Canadian battledress

[grndevil44]

pm sent !

[grndevil44]

just reading the ww2 history of the 48th Highlanders and came across this regardinjg the crusader patch

[pzrwest]

I looked through the nominal role in my new copy of The Regiment posted here http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=676289 and found an entry in the nominal role for Mr. Metcalfe service number B-131827 and found him on page 337 of the book in the Nominal Role of the HPER from 10 July 43 to 8 May 45 section. I stand corrected reguarding this man... he did serve with the Hastings And Prince Edward Regiment. I was miss informed by the curator the unit museum reguarding to the use of service numbers starting with the letter B..... My apologies..... Harold

[servicepub]

One must be very careful when attempting to use a soldier's Regimental Number as proof of the unit in which he served.
At the start of the war individual regiments undertook much of their own recruitment but this changed over the years as it was inefficient. At the same time, soldiers could enroll at District HQs, Training Centres, and other places and then get sent to a regiment. Further, as the need for infantry replacements grew, many soldiers were transferred from Support Arms (Service Corps, Sigs, etc..) as well as from Combat Arms (Artillery, Armour) to infantry units. As the soldier retained his initial number this can cause uncertainty.
Regimental museums are good places to start research but the curators are usually willing volunteers and not professional researchers so caution must be exercised when using information from that source.
Clive

[pzrwest]

I was glad when I got this new reprint of the book and was glad to see this man was listed.

[grndevil44]

One must be very careful when attempting to use a soldier's Regimental Number as proof of the unit in which he served.
At the start of the war individual regiments undertook much of their own recruitment but this changed over the years as it was inefficient. At the same time, soldiers could enroll at District HQs, Training Centres, and other places and then get sent to a regiment. Further, as the need for infantry replacements grew, many soldiers were transferred from Support Arms (Service Corps, Sigs, etc..) as well as from Combat Arms (Artillery, Armour) to infantry units. As the soldier retained his initial number this can cause uncertainty.
Regimental museums are good places to start research but the curators are usually willing volunteers and not professional researchers so caution must be exercised when using information from that source.
Clive

I understand what Clive means, I was looking here for a man and you can see although majority start with L there are other letter too

http://www.usask.ca/archives/sli/slinames.php