Hello, Im sowing on badges on my 37 pattern battledress(officers). Ive bought a pair of formation badges(see photo for ilustration), is this the right badge for wwII era ? as Ive been reading thay used this badge also post war ! If not, what formation badge could I use ? Regards
Hi, My information does not give the details of what ranks wore the insignia. However, speaking personally, I would have thought that all of the ranks that were attatched to this unit would have worn them for the said period that they were with the unit. Yet again I have no evidence to substantiate this claim. Regards Arthur
I was a member of 4Tech Stores Coy RAOC, AER and we used the flash shown. Officers and men. No idea if it was used in the wwii.
A book of intrest, 21 Army Group The History of the Campaign by Major J. Lee-Richardson R.A.O.C. Printed by RAOC Publications, Germany 1946 and is the official history. And this link might provide some help post 19 0nwards, Beach groups [Archive] - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum
Found this under a pic of you badges, A Yellow sword pointing upwards on a shield divided vertically Red-Blue-Red One of a range of Specialist ‘Corps Troops’ AER patches Both Embroidered & Printed versions shown First called the Supplementary Reserve (SA) later changing to Army Emergency Reserve (AER) Manned by selected National Servicemen, this formed the backbone of the reserve services until 1967 when the Territorial Army (TA) was restructured to form ‘Central Volunteer Reserve Headquarters’ (CVHQ) to manage Specialist Independent RAOC Companies. Manned both by Volunteers and Regular Reservists. The following units were part of the RAOC Army Emergency Reserve and later TAVR: 1 Stores Company RAOC (Volunteers) Amalgamated with HQ RAOC 44 Division & 4 Stores Company to form 1 Stores Company RAOC (V) in 1967 Became142 Vehicles Squadron Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers) in 1993, Disbanded by 1998. Part 41 - Miscellaneous Corps Formation Signs & Patches
