Royal Army Educational Corps cap badge

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Title
Royal Army Educational Corps cap badge
Year/Period
1959-1963
Region
Singapore and UK
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 4.9 x 2.3 x 0.6 cm
Accession No.
2024-01006
Credit Line
Gift of Bob Cheah Phee Bok

This cap badge was worn by then-Sergeant Bob Cheah when he was a sergeant teacher in the British Army's Royal Army Educational Corps. While attending officer cadet school in Aldershot in the United Kingdom between 1963 and 1965, Sgt Cheah gave lessons in the evening as a sergeant teacher. He became an officer in 1965 and left British service in 1969 to join the Singapore Armed Forces, where he served until retirement in 1992.