can you help please (REME)
nut
can anyone tell me the story on the REME cap badge and what it and the
colours in the belt mean
please
thank you
daz
nute...@btinternet.com
Nige K
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The original badge was designed in 1942, it consisted of a laurel wreath
with four shields, containing the letters REME, it was surmounted by a
crown. Inside the wreath was a set of callipers.
King George VI approved the design - but reluctantly. After the war, a
competition was held to design a new badge, but a suitable one could not be
found.
Mr Stephen Gooden CBE RA(Royal Academy) produced a design which was
generally accepted. The official description of the badge is:
"Upon a lighting flash, a horse forcene gorged with a coronet of four fleur
de lys, a chain reflexed over its back and standing on a globe. Above a
crown upon a scroll bearing the letters REME."
The horse and chain are symbolic of power under control, the lighting flash,
of electrical engineering. The horse forms part of the crest of the
institution of Mechanical Engineers, together with the lightning flash, it
symbolises the close link between REME and civil institutions. The globe is
indicative of the impact of engineering on the world generally.
The colours of the REME Stable belt were inherited from the 'parent' Corps:
RAOC & RE both use(d) Blue & Red, RASC used Blue, White and Yellow.
REME use Blue, Red and Yellow.
(Source: The REME Manual 1997)
Hope this helps
--
Nige K
Arte et Marte
Murf
"Nige K" <njk...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I just love the corps motto in your sig, an anagram of RETREAT MATE someone
was having a laugh anyway lol
Shawn Sanders
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>
> > --
> > Nige K
> >
> > Arte et Marte
> >
>
> I just love the corps motto in your sig, an anagram of RETREAT MATE
someone
> was having a laugh anyway lol
>
Shawn
Simon North
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>> Hi all
>>
>> can anyone tell me the story on the REME cap badge and what it and the
>> colours in the belt mean
Blue for the sea they never crossed, red for the blood they never
lost, yellow for the streak running down their ... you can guess the
rest. ;-)
Simon North, ex REME avionics.
If God is watching us, the least we can do is be amusing.
shazzbat
You're chained to the job, and to crown it all, you drop a bollock. That's
what I was told anyway.
Shazzbat
DTM
"Simon North" <no...@synopsys.com> wrote in message
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> "nut" <nute...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:b7k62c$cas$1...@titan.btinternet.com...
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> can anyone tell me the story on the REME cap badge and what it and the
> >> colours in the belt mean
>
> Blue for the sea they never crossed, red for the blood they never
> lost, yellow for the streak running down their ... you can guess the
> rest. ;-)
>
> Simon North, ex REME avionics.
>
GlasshouseJohn
> news:b7k62c$cas$1...@titan.btinternet.com...
> > Hi all
> >
> > can anyone tell me the story on the REME cap badge and what it and the
> > colours in the belt mean
> > please
> >
> > thank you
> > daz
Corps:
> RAOC & RE both use(d) Blue & Red, RASC used Blue, White and Yellow.
> REME use Blue, Red and Yellow.
>
Red = Blood never shed
Yellow = The reason why.
As told to me by Troop Sgt.
--
Regards
John H
www.certacito.net
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