NO WOUND STRIPES
SERVICE CHEVRONS DROPPED LONDON, November 1. The War Office has decided, as a general principle, against the revival of the custom of wearing wound stripes or service chevrons on the sleeves of Army uniforms as was done in the last war. The wound stripe was a short gold bar fixed vertically above theicuff of the left sleeve of the uniform. Service chevrons were also worn on the sleeve to show the number of years of active service overseas. A red chev- • ron denoted a 1914 soldier who had served overseas; chevrons for subsequent years were blue.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1940, Page 8
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