Badges of Army Air Corps & Glider Pilot Regiment Army Air Corps (United Kingdom) The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army, first formed in 1942. There are eight regiments (5 Regular Army, 2 Territorial Army, 1 training) of the AAC as well as five Independent Flights and two Independent Squadrons deployed [...]
Badges of the Special Air Service Special Air Service David Stirling founded the Special Air Service in 1941. The work done by the Special Air Service (SAS) during World War Two was to revolutionise the way wars could be fought and many other special forces were to copy their tactics. The philosophy of the SAS [...]
Badges of the Parachute Regiment “C” Company, 1st Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division June 6-14, 1944 Hugh Harvey Overlord 2008 Tournament Page 1 Order of Battle Company Headquarters Company Commander: Major Bob Hynds (WIA July 7, 1944) Second-in- Command: Captain Hugh Weldon Company Sergeant Major: CSM C. S. McCutcheon [...]
Misc. ww2 badges British Security Coordination was an umbrella organization active during the years 1940 to 1945 which represented MI5, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), the Special Operations Executive (SOE), and the Political Warfare Executive (PWE) throughout North and South America and the Caribbean during World War II. The birth of British Security Coordination On [...]
Misc ww2 Special Force badges The Long Range Desert Group The Long Range Desert Group was formed by Ralph Bagnold in 1940 and played a major part in the Allies victory in North Africa in World War Two. The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) became the forward eyes and ears of the Allies and together [...]