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  2. Higher formation insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Divisional insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    However, 21st Army Group formations wore their signs when they went to France. [50] The signs shown below were used as vehicle signs and worn on uniform (except where noted). The short-lived 7th Infantry Division did not have a formation sign and that for the 66th Division was designed but never used.

  4. Brigade insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    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 in 1939 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. In May 1940 this was ...

  5. File:British 33rd Armoured Brigade - Tactical Formation Sign.svg

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    The unit was formally known as the 33rd Army Tank Brigade prior to June 1942 when it was redesignated the 33rd Tank Brigade. Finally it was further redesignated as the 33rd Armoured Brigade on 17 March 1944, and fought throughout the North West Europe campaign.

  6. List of British brigades of the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of British Brigades in the Second World War. It is intended as a central place to access resources about formations of brigade size that served in the British Army during the Second World War. List of British airborne brigades of the Second World War (includes airlanding and parachute brigades)

  7. VIII Corps (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire. London: Arms and Armour Press. George Forty, British Army Handbook 1939-1945, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998 (ISBN 0 7509 1403 3). Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi, The British Army in Germany (BAOR and after): An organizational history 1947-2004, Tiger Lily Publications ...

  8. British armoured formations of the Second World War

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    The doctrine of the British Army in 1938 was for Army Tank Brigades, attached as Corps troops, to work with the Infantry divisions and break into the enemy defensive positions. The Mobile Division, supported Territorial Army Motor divisions each of two motorised infantry brigades supported by two artillery regiments but no tanks, was to then to ...

  9. IX Corps (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Maj A.F. Becke, History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-43-6. Cole, Howard (1973). Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire. London: Arms and Armour Press.