Markgraf Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 A Royal Corps of Signals Field Service Cap I found a handwritten eight-digit number in the liner - it is possible that it's the owner's service number?
peter monahan Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Even likely. Now you just need to find out whether there is a listing of serial numbers for the RSC for that period. I know for WWI there are lists of blocks of numbers assigned to various regiments but not sure how detailed they get and whether or not the same is true for WWII - I suspect not. Perhaps the Signal Corps museum could shed some light if you were to write them.
Odulf Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 According to Brian L. Davis' British Army Uniforms & Insignia of Worl War Two (p.274), this number was assigned to Royal Artillery (reaching from 721,001 / 1,942,000. R.Sigs. numbered 2,303,001 / 2,604,000
Tony Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 It's mentioned on another forum that the General Service Corps had two block numbers - 14005001-14200000 and 14200001-15000000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Service_Corps It seems men of the GSC are specialists in a holding unit waiting for their posting and that the GSC appears to be a wartime only unit. Tony
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