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"john boy"
Maj Gen
Number of posts: 772
Age: 50
Localisation: shrewsbury
Cap Badge: acc
Places Served: aldershot/albermarle bks ouston-father LI- gib- berlin NI- lemgo- colchester- shrewsbury-tidworth left82
Registration date: 2010-12-30
 | | Subject: cap badges 15/11/2011, 18:59 | |
| from this  to this  WHERE WILL IT END???????  No doubt there are dozens more in between to many to name |
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ciphers
Brig
Number of posts: 723
Age: 79
Localisation: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada V2S 7J9
Cap Badge: Royal Signals
Places Served: Catterick (1951) - BAOR (1952 -1954)-(Herford - Bunde - Munster) - Japan (Kure) - Korea (Pusan - Seoul) - Cyprus (Nicosia) - Suez Op (1st Guards Brigade) - UK (63 Sigs Regt TA, Southampton)
Registration date: 2008-06-30
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 15/11/2011, 20:13 | |
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I wrote the poem below sometime in the 1970's .. writing it today would need it to be encyclopedia size.
The Vanishing Regiments'
Reading through the Army List it soon becomes evident,
That the Army of old has taken punishment,
Gone now are the Lincolns and the South Stafford too,
Gone now are the Enniskillen who fought at Waterloo,
A hundred plus regiments from right across the land,
Were ordered for economy that they should now disband.
But you cannot disband loyalty or put it on a shelf,
For it is such loyalty that is the nations wealth,
So as we stand and listen to the Piper play Lament,
We should also take our caps off, to the Vanishing Regiment.
'they only fade away'.
Len Payne (Ciphers)
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"john boy"
Maj Gen
Number of posts: 772
Age: 50
Localisation: shrewsbury
Cap Badge: acc
Places Served: aldershot/albermarle bks ouston-father LI- gib- berlin NI- lemgo- colchester- shrewsbury-tidworth left82
Registration date: 2010-12-30
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 15/11/2011, 20:52 | |
| | ciphers wrote: |
I wrote the poem below sometime in the 1970's .. writing it today would need it to be encyclopedia size.
The Vanishing Regiments'
Reading through the Army List it soon becomes evident,
That the Army of old has taken punishment,
Gone now are the Lincolns and the South Stafford too,
Gone now are the Enniskillen who fought at Waterloo,
A hundred plus regiments from right across the land,
Were ordered for economy that they should now disband.
But you cannot disband loyalty or put it on a shelf,
For it is such loyalty that is the nations wealth,
So as we stand and listen to the Piper play Lament,
We should also take our caps off, to the Vanishing Regiment.
'they only fade away'.
Very touching and so very true
so is it true that by 2015 16,000 serviceman/women will lose their jobs .? A few less cap badges no doubt
Len Payne (Ciphers)
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brum
Gen
Number of posts: 2415
Age: 72
Localisation: Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge: RA/QOH
Places Served: JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date: 2010-03-02
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 15/11/2011, 21:28 | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: cap badges 15/11/2011, 22:54 | |
| And the Scottish regiments are now one..The Royal Regiment of Scotland. |
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Chaz
Sgt
Number of posts: 20
Age: 46
Localisation: Norfolk
Cap Badge: RE
Places Served: Hameln,Chatham, Berlin, Maidstone, Munchengladbach, Conninsby, Hermitage (with the obligatory tours all over the world)
Registration date: 2011-11-03
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 15/11/2011, 23:34 | |
| RGBW, LI and Green Jackets are now the LI |
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JPW
Brig
Number of posts: 569
Age: 72
Localisation: Berkshire
Cap Badge: REME
Places Served: Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf
Registration date: 2008-11-09
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 16/11/2011, 22:34 | |
| Gentlemen
The situation is actually far worse
If the poster was produced today the badges would be
Top row
Five Foot Guards Regiments unchanged, delete The Royal Scots, add Royal Regiment of Scotland
2nd Row Total change delete the lot
Regiments now represented would be
PWRR, RRF, ROYAL ANGLIANS, Yorkshire Regiment, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
Similar for third row which becomes
Royal Irish Regiment,The Rifles, The Mercian Regiment, the Royal Welsh Regiment and The Parachute Regiment
Leaving just two Regiments for the fourth row
The Royal Gurkha Rifles and the SAS |
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Shelldrake
Gen
Number of posts: 2475
Localisation: Kyrenia
Cap Badge: Royal Artillery
Places Served: Troon, Lippstadt, Devizes, NI, Paderborn, Dortmund, Colchester, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Gutersloh
Registration date: 2010-10-26
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 17/11/2011, 13:06 | |
| I did read several years ago, when we had the last reshuffle, that the Light Dragoons were scheduled to be amalgamated with the Buffs. Apparently their new title was to be The Light Buffoons.  |
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Mike_2817
Brig
Number of posts: 583
Localisation: North Yorkshire
Cap Badge: RAOC
Registration date: 2009-08-27
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 18/11/2011, 20:47 | |
| | Chaz wrote: | | RGBW, LI and Green Jackets are now the LI |
The Rifles
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Sua Tela Tonanti
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BigJock
WOI
Number of posts: 109
Localisation: €uroland
Cap Badge: REME
Places Served: Arborfield, Bordon, Osnabrück, Paderborn and once again Paderborn.
Registration date: 2011-06-14
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 29/5/2012, 08:36 | |
| Sad to see just how many regiments have disappeared, never to be seen again. |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 29/5/2012, 09:43 | |
| Yep! and more to go by all accounts  |
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brum
Gen
Number of posts: 2415
Age: 72
Localisation: Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge: RA/QOH
Places Served: JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date: 2010-03-02
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 29/5/2012, 10:28 | |
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I was quite surprised the other day to find the grave of a Pte in the Mercian. It feels like the regt has only been around for five minutes yet there he was, killed in Jul 2010.
Don't time fly eh ?
I noticed his number was 3005 ****. That's a big jump from mine !
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 29/5/2012, 10:35 | |
| Alas a lot of Mercian`s have lost their life lately. . |
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Teabag
Maj Gen
Number of posts: 960
Age: 62
Localisation: Merseyside
Cap Badge: Royal Signals
Places Served: Wildenrath Detmold
Registration date: 2008-10-30
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 29/5/2012, 21:53 | |
| | brum wrote: |
I was quite surprised the other day to find the grave of a Pte in the Mercian. It feels like the regt has only been around for five minutes yet there he was, killed in Jul 2010.
Don't time fly eh ?
I noticed his number was 3005 ****. That's a big jump from mine ! |
Numbering system has changed since our day Brum. |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: cap badges 29/5/2012, 23:48 | |
| There`s a whole thread on the numbering system on here,somewhere |
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