CKB Ltd 50 x White Lanyard Neck Strap for ID Card/Mobile Phone/Gym Key/Access Pass Holder Loop Clip

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The Sapper one is more toward Navy Blue (but not that dark) and the Signals one is more toward Royal Blue (but not that bright). Latterly as mainly donkey wolloping walts, they used to carry jack knifes, which apparently were held on the saddle but it was stuck in the breast pocket attached to lanyard as it was easier to get at. I have a piccie of one of my great-uncles who was in an Infantry Labour Coy then the Labour Corps wearing one and want to know why.

I even remember one or two of the lads having clasp knives attached, while with the King's Troop RHA and RHA units if my memory serves me correctly. Anyway a lanyard, particulary a white lanyard, seems to be a very commonly worn item of uniform for any soldier regardless of unit. It may surprise some readers that this particular piece of leg pulling is repeated in various forms. and if it is either of these then nobody seemed interested in the breaking of the line of the pocket, even on Speech Day!

Apparantly in earlier days gunners used to attach a knife to it so they could cut the traces of any horse that was killed or injured in a team pulling the guns. I never gave them much thought, though having a white one, as an artilleryman, they were a bu**er to keep clean. Lanyards associated with dress came into use in the late 19th Century, when field guns, such as the 12 and 15 pounders, used ammunition which had fuzes set with a fuze key. Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site, connect with other members through your own private inbox and will receive smaller adverts! For those still plagued by jokers, the simplest answer to this kind of leg pulling is to invite the joker to present his evidence.

In the Regimental Handbook Section 3, Regimental Distinctions lanyards are covered in the Uniform Embellishments section, both the Regimental (maroon) lanyard and the Signal Platoon (white) are covered.That seemed unlikely and in those days (40's and 50's) of battledress iI think they were merely ornaments. They were made of any string type matterel that was around and are shown in the black and white photos as white or a dark colour. In recent times perhaps but in a WW1 front line situation I suspect they were used to anchor all sorts of things.

You can embed or download low-resolution images free of charge for private and non-commercial use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. On WW1 mobilisation all soldiers, infantry included, were issued with a lanyard for the clasp knife. Oh if that was aimed at me personally you must have been one of the many people i have either walked over or dismissed as being a muppet. The Gold stripes in the Gunners Stable belt stem - like the blue scarlet - from the colours of the uniform at the same time the stable belt was introduced. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, such as who made it or used it.I think you'll find that Lanyards originated very much earlier than this and was not even anything to do with the artillery.

The object of this was that every man would have a length of strong cord which might be useful should he be involved in any attempt to escape capture by the enemy. If you have concerns about the language in this record, or you have information to improve it, please share your feedback. IIRC the lanyard worn by French soldiers was green (and red) for soldiers who belonged to a regiment, which as a whole had received the Croix de Guerre, and red for soldiers, whose regiment had received the Légion d'Honneur. Our range now includes custom branded cloth face masks and multi-functional bandanas as well as brandable social distancing and contactless products.

Pygmy' Smallman-Tew encouraged each man to plait himself a lanyard from the camouflaged rigging lines from the parachutes still scattered over the DZ. There is no certainty about this, but the change from the left shoulder to the right probably took place at about the time of the Great War, when a bandolier was introduced, because it was worn over the left shoulder. Ian - it does seem that very often the No 1 on the Lewis Gun wore a lanyard; but there are units where there were no Lewis Guns, and and still these are worn - so it is not clear cut. I am quite happy to believe the yellow stripe, white lanyard and 2 bombs missing stories - even if they are apocryphal.