Is a non-infantry corps member entitled to wear the ICB?
Yes, but only if the recipient has been awarded it under the exceptional circumstances provision of the Defence Instruction (Army), whereby the non-infantry member was employed in a primary role as an infantryman. This means where the member is posted to an infantry corps-coded position in an infantry unit, and on operations, gives service, which is indistinguishable from that which entitles an infantryman of the same unit to receive the ICB. The member’s Commanding Officer, in making a recommendation, to the Head of Corps, for the award of the ICB to a non-RAInf member, must certify that the member’s operational service to be indistinguishable as defined in the Defence Instruction (Army).
