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The Forty-Niner Badges of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Part Two By Captain Darby Whitebone (This is a continuation from the last edition of the 49er) border on the Loyal Edmonton Regiment’s shoulder badge represents this honour. 1943 - 1950 1st BATTALION, THE LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT 1943 - 1950 In 1943 the Edmonton Regiment gained an affiliation with the Loyal Regiment (North Lancaster) and thus was authorized to add “Loyal” to their designation. A new shoulder badge, manufactured in England, was produced in order to reflect the new name of the regiment. The lettering on this badge was of the Aldershot weave and had serifs. The badge was sewn onto a black backing so that the black showed as a border. The black border was adopted as a tradition from the Loyal Regiment. The Loyal Regiment (The 47th Regiment of Foot at the time) fought with General Wolfe in Canada during the Seven Years War. They were the pride of General Wolfe’s forces and gained the nickname of “Wolfe’s Own”. During the Battle of The Plains of Abraham General Wolfe was killed. The 47th Regiment of Foot was awarded the honour of wearing a black line on their uniform lace to represent the mourning of General Wolfe. The black The second pattern Loyal Edmonton Regiment Shoulder badge was manufactured in Italy. The lettering on this badge was much tighter than the previous badge made in England. In addition, the black border was sewn into the field of French gray. 1943-1949 A printed canvas economy badge was also produced. Although the above badges were concurrently worn this was the most common badge worn during this time period. 28
The Forty-Niner THE 1st CANADIAN INFANTRY DIVISION, CANADIAN ACTIVE SERVICE FORCE FORMATION BADGE When the change in designation to “The Loyal Edmonton Regiment” was authorized the 2nd Battalion chose to deviate from the 1st Battalion in their pattern of cloth shoulder badge. It was decided that the 2nd Battalion was not an Active Service battalion so they should not wear the colours of their Active Service predecessors. Dark blue letters on a blue background was chosen CAPC Formation badge worn by former members and the 49th was not present. Blue was chosen of the 1st Battalion L Edmn R. because blue traditionally marks the second senior- 29 most formation in a command. (ie: 2nd Canadian Division wore a blue formation badge.) 3rd BATTALION, THE LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT 1945 During the Second World War the cloth formation badges were re-introduced. The Edmonton Regiment / Loyal Edmonton Regiment served with the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The 1st Canadian Infantry Division wore a red rectangle on the upper part of each arm in the same manner as in the First World War. Brigade / battalion patches were not worn with the 1st Division badge. 2nd BATTALION, THE LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT The 3rd Battalion Loyal Edmonton Regiment was formed in early August 1945 for service against Japan with the Canadian Army Pacific Force. Members came from both the 1st and 2nd Battalions. The members wore the Regimental shoulder badge of their previous unit. Soldiers coming from the 1st Battalion retained the 1st Canadian Infantry Division formation badge and superimposed a small size Canadian Army Pacific Force badge on top of it. Soldiers coming from the 2nd Battalion did not have a formation badge so they wore the large size Canadian Army Pacific Force badge as a formation badge. The Canadian Army Pacific Force badge was comprised of members from all of the former formations. Equal portions of the colours from the five Active Service Division badges and a portion that is black make up this formation badge. The black represents the two independent Canadian armoured brigades. Due to the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 the CAPC did not deploy and was disbanded by the end of September 1945. 1943 - 1945
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