Honourable Artillery Company The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII and is the second oldest military organisation in the world (behind the Vatican’s Pontifical Swiss Guard). Today, there is additionally a registered HAC charity whose purpose is to attend to the “better defence of the realm”. This […]
Glengarry Badges 1871-1881 etc
The fur cap badge you shown is the cast brass version of that worm by the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, it was commisioned by RHQ from a manufacturer in Pakistan, being delivered to the Tower of London in January 1980. It replaced a flimsiers truck brass version. The badge is now worn I’m shiny gold […]
Queen’s Lancashire Regiment The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment (30th, 40th, 47th, 59th, 81st and 82nd Regiments of Foot) (QLR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King’s Division. It was formed on 25 March 1970 at Connaught Barracks in Dover through the amalgamation of the two remaining Lancashire infantry regiments, the […]
The London Regiment 5th City of London – 13th Kensington The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform. The Volunteer Force was merged […]
Welsh Guards Badges The Welsh Guards (WG) (Welsh Gwarchodlu Cymreig) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division. Creation in War The Welsh Guards came into existence on February 26, 1915 by Royal Warrant of His Majesty King George V in order to include Wales in the national component to […]
Irish Guards Badges The Irish Guards (IG), part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army. Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities. Restrictions […]
Scots Guards Badges The Scots Guards (SG) is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced as far back as 1642, although it was only placed on the English Establishment (thus becoming part […]