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This is the category page for Cap badges of the British Army. Media in category "British Army Cap badges" The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total.
During the First World War the British Armed Forces was enlarged to many times its peacetime strength. This was done mainly by adding new battalions to existing regiments (the King's Royal Rifles raised a total of 26 battalions).
Cavalry regiments of the British Army in World War I (2 C, 51 P) Cheshire Regiment (2 C, 18 P) D. Devonshire Regiment (2 C, 33 P) E. East Lancashire Regiment (2 C, 16 P)
Machine Gun Guards, other ranks cap badge, 1917–18. The Guards Machine Gun Regiment was a regiment of the British Army, formed for service in the First World War.. When the Guards Division was formed in August 1915, it included three machine gun companies, with a fourth added in March 1917. [1]
The division was to relieve Regular Army units of the 29th Division holding the left of the line. 7th Gloucesters was in reserve, then on 16–17 July B and C Companies went into the firing line attached to 9th Bn Worcestershire Regiment. The whole battalion relieved 9th Worcesters on 18 July, and were relieved in turn by 9th Worcesters on 21 ...
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. [51] 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 ...
Establishment and Strength of the British Army (excluding Indian native troops stationed in India) prior to August, 1914. By the First World War, the British military forces (i.e., those raised in British territory, whether in the British Isles or colonies, and also those raised in the Channel Islands, but not the British Indian Army, the military forces of the Dominions, or those of British ...
World War II British battledress arm of service (corps) colours. By the start of the Second World War, the British Army prohibited all identifying marks on its Battle Dress uniforms save for drab (black or white on khaki) regimental or corps (branch) slip-on titles, and even these were not to be worn in the field.