BIGREDONE Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Can anyone please shed any light onto the colour of the band around this famous Royal Engineers? picture. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 No Signals Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 This could be totally wide of the mark and I don't pass it on as being in any way authoritative, but in respect of the same photo on another forum years back I seem to remember someone saying it was because the blokes in question were first aid trained, a bit more than the average tommy, and this was to help identify them. But I am in no way well informed enough to confirm this as being the case. I have often wondered the same and would be interested to hear by someone really 'in the know' if this is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 79x100 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 The clue is in the fouled anchor sleeve badge. The white helmet band indicated 'Beach Group' at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 woa2 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 The clue is in the fouled anchor sleeve badge. The white helmet band indicated 'Beach Group' at that time. Agreed. They were Beach Group and the band is White, and some were recruted from Royal Berks Regt soldiers. The white band was the easy identification for the D-Day beaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 No Signals Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Cheers gents, good to know after all this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can anyone please shed any light onto the colour of the band around this famous Royal Engineers? picture.
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