Chainsaw Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Grog I know, but that polar bear is the wrong one for 49th West Riding Division :cool: The one in the picture has it's head hanging down, just as the divisions polar bear did when in the UK after the Island tour. But before Normandy a new aggresive polar bear was introduced with its head pointing upwards: Other then that it all looks wonderful! another question, are some of the troops in the pictures wearing MK III turtle helmets? almost looks like it, if so, bloody cool! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Hah, you have some keen eyes if you can make the shape of the head from that amount of pixels! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsaw Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 not very hard to spot the difference if you look at the "aggresive" polar bear in my other picture, you can see the back is totally different 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 The one in the picture has it's head hanging down, just as the divisions polar bear did when in the UK after the Island tour. But before Normandy a new aggresive polar bear was introduced with its head pointing upwards: Too bad. I guess they won't be getting my 35US. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Double post 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 A Yorkshire formation will do me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsaw Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 A Yorkshire formation will do me East Yorkshire Regiment Is the only Yorkshire formation I know of , any more out there that you are aware of? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Uh... please excuse my ignorance, but who are the chaps we are looking at in the new screenshots; Poles, Canadians, and Brits? If so, which is which? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsaw Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 well, its always a bit hard to see really both canadian and polish troops was dressed as British infantry. Normally the biggest difference is on the unit insignias. Canadians had a red or blue square as unit designation on their arms, poles had "poland" shoulder title and 1st polish armed divisions division mark on the arm with different cap badge insignias (i guess) But on the pic above its infantry from 49th Polar bear division West riding, which is a british infantry division. The airborne chaps I cant tell, all the insignias being covered by the denison smock 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsaw Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Just found a picture of polish troops! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Uh... please excuse my ignorance, but who are the chaps we are looking at in the new screenshots; Poles, Canadians, and Brits? If so, which is which? The ones with the polar bear are obviously the north poles :-D 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 East Yorkshire Regiment Is the only Yorkshire formation I know of , any more out there that you are aware of? isn't the 49th West Riding Division a Yorkshire formation? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsaw Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 looks that way actually, West Riding belongs to Yorkshire. never thought of that. (downside with being Swedish, British geografi isn't what it should be ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 looks that way actually, West Riding belongs to Yorkshire. never thought of that. (downside with being Swedish, British geografi isn't what it should be ) Well, i'm in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the 49 is the West Riding of Yorkshire 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Hey, I can do this too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 East Yorkshire Regiment Is the only Yorkshire formation I know of , any more out there that you are aware of? I long ago lost my copy of Brigadier Hubert Essame's "Battle for Germany" (outstanding source material for many an ASL scenario in my youth btw), but ISTR a unit in the S'Hertogenbosch battle in Holland delivering "a typical Yorkshire welcome" to a German counterattack around the rail embankment. Possibly part of the 53rd Welsh or 52nd Lowland Divisions? Perhaps that triggers someone else's memory.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailApe Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 any more out there that you are aware of? The problem with the Yorkshire regiments (apart from the obvious one - being full of Yorkshiremen) is that a few of them don't have 'Yorkshire' in their title, obvious ones being The Green Howards, The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment and The Prince of Wales Own. Personally I think it's a cunning plan to give others a false sense of security until it's too late. Additionally, as in the Polar Bears, the Division isn't the 'West Yorkshire' Div, it's the West Riding Div, and if you don't know that Yorkshire was historically split into three Ridings (North, East and West) then you would be non the wiser with regards to their origins. And, to confuse the issue, 50 Northumbrian Div (who were first onto Gold Beach) 69th brigade were all Yorkshire Regiments. The term 'riding' is of Viking origin and derives from Threthingr meaning a third part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 The term 'riding' is of Viking origin and derives from Threthingr meaning a third part. And I thought Threthingr was just that guy from Life of Brian trying to release another prisoner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsaw Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 The problem with the Yorkshire regiments (apart from the obvious one - being full of Yorkshiremen) is that a few of them don't have 'Yorkshire' in their title, obvious ones being The Green Howards, The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment and The Prince of Wales Own. Personally I think it's a cunning plan to give others a false sense of security until it's too late. Additionally, as in the Polar Bears, the Division isn't the 'West Yorkshire' Div, it's the West Riding Div, and if you don't know that Yorkshire was historically split into three Ridings (North, East and West) then you would be non the wiser with regards to their origins. And, to confuse the issue, 50 Northumbrian Div (who were first onto Gold Beach) 69th brigade were all Yorkshire Regiments. The term 'riding' is of Viking origin and derives from Threthingr meaning a third part. Nice info, thanks The problem with the Yorkshire regiments (apart from the obvious one - being full of Yorkshiremen) is that a few of them don't have 'Yorkshire' in their title, obvious ones being The Green Howards, The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment and The Prince of Wales Own. Personally I think it's a cunning plan to give others a false sense of security until it's too late. Thats the good thing with 53rd Welsh Infantry division. it clearly states its Welsh so you can keep away from it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slysniper Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Totally Groggggy, :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 The ones with the polar bear are obviously the north poles :-D I love the North Pole series 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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