Results 11 to 20 of 24
Discuss London Jocks at the Just TA forum within the The Army Rumour Service website; Yes, it is....
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks-
03-11-2009, 18:11 #11Senior Member
- Join Date
- Jul 2003
- Posts
- 10,443
Re: London Jocks
Yes, it is.
Bravo Bravo sets himself a depressingly low standard which he consistently fails to achieve.
-
03-11-2009, 18:31 #12Senior Member
- Join Date
- Nov 2004
- Posts
- 2,558
Re: London Jocks
Kilts. My Great Uncle Jack was at Messines in the London Jocks. He said they used to have to wear big leather kilt covers over them to keep the mud off!
Originally Posted by OldSnowy
And as a Reward, today you get to share your (quite stunning) Drill Hall with the FANY
Seriously, the TA did themselves proud, and none more so than the London Scottish. Incidentally, did they go into action in Kilts or Trousers?PRISTINAE VIRTUTIS MEMOR
Discipline: Discipline is the sacrifice of a man's comforts, inclinations, safety, even life for others, for something greater than himself. It is the refusal to be the weak link in the chain that snaps under pressure.
-
03-11-2009, 18:39 #13Senior Member
- Join Date
- Jul 2003
- Posts
- 10,443
Re: London Jocks
My bad - Guards TRF; ToS, etc, as appropriate. Originally Posted by Bravo_Bravo
Sorry for any panic caused...
Bravo Bravo sets himself a depressingly low standard which he consistently fails to achieve.
-
03-11-2009, 18:44 #14Senior Member
- Join Date
- Jul 2003
- Posts
- 132
Re: London Jocks
No. TRF and, for officers, garter rank stars only. Headdress remains ethnic apart from AGC/REME etc. Originally Posted by BuggerAll
Not sure the jock badge would fit on a beret anyway! (unless you had a really large head...)
-
03-11-2009, 18:45 #15Senior Member
- Join Date
- Nov 2004
- Posts
- 6,422
Re: London Jocks
There are canvas kilt covers in the Regimental Museum at 95 but I've not seen or heard of leather kilt covers. Originally Posted by Queensman
Kilts. My Great Uncle Jack was at Messines in the London Jocks. He said they used to have to wear big leather kilt covers over them to keep the mud off! Originally Posted by OldSnowy
And as a Reward, today you get to share your (quite stunning) Drill Hall with the FANY
Seriously, the TA did themselves proud, and none more so than the London Scottish. Incidentally, did they go into action in Kilts or Trousers?
BTB: Anyone who has not visited the London Scottish Museum should do so. Its open most days although its probably advisable to telephone in advance.A DEAD STATESMAN
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
Kipling: EPITAPHS 1914
-
03-11-2009, 18:47 #16Senior Member
- Join Date
- Nov 2004
- Posts
- 6,422
Re: London Jocks
I think he was using a Sporran Badge. Bearing in mind that I'm a fat middle ages bloke in the middle of a PFT... T'was definitely an LS badge on a Guards Beret. Originally Posted by London_Jock
No. TRF and, for officers, garter rank stars only. Headdress remains ethnic apart from AGC/REME etc. Originally Posted by BuggerAll
Not sure the jock badge would fit on a beret anyway! (unless you had a really large head...)A DEAD STATESMAN
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
Kipling: EPITAPHS 1914
-
03-11-2009, 19:09 #17Senior Member
- Join Date
- Nov 2005
- Posts
- 316
Re: London Jocks
BA - its a possibility, there was a member of the battalion wearing such when he started FTRS with the Irish Guards. I understand that he is now wearing an Irish Guards capstar.
-
03-11-2009, 20:04 #18Senior Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2006
- Posts
- 1,659
Re: London Jocks
Panic is the right word - I was just about to launch into the most enormous rebuttal Originally Posted by Bravo_Bravo
My bad - Guards TRF; ToS, etc, as appropriate. Originally Posted by Bravo_Bravo
Sorry for any panic caused...
:D
The stopped clock of The Belfast Telegraph seems to indicate the
time
Of the explosion - or was that last week's? Difficult to keep
track:
Everything's a bit askew, like the twisted pickets of the
security gate, the wreaths,
That approximate the spot where I'm told the night patrol
went through.
'Gate' by Ciaran Carson
-
03-11-2009, 22:00 #19Senior Member
- Join Date
- Jun 2004
- Posts
- 1,600
Re: London Jocks
Great phots.
Lending tone, dash and colour to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.
-
04-11-2009, 10:26 #20Senior Member
- Join Date
- Jul 2003
- Posts
- 10,443
Re: London Jocks
Thinking through, its quite possible that what was seen was on eof the Londons PWRR-capbadged blokes; their headdress is similar in colour to that of the Guards, and being Londons the PWRR guys wear the Guards TRF.
Bravo Bravo sets himself a depressingly low standard which he consistently fails to achieve.
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks