Help identifying 1936-1945 British Army cap badge, collar badge

[ozkl]

Hi,

I am hoping someone can help me identifying the cap/beret badge and collar badge on this picture of my great grandfather.

He is said to have served in the Royal Tank Regiment from 1936 - 1945 and I am assuming the visible rank on his shoulder is the 3 chevrons for sargeant.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
Kim

[Teutonicknights]

Hi Welcome to the forum, thanks for sharing, great photograph, I am a little sketchy on these but someone will come along soon to help,

Mike

[ozkl]

Thanks Mike

[Walkwolf]

Hi, Kim - Welcome to the Forum !

The only cap badge with a Knight on horseback that I've seen
is the 'Fife and Forfar Yeomanry':

In WWII, the 1st FFY comprised the '9th Armoured Division'
and '79th Armoured Division'.
The 2nd FFY comprised the '11th Armoured Division'...

( Listings may not be complete )


Hope this helps.........!

[ozkl]

Hi Steve,

He was born and raised in Forfar...

[Walkwolf]

Must be the one ! The list on Wikipedia I got the information from
was somewhat sketchy concerning their service in WWII
ie - not a whole lot of info.........

[Blackpowder44]

The formation sign you can just see on his right arm looks to be the 79th. Armoured Div. I agree that the beret badge is the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, John.

[Adrian Stevenson]

The guys are correct.

Here are a couple of pics of items in my collection to show you the cap badge and shoulder flash.

Cheers, Ade.

[kc1]

Whay are the patches below the formation patch, it almost looks like para wings and the SBS sign.

[ozkl]

Can anyone tell me is the pin on his collar some kind of dragon?