Perth Regiment (UK – 1943)

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Mike
I won't get drawn into the matter of precedence! But is there a list of all these numbers? It would be helpful when trying to identify photographs.

Mike

Hi Mike;

Yes there is, but it varies throughout 1939-1945 (reorganizations and changes in establishment). In regards to the 'numbers' ie: '55', '56' and '57', these were used by the Canadian 1st, 4th and 7th Infantry Brigades of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divs respectively. The 'numbers' themselves (Arm of Service Markings) along with the formation sign of the parent formation were used to identify the 'user unit' of a vehicle, example:

a vehicle with the Arm of Service marking '57' on a red background, along with formation sign of the Cdn 1st Infantry Division, identified the vehicle as belonging to the 48th Highlanders of Canada, or if the formation sign were that of the Cdn 2nd Infantry Division, then it would identify the vehicle as belonging to The Essex Scottish Regiment.

I'll post more on this later, I have to step out for a bit.

Cheers