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On 8 February 1916, the 38th was inspected by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda, who forwarded official reports to the British War Office and militia headquarters at Ottawa declaring the unit fit to take its place in the field alongside the finest regiments in the British Army.
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.
Dent was born 0n 4 May 1869, the son of J.D. Bird, a captain in the 20th Hussars.After studying at Wellington and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he took a commission as a second lieutenant in the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on 22 August 1888. [1]
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)
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 ...
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 British Army, in the modern sense of the standing army under the Crown, was formed following the Restoration of King Charles II in 1661. At this point, the small standing forces included the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Troops of Horse Guards and the Royal Regiment of Horse; some of these had been raised in exile and some as part of the New Model Army.