Artillery Headdress

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by RHClarke
Those of us who served at the various Artillery Schools and were qualifed Instructor In Gunnery (officers) or Assistant Instructor In Gunnery (Sgts-MWO) wore the forage cap. Qualification came by means of the IG or AIG course (year long everything artillery intensive courses).

IGs wear the British Army brown forage cap with a red band above the visor, with a bronze artillery badge. The AIGs wear the CF forage hat with a white covering, red band and brass artillery badge.

Some commandants (obviously not IGs and therefore slow of mind) restricted the use of the IG/AIG hat to field duties only. Other more educated and enlightened Commandants insisted upon its wear whenever instructional duty called.

So, it is a long-standing tradition in the Artillery world that should live on.

Master Gunners are another beast altogether (although a lot of AIGs went on to become Master Gunners).