Colour Patches of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)

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• Patches were worn by every soldier on the upper sleeve/s of service tunics and greatcoats.

• Patches were of compressed felt.

• The patch system varied from Australia's but the basics were similar.
  • The Division was indicated by the colour of the large rectangle.
    • Red was 1st Division
    • Blue was 2nd Division
    • French Grey was 3rd Division
    • Green was 4th Division
  • The Brigade was indicated by the colour of the upper section.
    • Green was the first Brigade in that Division
    • Red was the second Brigade in that Division
    • Blue was the third Brigade in that Division
  • The Battalion was indicated by the shape of the upper section.
    • A circle indicates the first Bn in that Brigade
    • A semi-circle indicates the second Bn in that Brigade
    • A triangle indicates the third Bn in that Brigade
    • A square indicates the fourth Bn in that Brigade
• Divisional corps troops (Signals etc) wore only the large rectangle.
  • Divisional Engineers wore it surmounted by "C.E.".
  • Machine gun units wore it surmounted with a forward pointing arrow.
  • TM stood for Trench Mortar
  • MT stood for Motor Transport