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Worn from 1941 until late 1942 when mountain training. Worn on the Service Dress only in the UK
3 (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment RA(SR)
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Regimental arm badge
4 Searchlight Regiment Royal Malta Artillery
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Regimental arm badge
28 (Essex) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge from 1942
32 (7th City of London) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge worn from 1941
34 (The Queen’s Own West Kent) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge and buttons of the 20th London Regiment retained on transfer except 302 Battery who wore RA badges
37 (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge
38 (King’s Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cloth shoulder title
39 (Lancashire Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge & buttons of the Lancashire Fusiliers worn
A supplementary arm title was worn on transfer from the Royal Engineers
40 (The Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge on a Lincoln Green backing
A green diamond was worn on the back of the jacket
42 (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge in silver for officers & white metal for other ranks
A Rifle Green lanyard was worn in place of the white RA one
43 (5th Duke of Wellington’s) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
44 (Leicestershire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge and buttons of the Leicestershire Regiment worn
46 (Lincolnshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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On conversion the Lincolnshire Regiment cap badge was retained
47 (Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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To continue the light infantry connection, a green lanyard was worn by officers, warrant officers and senior nco’s in place of the RA’s white one.
49 (West Yorkshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge
50 (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
51 (Highland) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge
53 (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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On conversion the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers cap badge was retained
55 (Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Permission was requested to use the coat of arms of the Bishop of Durham as an arm badge. The badge was produced and worn although permission was refused and the badge withdrawn
58 (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge 1941
60 (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Middlesex Regiment cap badge & buttons worn with RA collar badges
Regimental arm badge
61 (South Lancashire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Each battery wore an arm badge of the Prince of Wales feathers embroidered in white. 432 Battery had a Salmon Buff background
433 Battery used a Maroon background
434 Battery had a background of Dark Blue
63 (Queen’s) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Wore cap badge & buttons of The Queen’s Regiment
64 (Essex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Wore cap badge & buttons of The Essex Regiment
65 (Essex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Wore cap badge & buttons of The Essex Regiment
68 (Monmouthshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
69 (3rd City of London) Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
The white feather hackle was worn
Officers wore bronze fusiliers collar badges on both service & battledress
Officers & Warrant Officers wore a blue lanyard in place of the white RA one
354 Battery continued to wear their Lancashire Fusilier badges when transferred from 39 Searchlight Regiment
76 Searchlight Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge
8 (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(SR)
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Regimental arm badge
In India & Burma the badge was worn on a Red/Blue Diamond on the slouch hat
53 (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Brass shoulder title believed to be worn in India 1942-45
During the same period officers wore a slip on title
59 (The Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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The Essex Regiment cap badge and buttons were worn
When the regiment was diluted the Basutos were given special permission to wear the Essex badge whilst serving with the regiment
61 (Middlesex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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A title “61 MIDDX RA” embroidered in gold on maroon was worn on the sleeve of the Battledress
No illustration available
65 (The Manchester Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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A regimental arm badge was worn during the war. Illustration is from a written description
66 (Leeds Rifles)(West Yorkshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge worn with RA collar badges
Regimental arm badge – Croix de Guerre ribbon worn on both sleeves
67 (York & Lancaster Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge worn until 1940 when replaced by RA cap badge
Regimental arm badge believed to have been worn
68 (North Midland) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Arm badge adopted by 222 Battery when on Malta
69 (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap badge worn on conversion with RA collar badges
72 (Hampshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Yeomanry cap badge & buttons were worn by the Yeomanry batteries, 217 & 218
At first, RA collar badges were worn on the Service Dress tunic but later these were changed for Yeomanry badges. These were a smaller version of the cap badge. Photos show Service Dress still being worn by OR’s in 1942.
79 (Herts Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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The Herts Yeomanry badge was worn on the collar of Service Dress along with brass “YRA” titles. The RA cap badge was worn on all forms of headdress
82 (Essex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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The arm badge was adopted in mid 1940 when the unit was serving on Gibraltar
86 (Honourable Artillery Company) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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The HAC had their own version of the RA cap badge with H.A.C. replacing Ubique and Arma Pacis Fulcra replacing Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt. The grenade collar badges also had Ubique replaced by H.A.C.
The HAC cloth title was worn at the top of the Battledress sleeve
99 (London Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Shoulder title “London Welsh” yellow on dark blue. Worn until about 1942
121 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge
165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge
10 Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge – introduced April 1943. Worn by all ranks
11 Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge. Also used as a shoulder strap slide.
The same colour was used as a backing for the grenade badge when worn on headdress
51 (Midland) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge worn from 1943. It was also carried on the regimental vehicles
64 (London) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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When the regiment left 4 Corps in 1940 they obtained permission to wear the 4 Corps badge as a regimental badge
In 1944 the regiment gave valuable support to 1 Airborne Division at Arnhem. In recognition, Maj Gen Urquhart gave permission for the regiment to wear the Airborne Pegasus badge on the lower right sleeve of battledress
75 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
Sergeants arm badge worn on top of the chevrons on the right sleeve
Cloth title
76 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
Sergeants arm badge worn on top of the chevrons on the right sleeve
Cloth title
Regimental badge granted in 1945 for support of 2 New Zealand Division in Italy. Carried on the unit flag, it may also have been worn as an arm badge
77 (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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The yeomanry cap and collar badges were retained on conversion
The collar badges were worn on Battledress along with embroidered shoulder titles – DLO YEOMANRY
78 (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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The yeomanry cap and collar badges were retained on conversion
The collar badges were worn on Battledress along with embroidered shoulder titles – DLO YEOMANRY
79 (Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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On conversion the regiment continued to wear the blue bonnet with Scottish Horse cap badge
Officers wore Scottish Horse collar badges (smaller version of cap badge) and brass shoulder titles on service dress.
An embroidered title was worn on Battledress by Officers. Photos of other ranks show the standard Royal Artillery title.
Film shot in Europe in 1945 shows a patch of regimental tartan (Murray of Atholl) worn on the upper arm. Senior NCO’s wear the gun badge above the chevrons on the patch. Other ranks wear any trade or qualification badge on the patch also. These badges are the brass versions.
80 (Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Insignia & Dress identical to 79 (Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment RA(TA) (see above).
It is unknown as yet if the 80th also wore the tartan patch.
84 (Sussex) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge
102 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA(TA)
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Pembroke Yeomanry collar badges worn on Battledress
52 (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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A Pagri badge was worn when in India and the Middle East
53 (Worcestershire & Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Worcestershire Hussars cap & collar badges were worn
54 (Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
A different badge was worn on the GS Cap later in the war, being the original collar badge
55 (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
Officers wore an embroidered version on the side cap
56 (King’s Own) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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On conversion the King’s Own cap badge and buttons were retained but the badge was later replaced by standard RA badges. All ranks continued to wear the King’s Own buttons on Service Dress
Badge worn on the turn up of the Slouch Hat when in Burma
When 223 Battery served independently with 1 Airborne Division in 1941-42 they wore a distinctive shoulder title. It was worn unofficially at the top of both sleeves of the best battledress
In June 1942 the Battery became 1 Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery and the shoulder title was changed. This was changed again in 1943 to the Royal Artillery shoulder title when it came in to general use in the Regiment
59 (Duke of Connaught’s Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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6th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment cap badge was worn (from photographic evidence)
60 (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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On conversion the RA cap badge was worn with RWF brass titles on the shoulder strap
The black 5 ribbon flash of the RWF was worn on the back of the service dress tunic, below the collar
63 (Oxfordshire Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
This continued to be worn by 249 & 251 Batteries after amalgamation with 91 (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment in December 1944
64 (Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
A different badge was worn on the GS Cap later in the war, being the original collar badge
Regimental arm badge, 1943. Worn below the AoS strip, left arm only
In North Africa in 1943 these badges were worn when part of 78 Infantry Division
65 (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
On the GS Cap it was worn on a yellow square
67 Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental arm badge (from 1941)
Wore shoulder strap slip ons in N Africa & Italy with divisional artillery insignia
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86 Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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The Devon Regiment cap badge was retained on conversion (Litchfield and regiments war diary). However photos from 1942 and 1944 show the RA grenade worn on both the Field Service and General Service Caps
Regimental arm badge
91 (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Argyll’s cap badge was worn on the Tam O’ Shanter. Service Dress jackets and the Argyll kilt was worn for walking out.
All distinctions continued to be worn by 144 & 146 Batteries after amalgamation with 63 Anti-Tank Regiment RA in December 1944.
Tam O’ Shanter
Regimental arm badge
Device seen painted on some helmets
93 (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Argyll’s cap badge worn on the Tam O’ Shanter. Service Dress jackets and the Argyll kilt was worn for walking out
Tam O’ Shanter
Regimental arm badge worn with RA title & 5 Corps badge – Italy 1943
Also worn as a shoulder strap slide on the shirt
100 (The Gordon Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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On conversion the regiment retained the Balmoral Bonnet with Gordon Highlanders cap badge and tartan flash and were allowed to wear the kilt for Walking Out Dress
101 Anti-Tank Regiment RA
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On conversion to RA all ranks retained their badges, buttons & shoulder titles
102 (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
149 (Lancashire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Regimental pagri badge worn in the Middle East
220 (Suffolk Yeomanry) Independent Anti-Tank Battery RA(TA)
In 1941 the Battery left 55 Anti-Tank Regiment and became independent until disbanded in 1943. They continued to wear the Loyal Suffolk Hussars cap badge. The badge was also worn by Sergeants as an arm badge on Battledress on the lower right arm
While independent they wore a cloth shoulder title
530 Coast Regiment (Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) RA(TA)
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On conversion the regiment retained their cap badge and black, rifle buttons
52 (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment RA(TA)
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The Regiment wore the RA cap badge with Bedfordshire Yeomanry collar badges.
57 (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment RA(TA)
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All ranks wore the Newfoundland title at the top of the sleeve.
Photos show some soldiers wearing the cloth RA title on the shoulder strap
Photos show some men wearing transfers on their helmets. Some wear a Red/Blue diamond each side others have, in addition , a Caribou head on a red circle on the front. Others still, have the diamond each side with a Caribou head superimposed
59 (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment RA(TA)
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The Regiment wore the same badges as 57 Heavy (see above)
100 (Gordon Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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Cap Badge
Tam O’ Shanter
122 Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA)
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The 2 anti-tank batteries transferred from 100 Anti-Tank Regiment were allowed to retain their Gordon Highlanders insignia and a piper
Cap Badge
Tam O’ Shanter
1 Air Landing Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
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Cap badge worn on a purple square on the maroon parachute beret
Sleeve badges –
Airborne Division patch
“Airborne” designation for non-parachuting troops
53 Air Landing Light Regiment RA
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Cap & collar badge
Regimental arm badge worn on Battledress
