Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Red Lancer

Yes they would wear the RE Capbadge but not that one which is for Queen Elizabeth's reign. You need the George VI badge.

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They would have a RE cap badge, but might have worn a divisional shoulder flash.

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ORIGINAL: HMSWarspite

British Army cap badges are always owning regiment/Battalion or branch for the support units. Confusingly these are called 'corps' - as in the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, RAOC, etc, etc. These are not the same as corps as a field formation (VIII Corps etc).

Ah, and officers of these units all have different mess (formal) dress - unlike RAF or RN which are all the same (well, one for RAF, one for RN!). Army HQ messes (as opposed to infantry battalion or tank Regt messes) are a blaze of colours and styles. I have visited tri-service establishments, and once one RAF guy was talking to a RN one about army messes, and he said that some Army HQ messes were like going to a pajama party!

Confusing. But you have to remember there is no such thing as the British Army. Just a collection of Regiments and Corps.

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ORIGINAL: chris.munson

You guys know your stuff. Enjoyable read.

Question: why no British labor support troops to speak of (except two RR repair units)? Is it because Britain relied on local levies around the empire for that role but for whatever reason did not bring such units to Europe? I seem to remember reading about large levies being used in Asia for construction, road work, etc.

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ORIGINAL: Red Lancer

Looking really good. Are you also adding the Hvy Panzer Abteilung and Stug Abt insignia ?

No need to add the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers who fix equipment and don't have a specific unit in game. Other than the RE and Armd Car Regiments you'll only need the Artillery. Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery have different capbadges. You could use some of the AA Formation patches - see here: http://www.petergh.f2s.com/flashes.html

Labour Support was a Pioneer Corps function. Not sure why Trey didn't add more - probably because most of these units were Company sized and not battalions.

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ORIGINAL: Red Lancer

Looking really good. Are you also adding the Hvy Panzer Abteilung and Stug Abt insignia ?

No need to add the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers who fix equipment and don't have a specific unit in game. Other than the RE and Armd Car Regiments you'll only need the Artillery. Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery have different capbadges. You could use some of the AA Formation patches - see here: http://www.petergh.f2s.com/flashes.html

Labour Support was a Pioneer Corps function. Not sure why Trey didn't add more - probably because most of these units were Company sized and not battalions.