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2nd Battalion badge in the hillside

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Ref No:MR03578
Record No:MRP/5C/48
Date:29 Aug 1933
Date Period:1919_to_1938
Title:2nd Battalion badge in the hillside
Battalion:2nd Battalion
Place:Gebeit, Sudan
Further Information:

The Manchester Regiment badge carved into the Red Sea Hills at Gebeit, in eastern Sudan.  The Fleur-de-Lys was carved by A Company of the 2nd Battalion during their time there in 1933.  This is the reason for 'XCVI' or '96'; the 2nd Battalion had been the 96th Regiment of Foot.

The badge to the left is that of the Coldstream Guards.  The two barely visible to the right are the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

Other badges carved into this hill included those of the South Staffordshire Regiment, the Rifle Brigade and the Royal Irish Fusiliers.

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