British 3 Division Infantrymen

Wrong ! The company number was worn on the uniform..... Ours was a white 49 on a blue square background, all the units wore their numbers on the upper sleeves, the same as on the vehicles.
As to the stripes on the sleeves denoting brigade they are as follows
8th Brigade one stripe
185 brigade two stripes 9th brigade three stripes
That is the the precedence of landing and of who was what.
8th first
185 second
and 9th third
Or they were when I was there.... So unless there has been a catastrophic change in history? That is the order of precedence
Cheers

PS to prove I am right about the numbers on uniforms, I have a picture of the company in Weert circa september 1944
I still have a uniform with the whie 49 sewn on

 

Something wrong somewhere, 8 first 185 landed second, 9 th last

 

I'm not wishing to disagree with a veteran who was actually there, but I do know for certain the the RUR wore 2 Rifle green arm of service strips.

8th Brigade was senior
9th Brigade was intermediate
185th Brigade was Junior.

This is according to the RUR museum chaps.

 

Not sure if this helps but attached shows 2 bars for RUR in March 1944