Royal Signals Battledress Pat 1949 ID (pics)

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Hello folks
Mods I think this is the best place for this... It is a milsurp (kind-of).. I'm thinking late 50's vintage?

This Royal Signals Battledress has stumped me.
I'm trying to identify these Division / Brigade patches.
Rank Insignia is WO1

The Rose looks really close to the 55th West Lancashire Infantry Division but the colours don't quite match.

the Red Rose of Lancashire with a double set of five leaves representing the double five of 55. The Divisional vehicle marking did not include the stem and the leaves, and was confined to the Lancashire rose, but again here too the five motif was repeated.

The red triangle? I'm stumped again...

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Sir - the rank is not a WO1. The crown is that of a WO2 and the wreath denotes a trade qualification - Yeoman of Signals [YoS] or SQMS - Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant - or TQMS - Technical QM. The first is a WO2/WO1 title, the second is the title of the signal squadron's boss of tech support, and lastly that of the squadron's own sergeant-major. In the form that you have shown it is worn on a leather bracelet on the right wrist in shirt-sleeve order.

The Rank of WO1 is shown by the wearing of the Royal Cypher - or, as we call it, the 'Tate & Lyle' badge after the symbol on the Tate & Lysle syrup can showing appointment to the the Royal Family.

tac, formerly a WO2 and a WO1
 
Thank you very much tac...
Was the rank convention being applied in the mid to late 1950's?
This rank insignia is on this battledress lower left sleeve - blass rank clip as shown above.
 
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