cap badges

from this

to this


WHERE WILL IT END??????? No doubt there are dozens more in between to many to name

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)

"john boy" wrote:

from this

to this


WHERE WILL IT END??????? No doubt there are dozens more in between to many to name

Just to rub it in, that second list is now out of date. The Cheshires (and others), have been swallowed up by the Mercian.

And the Scottish regiments are now one..The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

RGBW, LI and Green Jackets are now the LI

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

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.

Chaz wrote:

RGBW, LI and Green Jackets are now the LI

The Rifles

Sad to see just how many regiments have disappeared, never to be seen again.

Yep! and more to go by all accounts

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 !

Alas a lot of Mercian`s have lost their life lately. .

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.

There`s a whole thread on the numbering system on here,somewhere

Shelldrake wrote:

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.

Didn't they recently do a tour with the 1st Batt The Gay Gordons ?

They did, the Bn was composed entirely of same sex married couples. They were relieved by the 1st Queens.

Where's the thread on the change in the numbering system?

Shelldrake wrote:

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.

Very good.

Watching the jubilee concert last night there were several soldiers in uniform at the front of the crowd. I'm sure I saw two of them wearing dark blue berets with the parachute regiment cap badge! I know it sounds unlikely, but I'm sure I saw it!

Yep...I saw that too..

Over the years several cap badges have been worn by members of my family, my dad and an uncle the Parachute Regiment, prior to that they were Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters and Royal Artilery respectively, another uncle was in the Staffordshire Regiment (North Staffs I think) my step dad was 1st Bn Kings Dragoon Guards and in the 1970's my bro and I joined the RAOC.

Of those cap badges the only survivors are the Parachute Regiment (For how much longer I wonder) and the Royal Artillery. Quite sad.

Wilf wrote:

Watching the jubilee concert last night there were several soldiers in uniform at the front of the crowd. I'm sure I saw two of them wearing dark blue berets with the parachute regiment cap badge! I know it sounds unlikely, but I'm sure I saw it!

Possibly new recruits to the Regiment who haven't yet undergone their Parachute training? The Junior Para at Pirbright wore blue berets with their Parachute cap badges.

Wilf wrote:

Watching the jubilee concert last night there were several soldiers in uniform at the front of the crowd. I'm sure I saw two of them wearing dark blue berets with the parachute regiment cap badge! I know it sounds unlikely, but I'm sure I saw it!

I think they were army cadets

Dee Z wrote:

Wilf wrote:

Watching the jubilee concert last night there were several soldiers in uniform at the front of the crowd. I'm sure I saw two of them wearing dark blue berets with the parachute regiment cap badge! I know it sounds unlikely, but I'm sure I saw it!

I think they were army cadets

Have they not completed their Para jumps yet?