Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry jeep?

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi

My uncle was in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in korean war !

Does anyone have a pic of the united color for the jeep i want to make my M38 like that


Thx

Eric

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)

Hi

My uncle was in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in korean war !

Does anyone have a pic of the united color for the jeep i want to make my M38 like that

Hi Eric;

If you mean the Arm of Service marking, for all three battalions of the PPCLI, it was the figures '61' in white on a green square background (see example below).

Cheers

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi

Yes that what i mean Arm of Service marking for the PPCLI any pic for a korean jeep

thx

Eric

[Dan Martel]

Mark,

While I'm sure you're correct I'm wondering why the PPCLI were allocated the AoS '61' on a green square?

The six-one on green is the AoS for the following;
1) the senior infantry battalion of an infantry brigade assigned to an armoured division,
2) the second infantry battalion of the second infantry brigade assigned to an infantry division, or
3) the second parachute battalion of the second parachute brigade assigned to an airborne division.

I don't see any of the above applying to the PPCLI while in Korea. The AoS for battalions of an independent infantry brigade were '55', '56' and '57' in white on a red square in which case the RCR would have been '55', the Patricias '56' and the Vandoos '57'.

So, how did the PPCLI end up permanently green?

Dan.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by Dan Martel

So, how did the PPCLI end up permanently green?

Hi Dan;

They were all green ...

The Royal Canadian Regiment (all three battalions): AoS serial - '60' in white on a green background
(2 RCR, 1 RCR and 3 RCR)

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (all three battalions): AoS serial - '61' in white on a green background
(2 PPCLI , 1 PPCLI and 3 PPCLI )

Royal 22e Regiment (all three battalions): AoS serial - '62' in white on a green background
(2 R22eR, 1 R22eR and 3 R22eR)

The 1st Commonwealth Division had three infantry brigades:-
- British - senior brigade
- Canadian - intermediate brigade
- Commonwealth - junior brigade

Cheers

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi

All good stuf but any pic how to put this on my jeep???


thx

Eric

[JackM]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

The 1st Commonwealth Division had three infantry brigades:-
- British - senior brigade
- Canadian - intermediate brigade
- Commonwealth - junior brigade

Mark,

Don't want to hijack the thread, but I've never heard of brigades being graded senior, intermediate and junior. In fact, the 27th Commonwealth Brigade (2PPCLI, 3 RAR and 1 Middlesex and thankfully, some attached US tanks at Kapyong), as the precursor to the Commonwealth Division, had been in action for almost 12 months before the Division was created.

It would seem odd that they would have been relegated to 'junior' status, upon formation of the Division.

Once the Division was formed, from a numerical point of view, the status would have been Canadians (25 Bde), Commonwealth Bde (28 Bde) and British (29 Bde)

I'd be quite surprised if the Division Comd did not do all he possibly could, to avoid such divisive titles.

Jack