1943 Rank And Badges

RAHroDBOGES IN THE

NAVY, ARMY, EoQoV AND AUXILIARIES A fully coloured guide to the badges worn. by members of His Majesty's Forces More than

300,000

copies Sold

Edited 6y

E . C . TALBOT-BOOTH

Paymr. Lleut.-Corn mandf. R.N .R .

LONDON

GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LTD., 32 FLEET STREET, E.C. PHUP . SON & NEPHEW, LTD. . LIVERPOOL 1943 PRINTED 1N GREAT BRITAIN

LIST OF CONTENTS PAGE

. . . 26 Air Raid Precautions . . . . . . 25 Air-Sea Rescue Service . . . Air Training Corps ... . . . 25 Air Transport Auxiliary . . . 25 Army, Distinguishing Badges, various Corps . . . . .. .. . 16 Army, Officers'Badgesof Rank 14,15

Army, Rank and Appointment Badges of W.O.'s, N.C .O .'s and Men . . . . . . ... 17-19 Army . Skill-at-Arms, Proficiency Badges, etc. ... ... 20,21 Armv, some distinctive 'Stars , 15 Army Air Corps . . . . . . .. . 16 Army Catering Corps . . . .. . 16 16 Army Dental Corps . .. . . . Army Educational Corps . 16 Auxiliary and Miscellaneous Badges . .. . . . ... 25-27 Auxiliary Territorial Service . . . 31 Boys' Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Bay Scouts ... . . . . . . .. . 27 14 British Army Badge ... ... British Legion . . . . . . . . . 26 British Red Cross Society . . . 28 Civil Defence General Services 32 Civil Nursing Reserve . . . . . . 27 Coastguard, H.M . . . . . . . . . . 13

Combined Operations Command 25 Discharged Unfit Badge . . . 26 Entertainments National Service Association ... ... . . . 25 Fleet Air Arm ... ... ... 7 Girl Guides ... ... ... . . . 27 Glider Pilot ... ... ... ... 18 Home Guard . . . . . . ... . . . 21 Mechanised Transport Corps 25 Merchant Navy ... ... ... 12 National Fire Service ... . . . 32 Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes . . . .. . . . . . . . 26 Navy League Sea Cadet Corps 25 Parachute Regiment ... ... 16 Paratroops ... .. . . . . .. . 18 Pioneer Corps . . . . .. .. . 16 Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service .. . 27

PACE

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service . . . ... . . . 28 Reconnaissance Corps . . . ... 16 Red Cross and St. John War Organisation ... ... . . . 29 Royal Air Force, Officers' Badges of Rank, etc. . ... 22,23 Royal Air Force, Badges of W.O 's, N.C.O .'s, etc. . . . 24 R.A .F . Educational Branch . . . 25 Royal Armoured Corps . . . ... 16 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 16 Royal Corps of Signals . . . ... 16 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers . . . . . . .. . . . . 16 Royal Engineers ... ... . . . 16 Royal Marines .. . .. . ... 6 Royal National Lifeboat Institution . .. . . . .. . . .. 26 Royal Navy and Reserves, Badges of Petty Officers and Ratings .. . ... ... . . .7-11 Royal Navy, Examples of FullDress Cuffs . . . . . . .. . .. . 4 Royal Navy, Executive Branch Officers ... . . . . . . . . . 3,4 Royal Navy, Officers of Branches other than Executive 5 Royal Navy, Shoulder Straps on Great Coats . . . . .. .. , 5 Royal Navy Youth Entries . . . 7 Royal Naval Reserve ... ... 6 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 6 Royal Observer Corps . . . . . . 25 Royal Ordnance Factory Workers ... ... ... . . . 26 St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps 29 St. John Ambulance Brigade . . . 29 Special Constabulary ... . . . 26 Territorial Army Nursing Service ... ... ... . . . 27 Voluntary Aid Detachment . . . 28 Women's Auxiliary Air Force 31 Women's Land Army . . . . . . 27 Women's Legion . . . ... . . . 26 Women's Royal Naval Service 30 Women's Transport Service . . . 25 Women's Voluntary Services 27

Grateful acknowledaernent is made to the carious Gouernment departments and other bodles. Also to Messrs . J. R. Gaunt & San, Ltd., forassistance in the compilation of this beak .

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ROYAL NAVY

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EXECUTIVE BRANCH-OFFICERS

White cap-covers for Ogcerq and white cans for ratings are worn on Foreign Stations

REAR-ADMIRAL & COMMODORE 1 at CI . Cap & Badge as 1& 2

Flag OAFaere are those of Rear-Admirai's rank sad above, and who fly a dietenguiekihp A Cam'nado,eJl+aa a brood Pennant far Pandant).

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ROYAL NAVYEXECUTIVE BRANCH--OFFICERS

WARRANT OFFICER Cap d Badge as 11 and 2.

MIDSHIPMAN & CADET flap and Badge oe il and 2 (tButtans only in Jull drew).

EXAMPLES OF FULL-DRESS CUFFS. The foregoing cuffs, and the remainder given on pagas 8 d; 5, are those warn with the undrca=iform . Thethreeexam plee he low, vii., Ad mlrai, Commodore 2nd CI ass, and Warrant. Mass , show the three sty lee of foll4mu cuff with "al ash" as worn by all Commissioned Ofoers. The rows of "dietinotion lace" very in number and style for the different ranks and branohes, exaotly as on the cliffs of undress uniform.

FLAG OFFICERS &COMMODORES 1 et CLASS

COMMODORES,(2ndClass) CAPTAINS & COMMANDERS TO SUB-LIEUTENANT

COMMIS5fONED WARRANT & WARRANT OFFICERS ONLY

'Also Commissioned Office- from Warrant rank,

-ROYAL NAVYOFFICERS, OF OTHER BRANCHES

ACCOUNTANT (PAYMASTER)

ELECTRICAL

INSTRUCTOR

SHIPWRIGHT ORDNANCE & CONSTRUCTORS

Note The ranks for all these Officers tire the same as for Execatlue Officers, with the prgfx of "surgeon "for "8prgean so and so " [ f Ol added for Don tal Ofaers] . "Paymaster so and so "for Accountant, and others as named above. In the case of the Engineer Officers, most are called by Executive ranks, but with ~~E"in brackets afterwards : for instance, Commander (E) . A few Captains and upwards, however, still retain thaformer titles of Engineer Captain, Engineer Rear-A dm ira1. etc . The rank shofuu in all the above drawings is that of Commander. the coloured cloth hetre+een the cold is oelvel .

SHOULDER

STRAPS

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GREAT-COATS

'Officers of lower rank have the same desion Npg1 ; theirshoulder straps as anon e heir sleeves . Engineer and Surgeon Vice and Rear-Admirals and Paymaster acrd Instructor Rear-Admirals have suitably coloured edging-purple, red, white and light blue respertiuelg .

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

;- MARINES :% R0-I`

Can and Radye (is R.N . HiyhesI run k . It . N- H. and R.N. VA . L'ummWore . 2+rd Cluz .+'1 . Half-stripe o.! Lie+rfenaat-Canrmarfdr"r is a rauvU 40rd nrra, and that of Pa rlarrr .yter Lieutenant-Commander has a nurrofu mhife edgintl. The Special 8raneh R.N. V.R. aveor rmeruld yreen treiweerr cold . Officers attached to Sea Cadet Corps wear letters S.C.C. irr rlvld abuce the curl.

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ROYAL NAVY & RESERVES BADGES OF PETTY OFFICERS & RATINGS

GUNNERY RATING CLASS LAYER

3RD

See Notes on page 11 . iHas an "L" below it, and a "Q"for Quarter Rarinp. "C" for Control and "A" for Ant/ -Alrcraft.

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PETTY OFFICER TELEGRAPHIST

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PHYSICAL TRAININ9 INSTeucTUR . ~xB cLASs

REGULATING P.O.

Bee ft" on page 71 . t Applis8 to rnembera of the Air Branch fR.,Y, -* In full, "Physlaal a*d Rerreatienal 7rainipp Instructor."

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ROYAL NAVY & RESERVES BADGES OF PETTY OFFICERS & RATINGS

CHIEF STOKER AND STOKER PETTY OFFICER

CHIEF P.O . ARTISAN

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STOKER AND 15r CLASS

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The badgea shown on pages 8, 9, 10 end 11 ate, wi(A Ike exception of the last three, worn on the WONT arm, and in the ease of chief Pettp Officers or: the front of the collor lapel. lhep are. as shown in the drawings. FED on blue serge or working rig, but are in 9Ll1E on white uniforms, also in GOLD wAen worn on cloth or fall dreaa. The bottom raw ilfustrates LONG SERVICE and 0000 CONDUCT STRIPES ; threw stripes denoting at leant thirteen years, two denoting at least eight years, and Ono at least years, Thess afripes are worn upon the LEFT aim,

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MERCHANT NAVY

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H .M . COASTGUARD

CAP BADGES

INSPECTORS AND HIGHER GRADES Badgen. i

DISTRICT OFFICERS 9ndye us 1

DEPUTY OHIEF INSPECTOR

STATION OFFICERS AND CDASTGUARDSIAEN Bndge .a 2

INSPECTORS BUTTONS

DISTRICT OFFIOFAS AND WNER GRADES

STATION OFFICERS

STATION OFFICERS AND OWTSBROSMEN

COABTOUAR08MEX warno 4raidwr th.mfwuee of their reeferJackets .

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ARMY

OFFIOERS' BADGES OF RANK

Worn on 8eroicewith a plain khaki cloth peaA .

LIEU7-GENERAL P, eadys and Qoflet Putvh as a,U & C .

FIELD-MARSHAL

MAJOR-GENERAL Cup, eadye and Corgel Patolr asa,6&C .

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OFFICERS' BADGES OF RANK

Cup and Badgo of SvGstaniiere Coloasl

GORGET PATCH Substantive Colonel.

Llor1et Potch of

Worn on Service with a plain khaki cloth peak .

Gcrrrret patCltes are worn in di .?e'rent colours.accordlng to the Branch as under : BLUE (b "iuhtl Royal Enprrreer Seroicps : !pale) Education. RED ( sue r1 e t i Gen era/ Staff a nd prdnur+ce . 'cherry) Medical ; (maroon) Veterinary . PURPLE . GREEN, Denial . Chaplain . YELLOW, Pay.

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Metal Rank Distinctions Worn by OAeers are sometimes of a dull bronze colour, but are here shown n .r gilt for greater clearness .

for Officers of rank vw Colonel. Regimental other badge being worn

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LIEUT.-MLONEL

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANT

2ND LIEUT .

SOME DISTINCTIVE "STARS" s . Grenadier Guards, Coldstrean+ Guards and Welsh Guards . b, Scats Guards . c . Irish Guards. d . Rifle Regiments and R. A, Chaplains D opt,

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DISTINGUISHING BADGES OF VARIOUS CORPS

ARMY DENTAL CARPS

RECONRAISANCE CORPS

ROYAL ENGINEERS

ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS

ARMY CATERING CORPS

ROYAL ELEGfMCAI. AM 10M ICAL BBINEER8

ROYAL ARAINREC CWP8

ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

ARMY AIR CORPS

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PARACHUTE REGIMENT - ,

PIONEER CORPS

ARMY EOUCATIORAL CORPS

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RANK & APPOINTMENT BADGES : W.O.'s, N.C .O.'s - & MEN

CONDUCTOR AND STAFF SEROT .-MAJOR. i ST CLASS

R .S.M . & OTHER W.O .'s f ST CLASS

SQUADRON Q.M .S . & 11OIMPANY Q.M .S.

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ASSIST INSTRUCTOR OF SIGNALLING

GLIDER PILOT

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RUYAL AIR FURCE OFFICERS' BADGES OF RANK

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AIR CHIEF MARSHAL

AIR-MARSHAL

AIR VICE-MARSHAL

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AIR-COMMODORE

Note .- On greut-coots dlsrji+rtions ore ""'" shoulder-strops . GROUP CAPTAIN + worn on

WING-COMMANDER AND OTHER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (See page .23)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICERS' RANK BADGES ; "WINGS," ETC .

SQUADRON LEADER

fLICHT-LIEUTENANT

FLYING OFFICER

PILOT OFFICER

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CHAPLAIN-CAP BADGE

Cpunr 8ndge is similar, but without the +mperml Pram

AIR-GUNNER

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DENTAL COLLAR BADGE

MEDICAL OFFICER COLLAR BADGE

tHote.--Pilot's "winys"are worn Ay Army Officers nttorhad to the Army Co- nperaCon Squadrons who have obtained their aertifrcates, also by rsN officers ROW seruiny in any 8ewiee, who won the "~uiaga" during the Orevt Wnr.

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AUXILIARY MISCELLANEOUS

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AIR TRAINING

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AUXILIARY & MISCELLA NEOUS ~R1T

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QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROYAL NAVAL NURSING SERVICE

VOLUNTARY AID DETACHIIIEAT

MOBILE BADGE

IMMOBILE BADGE

1 TheMatron's badge is as 'A,' but with only One surrounding hand of gold ; the superintending $irter'a badgr hae one band of red; the Nursing $iatels, no band.

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE

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CAP (Y .U,'s & PRIVATES) CAP BADGE

D18TRIOT OR DOUIITY BERGEART-UJOR

SURSECR-IN-CHIEF

A8818TANT BIJRBEDII-IA-CHIEF

BADGE OF THE

RED CROSS & ST. JOHN WAR ORGANISATION

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DISTRICT OR OOUUTY DFFIOER

DIVISMAL SURSEOII & SUPEAIHfERUM

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ST . ANDREW'S AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION

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CAP BADGE

CHIEF SENIOR " COMMANDER OOMMANDER

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WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

SQUADRON OFFICER

FLIGM OFFICER

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ASSISTANT SECTION OFFICER

Cap Badges are as in the R. A- F. . and the above and all other Slesvc Rings agree with carreshonding Ranhs in the N.A .F.

UNIFORM

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NATIONAL

CHIEF REGIONAL OFFICER

CAP BADGE

COLUMN OFFICER

SENIOR COMPANY OFFICER

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FIRE FORCE . D01IIIIIARDER

OOIIPARY OFFICER

SERVICE

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SECTION LEADER

DIVISIONAL OFFICER

LEAOIIIA FIREMAN

CIVIL DEFENCE GENERAL SERVICES SMOLDER 7M FOR O.D. RESCUE SERYWE

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BREAST BADGE

A local marking (e.g . the name of the town) in qold ooiour can be worn below the brooat badge if chaired by the local authority.

HEAD WARDER

(IM LOMROM,POST WARDEN) Cheurona, two or more in number, worn above the elbow, are issued to- all junior aupervlaary grade., aumotime. popularly deaodW as N. 0, O,'s .

8erlikN "Warden "' "Ambulance" "Fire! Aid Poet" "First Aid Party" (in London,"8tretche,Party

"Uecontamlnation " "Yeaaenger" ' Report and Control" "8.1.0 ."IOut IdentifeationSeruiae)

CONTROLLER

SIMIMP barn, warn belowshoulder MIN, and aarying In number amd thioknwe, are mum by all Sealpr Gfaere.

C.G, Steel Helmets.-The helmets of both enter and senior aupemlaory o~leen are palatod white, with the exooption of those worn 6y oat Identlpoation P~kera, whicA pre yellow.

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