Rhinoceros Flag

My father brought this flag home in 1957 or 58 as a souvenir of his military service.  He was in the 22nd Field Engineer Regiment of the Royal Engineers and was stationed at Prinn Barracks in Tripoli in Libya.  He says the flag was that of the 10th Armoured Division  (of the British Army) which was being disbanded at the time.  A web search suggests he might be mistaken in this: the 10th Armoured Division was apparently disbanded in 1944 and their divisional sign was a fox's mask, not a rhinoceros.  The rhino was the sign of the 1st Armoured Division, but that was disbanded in 1945 (but reformed in 1976).  Anyhow, this flag was part of my home environment for as long as I can remember.  When my sister Thomasin was born at home my father hung it out of a window in celebration.  Several years later our first cat gave birth to kittens on it.  It has gathered a few holes and a bit of mildew over the years, but I it seems to have survived rather well.

Comments

[Aydin]

Seems like a flag some conservation organization would use rather than an army division.

[S Haywood]

I was in 17 field Sqn,22nd field engineer regiment 'RE from 1955 to 1957,during that time the regiment was in Gialo barracks,just outside Tripoli on the road to Garian,not Prinn barracks, 6field park Sqn was in the annex on the opposite side of the road.incidentally I never heard of Prinn barracks.S Haywood