Newspaper report on the death of Wifred Hall, brother of Tom Hall
Date: 05/11/2012
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In the Royal Marines the term ‘Heavy Weapons’ meant either
1 3 inch Mortar
2 .303 inch Vickers Machine Gun (MMG)
3. Assault Engineers
The Mortar Men and MMG Gunners would wear the sleeve badge HW in a Wreath. One star means 3rd Class, Two stars 2nd Class and a Crown over the letters First Class by which time the man would probably be a SNCO. An Assault Engineer would wear AE in the same sequence. Nowadays there are Anti-Tank Marines, who wear the same HW badge. They would all be in Support Troop/Company.
Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 13:51:46 EDT
In the Royal Marines the term ‘Heavy Weapons’ meant either
1 3 inch Mortar
2 .303 inch Vickers Machine Gun (MMG)
3. Assault Engineers
The Mortar Men and MMG Gunners would wear the sleeve badge HW in a Wreath. One star means 3rd Class, Two stars 2nd Class and a Crown over the letters First Class by which time the man would probably be a SNCO. An Assault Engineer would wear AE in the same sequence. Nowadays there are Anti-Tank Marines, who wear the same HW badge. They would all be in Support Troop/Company.
Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 13:51:46 EDT