North Staffordshire Regiment The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was in existence between 1881 and 1959. It can date its lineage back to 1756 with the formation of a second battalion by the 11th Regiment of Foot, which shortly after became the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) […]
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Monmouthshire Regiment The Monmouthshire Regiment was a territorial infantry regiment of the British Army. Originating in units of rifle volunteers formed in Monmouthshire in 1859, the regiment served in the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First and Second World Wars before losing its separate identity in 1967. Origins Units of rifle volunteers were formed throughout […]
Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey The Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey was formed in 1337 and can claim to be the oldest regiment of the British Army, although, because it is a Militia regiment, and was disbanded for some years in the late 20th Century, it is not the most […]
Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and the109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). The 100th Foot was first raised in 1763 and the […]
Gloucestershire Regiment The Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed “The Glorious Glosters”, the regiment carried more battle honours on their Regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment. Origins & early history The origins of the regiment lie in the regiment formed in Portsmouth in 1694 by Colonel […]
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath’s Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10 Regiment of Foot. After the Childers Reforms of 1881, it became […]
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Badges of Air Training Corps, Observer corps etc Royal Air Force Police Auxiliaries For around 70 years between the mid 1920’s and 90’s, the RAF Police were assisted in various locations around the world by a variety of locally recruited auxiliary guards and watchmen. In 1947 the status of these auxiliary units was formalised and […]
RAF trade and misch badges Patchfinder badge Royal Air Force This is the correct pattern for the RAF Royal Air Force AWARD badge for members of the Pathfinder Force. The RAF and other Commonwealth countries use a similar eagle badge widely for various applications , cap and sleeve badges, even sweetheart items. It was also used […]