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Royal Artillery quad, towing 25-pounder and limber, displaying 42 red over blue AoS sign on wrong wing, bridge plate 9/5, WD number H4310981 on cab door, central square plate with red square top right on blue background, meaning 1st battery and A2 being vehicle/gun number.
Before World War II, Royal Artillery recruits were required to be at least 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) tall. Men in mechanised units had to be at least 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall. They initially enlisted for six years with the colours and a further six years with the reserve or four years and eight years.
The Australian militia used the inherited colour patches used in the First World War, the units of the Second Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) added a grey border to the patch for those troops reusing the same colours and introduced new division shapes for the armoured divisions. The grey border was allowed to be worn by individuals in a ...
After World War II, 603 (M) HAA Rgt continued to wear the distinctive silver or white metal cap badge of the 1st (Rifle) Bn, Monmouths, together with the Royal Artillery's collar badges. In addition, the buttons and non-commissioned officers' chevrons were black, to denote the unit's ancestry as a Rifle battalion. [4]
The 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) during World War II. It served in the Battle of France, when it was one of the last British units evacuated. It then served in Anti-Aircraft Command defending the UK, particularly against V-1 flying bombs.
British Army Uniforms & Insignia of World War Two. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0853686092. Glynde, Keith (1999). Distinguishing Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces 1915–1951. A Reference Guide. ISBN 0646366408. Jonstone, Mark (2007). The Australian Army in World War II. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781846031236.
52nd (Manchester) Field Regiment was a Royal Artillery (RA) unit of Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA) during World War II. It was descended from the Manchester Artillery, first formed in the City of Manchester in 1860. It served in the Battle of France, at the end of which its personnel were evacuated from Dunkirk.
The Pembroke Yeomanry was a cavalry unit of Britain's part-time Territorial Force (TF), which had served in World War I.After the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 only the 14 most senior Yeomanry regiments remained horsed, the others being re-roled, generally in the Royal Field Artillery (RFA). [1]