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Re: The Infantry Sash
Posted by Jim CSM from Cornwall On Canada on December 15, 1999 at 22:55:18:
In Reply to: Re: The Infantry Sash posted by CSM on December 14, 1999 at 14:44:24:
This was a subject of much debate on my QL7 9303at CTC Gagetown. As I have been told, one of the original jobs of the Infantry Senior NCO was casualty evacuation. This accounts for the red or crimson for MWO/CWO colour of blood of the fallen. Additionally, the sash has 88 tails, one for each soldier in an old line company. As the casualties were collected off the battlefield, the senior NCO collecting the casualty would knot one tail per casualty. At the end of the day, all the Company Senior NCO‘s would assemble and add thier knots. So would be the parade state of the fallen for this day.
If you get in contact with CSM Seaver, tell him i have a beer waiting.
Posted by Jim CSM from Cornwall On Canada on December 15, 1999 at 22:55:18:
In Reply to: Re: The Infantry Sash posted by CSM on December 14, 1999 at 14:44:24:
This was a subject of much debate on my QL7 9303at CTC Gagetown. As I have been told, one of the original jobs of the Infantry Senior NCO was casualty evacuation. This accounts for the red or crimson for MWO/CWO colour of blood of the fallen. Additionally, the sash has 88 tails, one for each soldier in an old line company. As the casualties were collected off the battlefield, the senior NCO collecting the casualty would knot one tail per casualty. At the end of the day, all the Company Senior NCO‘s would assemble and add thier knots. So would be the parade state of the fallen for this day.
If you get in contact with CSM Seaver, tell him i have a beer waiting.
