Foot Guards Officer's dress visor caps

[BobS]

Finally acquired a Coldstream Guards officer's dress forage cap, to complete a collection for all five of H.M. Foot Guards Regiments.
All are post 1953, I believe, with the exception of the Irish Guards cap, which may well be WWII era.
The Coldstream cap is named to Bartellot, which has to be Lt.Col. Sir Brian Bartellot, Bt., former CO of the 1st Battalion. His father was CO of the 6th Guards Brigade in WWII, and was KIA in Normandy in 1944. Sir Brian's grandfather as served in the Coldstream Guards.

[BobS]

Caps for all five Foot Guards Regiments:

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Grenadier Guards:

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Coldstream Guards:

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Scots Guards:

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Irish Guards:

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Welsh Guards:

[Jerry B]

Great forage caps Bob, great to see them. I am reading an account of the GAD during WWII written by a member of the WG, an excellent read.

[BobS]

Great forage caps Bob, great to see them. I am reading an account of the GAD during WWII written by a member of the WG, an excellent read.

Thanks for the kind words. The 6th Guards Tank Brigade was originally part of the Guards Armoured Div., but was removed and operated as a seperate brigade, using Cromwell Tanks. I have a history of the brigade,mainly because I have a medal group to a member of the 4th Battn., Grenadier Guards, part of this brigade.

BobS

[Jerry B]

This is the book I am reading, a no holds barred account of his wartime experiences. He did some of the illustrations for Welsh Guards at war published early post war.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dunkirk-Rhin...ywords=murrell