20 Apr 2018, 10:38 am
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(19 Apr 2018, 1:23 pm)Pulsar 6117's new livery
50 years of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
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Go North East 6117 by Pulsar Photos, on Flickr[/img]
A strange one to promote.
The regiments it replaced were around a lot longer, with many old timers still insistent that tradition and character were important parts of the Army's regimental system and were lost during amalgamation.
I can see the livery provoking discussion and debate in certain circles.
Conscription or volunteering for your local (county based) regiment, wad almost seen as signing for your local football team, particularly if it was one with a proud history, reputation or legacy.
My Grandad was in the Northumberland Fusilliers during the second world war and saw action across North Africa, Italy and Greece.
Whilst he was fighting the axis and was representing GB forces, he was proud to wear a crest which was home.
Years later when I was a bairn, we saw some fusilliers (probably based out of Fenham Barracks like he had been in years previous). He told me that they were like his regiment. But weren't the same - despite me noticing a physical change in stature when we approached the 'replacement' regiment and his obvious kick-back to routines of old.
'Illegitimis non carborundum'
