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The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two [b] regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve ...
British Army unit insignia Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. B. British Army brigade insignia (1 P, 3 F)
Discontinued by the regular army after 1918, only a few Territorial divisions continued to wear them before 1939. Reintroduced officially in late 1940 in the Second World War , divisional formation signs were much more prevalent on uniforms and were taken up by many other formations, independent brigades, corps, armies, overseas and home ...
This is the category age for badges and patches of British Army units which are smaller than Brigades. For brigade insignia, see: British Army Brigade insignia Media in category "British Army unit badges"
All units within the British Army service are either Regular (full-time) or Army Reserve (full-time or part-time), or a combination with sub-units of each type. Naming conventions of units differ for traditional British historical reasons, creating a significant opportunity for confusion; an infantry battalion is equivalent to a cavalry regiment.
British Army unit insignia (4 C, 2 P) British military specialty badges (1 P) R. Royal Air Force crests (4 C, 1 P, 33 F) Royal Navy ship's badges (2 C, 78 F)
Same as the standard insignia for WO2's. None Standard British Army rank Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant, Company quartermaster sergeant: Sergeant Corporal: Lance corporal Private † Lance corporals wear two chevrons rather than one (allegedly because Queen Victoria did not like the look of only one chevron)
Listed in the table below are the insignia—emblems of authority—of the British Army. Badges for field officers were introduced in 1810 and the insignia was moved to the epaulettes in 1880. On ceremonial or parade uniforms these ranks continue to be worn on the epaulettes, either as cloth slides or as metal clips, although on the modern ...