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Tactical recognition flash (TRF) is the British military term for a coloured patch worn on the right arm of combat clothing by members of the British Army, [1] Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. A TRF serves to quickly identify the regiment or corps of the wearer, in the absence of a cap badge .
In the British Army, ACI 1118 specified that the design for the formation sign should be approved by the general officer commanding the formation and reported to the War Office. [31] A further order of December 1941 (ACI 2587) specified the material of the uniform patch as printed cotton (ordnance issue), this replaced the embroidered felt (or ...
Royal Artillery Officers uniform, 1825 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loader (RML) gun on Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. The regiment was involved in all major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars; in 1804, naval artillery was transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery, while the Royal Irish Artillery lost its separate status in 1810 after the 1800 Union.
Second corporal: Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps rank until 1920, equivalent to lance-corporal but a substantive instead of an acting rank. Bombardier: until 1920, when it became equivalent to corporal, a rank in the Royal Artillery equivalent to a second corporal.
The formation patch worn by the 2nd Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery, a component of II Canadian Corps. The formation patch worn by the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during World War II. By the time of the Second World War , the various armies did not feel a perceived need to identify individual battalions on battledress uniforms.
Officers and NCOs of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service (since 2005) and former Hellenic Gendarmerie. Commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of Malta; Royal Life Guards (Denmark) Brazilian artillery troops; Master gunnery sergeant insignia of the US Marine Corps; United States Army Ordnance Corps; Romanian ...
8 (Alma) Commando Battery Royal Artillery – Commando trained L118 gun battery based at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth; 79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery Royal Artillery – is a Commando trained L118 gun battery based at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth. It is also responsible for preparing soldiers and officers for attendance of the All Arms Commando Course.
A French Line Infantry grenadier with red facings and a voltigeur with yellow facings (c.1808). A facing colour, also known as facings, is a common tailoring technique for European military uniforms where the visible inside lining of a standard military jacket, coat or tunic is of a different colour to that of the garment itself.