Monkey Hanger  | 22 Jan 2007 6:07 a.m. PST |
Hi all I need to know what colour berets the following arms of service wore Royal artillery
Engineers Any website links would be useful. Cheers
MH |
 Doms Decals  | 22 Jan 2007 6:37 a.m. PST |
Both navy blue, but I think khaki may well have been worn on occasion in the field. Dom. |
| Doms Decals | 22 Jan 2007 6:44 a.m. PST |
I've just realised where I got the khaki from; the Honourable Artillery Company were khaki, other artillery Navy Blue. Dom. |
| CraigSpiel | 22 Jan 2007 7:40 a.m. PST |
What branches of service (army) wore the beret in the field?
I have an officer figure wearing one, and I am curious about how to paint it. I was hoping to use him in a regular infantry unit. |
| Monkey Hanger | 22 Jan 2007 7:49 a.m. PST |
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| King Monkey | 22 Jan 2007 7:52 a.m. PST |
From The British Soldier D – Day to VE – Day: 1 Black Beret – RAC, Household Cavalry, Armoured Foot Guards, Reconnaisance Corps and certain Royal Artillery self – propelled Regiments, Royal; Engineer units equipped wuit armoured vehicles. 2 Brown cloth beret with cherry red band – 11th Hussars. 3 Khaki Beret – Motor Battalions of Armoured Divisions. 4 Maroon Beret – Airborne Forces (all arms and services. 5 Green Beret – Special Service Brigade, Royal Marines, Army Commandos. 6 Tam o'Shanter – Scottish Infantry Regiments. 7 General Service Cap – just about everybody else. |
| Doms Decals | 22 Jan 2007 8:24 a.m. PST |
Aha, that would make the navy blue beret a post-war thing, with the khaki GS cap for WW2. (Unless armoured, in which case the RAC's black beret instead.) Dom. |
| Monkey Hanger | 22 Jan 2007 8:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys…..Just what I needed, back to the painting table for me. MH
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 enfant perdus  | 22 Jan 2007 10:27 a.m. PST |
One to add to the list. Grey – 1st (Royal) Dragoons Adopted following mechanization (2/41) and retained throughout the War despite official condemnation. |
| Black Bull | 22 Jan 2007 1:07 p.m. PST |
Pretty much everyone post '43 wore a'beret like item of headgear' all infantry had khaki judging by bw photos including Gurkhas. |
| Tommiatkins | 22 Jan 2007 4:17 p.m. PST |
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| kevanG | 22 Jan 2007 4:29 p.m. PST |
I'm sure another service arm wore grey berets as well as the 1st royal dragoons and scots greys. Some form of special forces unit, but I cannot recall where I saw the picture. All I can remember was the badge on the cap even looked like the scots greys eagle |
| enfant perdus | 22 Jan 2007 6:31 p.m. PST |
The Greys did not wear the grey beret, only the Royals. This is made clear by each Regiment's record of special embellishments. The eagle you are thinking of belonged to the Royals. They were never very fond of their regulation cap badge and preferred a small brass one modelled on the Eagle captured from the French 105e Ligne. The special ops type unit you are thinking of might be the Lovat Scouts, who wore a diced Atholl bonnet, although not in combat! |
| Tommiatkins | 22 Jan 2007 6:42 p.m. PST |
SAS, but post WW2 are grey. |
