Berkshire Yeomanry BD and tunic

[RMR]

afternoon all, just bought a suitcase full of Berkshire Yeomanry uniform items,BD,Trousers side caps and tropical kit would someone tell me what the blue and maroon bar on the arm is?Thanks Roger

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sidecaps

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tropical tunic,I also have a set of brass buttons to the B.Y. what would these have been on.Thanks Roger

[Marc Sherriff]

The red and blue arm of service strip is for the Royal Regiment of Artillery.

145th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA (TA) formed in 1939 and suspended in 1946, reformed in 1947 as 345th Medium Regiment RA (Berkshire Yeomanry) (TA). At first BY collars and RA cap badges were worn, this later changed to all BY badges. The post war regiment continued to wear BY badges with BY buttons and later the cloth designation of BERKSHIRE YEOMANRY in red on Navy blue.