War Raised Units 1914-1918 Badges
Herefordshire Light Infantry The Herefordshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army from 1861 to 1967. Its heritage survives as a platoon of (E) Company, 4th Battalion the Mercian Regiment. The Regiment had no lineal connection with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot. History The 1st Administrative Battalion, Herefordshire and Radnorshire Rifle Volunteers […]
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 […]