A superb - full matching - set of shoulder badges to the Beach Groups Royal Engineers & 8th GHQ Troops Engineers

This is a great - full matching set - of shoulder badges to the Beach Groups Royal Engineers & 8th GHQ Troops Engineers. Beach Groups were amphibious formations composed of specialist units of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The naval element comprised RN Signals and Commandos and the RAF component provided a balloon barrage section for the defence of the beaches and specialists in the preparation of forward airstrips. The Army provided the bulk of the force, in the form of an infantry battalion for the seizing of the beach and the defence of the perimeter. The RE element comprised Field Companies, Mechanical Equipment Platoons, a Stores Section, plus Transportation units. The RASC provided General Transport Companies with DUKWs, a Detail Issue Depot and Petrol supply unit. Also in cluded were an RAMC unit, CMP traffic control, a REME Recovery Section and Pioneer Companies. Beach Groups first operated in the Sicily landings (Husky) in 1943, at which time they may have been known as "Beach Bricks". The same badge was worn by a specfic unit, 8th GHQ Troops Engineers. This unit was formed in 1940 as 8th Chemical Warfare Group RE, converting to GHQ Troops RE in 1943. They formed part of the Beach Group organization for Normandy. They later assumed normal GHQ Troops duties in 21 Army Group but continued to wear this badge. This set of badges is in a perfect removed from uniform condition.

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