That's a very interesting document
From the units listed compared to the 56th Div orbat, I would date it somewhere between Feb 1942 and about April 1943 (90th Field Regt RA left about this time). I suspect that it dates from the period they were still in the UK, which would explain the association with 206th Ind Inf Bde (Home). It is therefore earlier than your BD blouse, and we have to bear in mind it predates it by 2 years or so. It definitely associates 8th and 9th Bns with red/blue badges though, although I'm not sure if these are supposed to represent cloth patches or painted/decal helmet flashes. The 8th and 9th badges actually contradict the list you were originally given (by Mike Jackson on the Brit & Commonwealth Mil Badge Forum), as they are in reverse and differ in shape, which makes this study even more confusing.
Two of them are definitely known in cloth: the London Scottish thistle and the lightning blitz of 67th AT Regt RA (albeit in yellow on a red/blue rectangle) are listed as cloth patches. Just for the record, I have found four red/blue cloth patches associated with R Fus, but not all fully identified:
Red left, blue right (vertical split) diamond - unknown Bn
Blue left, red right (diagonal split) rectangle - 13th Bn
Blue left, red right (diagonal split) square - unknown Bn
Blue left, red right (vertical split) square - unknown Bn
So we can say that red/blue badges were definitely associated with 8th and 9th R Fus from their early days, and it’s nothing to do with any artillery reinforcement. So now what we really need is some contemporary information from 1944-45 to identify/authenticate the badging on your blouse.
Rob
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