Archive for category British Overseas Territories

356: Arab Legion, Aden Levies, Palestine Regt, RAF Armd Car Coy

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Sunday, 27 February, 2011

356: Arab Legion, Aden Protectorate Levies, RAF Armd Car Coy
The Number 2 Armoured Car Company RAF was a military unit of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) which was part of Habforce and Kingcol during World War II.
Creation
On 7 April 1922, “Number 2 Armoured Car Company RAF” was formed at Heliopolis in the Kingdom of Egypt. The company was placed under the command [...]


14: RAF Levies Iraq, RAF Iraq etc

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Sunday, 27 February, 2011

The Iraq Levies
Badges and Insignia
The Iraq Levies started life as a small unit of 80 horsemen called the Muntafiq Horse or Arab Scouts raised during the Great War. From the time of it’s first formation until it was formalised in 1919 it went under a number of names and its history is to say the [...]


355: RAF Iraq Levies (Assyrian Levies)

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Sunday, 27 February, 2011

The story about the RAF Levies Iraq (Assyrian) by Gaby Kiwarkis and his web site is worth to visit and most of the pictures used is from his gallery.
http://assyrianlevies.info/home.php

1915- Major J I Eadie, Special service officer in the Muntafiq Division in Mesopotamia, recruited forty mounted Arabs from the tribes round Nasiriyeh, for duty under the [...]


342: Gurkha Badges for sale

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Thursday, 13 January, 2011

Gurkha Badges for sale


180: British Colonies & Protectorates Badges part 3:3

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Saturday, 27 November, 2010

British Colonies & Protectorates Badges part 3


179: British Colonies & Protectorates Badges part 2:3

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Saturday, 27 November, 2010

British Colonies & Protectorates Badges part 2
Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps was a regiment attached to the Ceylon Defence Force which was the predecessor to the Sri Lanka Army prior to 1949 when the Ceylon Army was formed. It was a volunteer (reserve) regiment based in Kandy, made up of only Europeans, who [...]


178: British Colonies & Protectorates Badges part 1:3

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Saturday, 27 November, 2010

British Colonies & Protectorates Badges part 1


77: Unknown badges comments needed

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Monday, 22 November, 2010

Unknown badges comments needed


48: Royal Air Force Squadron badges

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Sunday, 21 November, 2010

Royal Air Force Squadron badges


47: RAF, Ferry/Transport Cmd, BOAC & Free Air Forces ww2

Posted by Niels B Pedersen on Sunday, 21 November, 2010

Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force ww1 & ww2 cap badges 
Free Polish Air force in the West 1939-1945
Further information: Polish Air Force order of battle in 1939
Further information: Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain
The Polish Air Force first fought in 1939 Invasion of Poland. Significantly outnumbered and with its fighters outmatched by more [...]