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Navy & Army Canteen Board The NACB (1917 to 1921) was a central organisation that managed canteen services and procured food supplies for the British armed forces at home. The origins of the NACB arose from allegations and complaints about the varying standards of regimental catering. Prior to 1914 individual regiments were responsible for their [...]

The Royal Flying Corps had wings on the left breast, but the Royal Naval Air Service only had a small pair of wings on the left arm cuff to distinguish them as aircrew. Many of the RNAS personnel had wings made up in the local workshops which they wore as per RFC. These wings were [...]

Royal Naval Division badges 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. 1914-1919. The Naval Division was formed in August 1914. The Admiralty realized that with the mobilization they would have between 20-80,000 men of the Reserve, for whom there would not be room an any ship of war. This surplus would be sufficient to form two naval Brigades [...]