Kensington and Chelsea (Borough of)

London – Kensington and Chelsea (Borough of) – National Army Museum (REME)

This is the display of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) corps at the National Army Museum. The REME also have their own museum at RAF Lyneham in God’s own county of Wiltshire, who the National Army Museum co-operates with. The smock in the top-right of the above photo is from the 1980s and the body armour in the bottom-right is from the 2003 Gulf War in Iraq.

A recruitment poster from the 1980s for REME.

'Think REME Gun Fitters'

Not on public display, but this similar poster to the above is on the museum’s web-site.

Cap and badge from the late 1950s.

Cap badge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1954 (c)

A cap badge from the 1950s, from the museum’s study collection.

Uniform patches from the late 1950s.