Reply With Quotemisleading title... beret change, not uniform change, per say...
Nice feather..
new R Welsh uniform,given on op telic 7
new berets given
misleading title... beret change, not uniform change, per say...
Nice feather..
is it a new hackle or did a disbanded unit give it to carry it on?
history behind it?
in Canada the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada wear a white hackle
well its 1 of these so called super regiments..royal welch fuseboxs and royal reg of wales,the hackle coming from the fuseboxs,capbadge is rrw,come 1st march big thing going on in cardiff,new colours given by charles etc,ive got my film ready so ill get pics.im ex rrw so i dont know what the hackle means,hope it not for running away.
http://www.rwfnet.co.uk/
unusual. the badge is made up of three feathers and it has an additional one on top. is this just a welsh thing?
ok ,the 3 feathers u see is the old capbadge of the royal reiment of wales,the green backing is beacuse they served about lord nelsons flagship as marines,the white hackle is what the royal welch fuilsers had,now these two regiments are coming togther,hence this new stuff....the feather/hackle cant just be a welsh thing,the rrf reg also have 1,supposed to have been dipped in blood or somthing cause they red on top,maybe its a fusiler thing?
It is a uniform change - albeit that all that changes in No 8 dress is the beret, the badge, the hackle, badge backing, TRF and the belt. (ie all but the shirt, trousers and boots.)Originally Posted by mikebox
Must be a wrench for the 23rd of Foot but I'm sure they will carry on in the stile that has made them great over the last few hundred years (longer than many countries have been around).
The red on the RRF hackle is from the blood of the revolutionaries that they bayonetted at Brandywine Creek.
Well, isn't that nice for us Americans to hear...
I was just expecting to see some new kind of camo... not a dolled up beret..
Sorry, looks like my memory was wrong on the RRF hackle, authough the the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (now part of the RRF) fought at Brandywine (as did the 23rd of foot). It seems that official line is that the red is in fact French blood from St. Lucia in 1778 - much more acceptable today!
Yup, it's French blood on the RRF hackle not yankee.Got one staring at me as we speak! Awful things!
French blood, Yankee blood, the only diff was they probaly bayonetted the poor Yanks in the chest. The French....while they were ahem kind of facing the other wayYup, it's French blood on the RRF hackle not yankee.
Just kidding I like French soldiers, or at least their ration packs.
Looking good.
Looks like a feather duster!!
Thanks Sam, I did not know that.
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