinata or "souvenirs from Rome" ) The metal "A"s for RAuxAf officers uniforms still lost their pins and airmen sewed their cloth ones on during the 6 years that I was an Auggie.
With respect, perhaps I should have quoted my own regiment :the 3rd East Anglian Regt (Bedfordshire Hertfordshire and Essex _The Pompadours_ 16th/44th of Foot whose quick march was La Mandolinata or "souvenirs from Rome" ) The metal "A"s for RAuxAf officers uniforms still lost their pins and airmen sewed their cloth ones on during the 6 years that I was an Auggie.
Interestingly, the majority of the 24th Regiment of foot who fought in the Zulu Wars came from Warwickshire. The Regiment had moved from Warwick into barracks at Brecon only a year or so before they shipped out to South Africa. Only about 10% of the troops were Welsh. They became the "South Wales Borderers" in the 1881 re-organisation. The Regimental March was "The Warwickshire Lad", and they certainly would not have sung "Men of Harlech" during the battle of Rorkes Drift.
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Wensleydale: What a spoilsport you are!! Now I can mention that the 2 officers could not have been using Webley Mk 6 .455" revolvers either - as they hadn't been invented then!!!
You lucky, lucky b*****d, I have never even seen all those buttons, your collection must be unique.
Not unique, by the way, I have seen a few complete sets come up for auction over the years.
TTN,
Why not sew them all on a jacket, adopt a cockney accent and you could pretend to be a Pearly King (certainly not a Pearly Queen - of course!!!!!!!).
You could also collect Army stable belts.
O-D
Why not sew them all on a jacket, adopt a cockney accent and you could pretend to be a Pearly King (certainly not a Pearly Queen - of course!!!!!!!).
You could also collect Army stable belts.
O-D
.... and despite the excellent part played by Nigel Green, Colour Sgt. Bourne was only 23 at the time of Rorke's Drift.
Never mind Baker and Caine, Nigel Green has always been the star of Zulu in my mind. Here he is delivering one of the best lines in British film history
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=....0.fRRafj74JL0
Old Duffer - now there's a thought, but I may just leave the pre 1881 buttons in their frame and use up some of the hundreds of more run of the mill buttons I have in boxes cluttering up my office.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=....0.fRRafj74JL0
Old Duffer - now there's a thought, but I may just leave the pre 1881 buttons in their frame and use up some of the hundreds of more run of the mill buttons I have in boxes cluttering up my office.
and Csgt Bourne's rank badge is wrong of course.
Wartime economy ditto 1916 .........................................................tic k
And the last few to get are not always the rarest or the most expensive.
I recently completed the shoulder title set for the 1914 cap badges.
Fortunately the quest for British Army military manuals from c. 1820 to 1920 will never be complete, even though I started that mania in 1980. Musketry Training 1914 cost all of £2 then. King's Regs 1914 was very expensive, at £5. Dream on.
Impressive badge collection LB - would look nice beside my framed regular infantry buttons of World War One!
Your mention of old prices reminded me of a dear friend (now deceased) who told me he once bought a vast collection of those composite shoulder titles (T RE WESSEX sort of thing). He said "I had to pay five bob each for them but the T RFC HANTS title cost me seven and six! (worn by personnel from Farnborough).
Mind you that was around 50 years ago
goudie - yes I hadn't thought of that one. Some other notable NCO/WO performances from Richard Attenborough - I'm quite sure many "real" NCOs modelled their parade ground voice on his.
Your mention of old prices reminded me of a dear friend (now deceased) who told me he once bought a vast collection of those composite shoulder titles (T RE WESSEX sort of thing). He said "I had to pay five bob each for them but the T RFC HANTS title cost me seven and six! (worn by personnel from Farnborough).
Mind you that was around 50 years ago
goudie - yes I hadn't thought of that one. Some other notable NCO/WO performances from Richard Attenborough - I'm quite sure many "real" NCOs modelled their parade ground voice on his.
Yes that was a terrific performance. Also a WO but a much kindlier one in Ice Cold in Alex, just about my favourite war film.
Yes we are wandering a long way from badges, but what good is Jet Blast without thread drift?
Yes we are wandering a long way from badges, but what good is Jet Blast without thread drift?
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The prison riot scene when Harry Andrews was challenged on who he would shoot. 'Every seventh man' he replied with absolute conviction. That shut them up! Brilliant film.
I recall that at the Towers in the 60s included "Aid to the Civil Power" in the syllabus. Amongst the strictures was "Never shoot over their heads, shoot to kill the ring leader(s)"
Now I can mention that the 2 officers could not have been using Webley Mk 6 .455" revolvers either - as they hadn't been invented then!!!
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I absolutely love page 24 ..... Mountain Rescue (blimey, v risky job that!), Bomb Disposal (aghhh, not for H 'n' H such death-defying stuff – the land of real heroes that!), Marksman (silent assassins trained to kill on the first shot!!!!!) ..... then …. on the same page ….. "Voluntary Bandsman"!!! Now, I was one of 'em for 30 years! Never realised that put me in the same league as the first 3!!!!!! Mind you, the way I played Clarinet then Cornet, I certainly "assassinated" a few good tunes in my “career” as a Volunteer Bandy!!!!!!!!
If only pprune had a rep system....
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