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Military Badges
Collected by George Samuel Spencer Dickens between 1949 and 1977
These badges were collected by my Grandfather between 1949 and 1977
Corps and Services Royal Air Force Armoured Divisions and Royal Artillery
Cavalry Infantry - Rifles Infantry - Airbourne
Infantry - Light Infantry - English Regiments Irish Regiments
Welsh Regiments Scottish Regiments Commonwealth
Miscellaneous Unidentified
Corps and Services
<b>Army Service Corps (WW I)</b><br />The Army Service Corps was responsible for the general infrastructure such as land, coastal and lake transport; supply of food, water and fuel and general stores (except ammunition) that the other services needed to operate.<br>In 1918 the corps received the 'Royal' prefix for its service in the First World War and became the Royal Army Service Corps
Army Service Corps (WW I)
 <b>Royal Army Service Corps. (King's Crown - George 6th)</b><br />The Royal Army Service Corps was responsible for the general infrastructure such as land, coastal and lake transport; supply of food, water and fuel and general stores (except ammunition) that the other services needed to operate.<br>It gained it's 'Royal' prefix in 1918 for its service in the First World War and in 1865 it was merged with the Transportation and Movement Control Service of the Royal Engineers to become the Royal Corps of Transport
Royal Army Service Corps. (King's Crown - George 6th)
 <b>Army Veterinary Corps (1903 - 1918)</b><br />The Army Veterinary Service was founded in 1796 after public outrage concerning the death of Army horses.<br>By the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the A.V.S. had become the Army Veterinary Corps.<br>It subsequently became the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in 1918
Army Veterinary Corps (1903 - 1918)
 <b>General Service Corps</b><br />The General Service Corp's main function is to act as a holding unit for specialists who have not been assigned to other units or corps These are primarily reservists and the General Service Corps is usually only active in wartime.
General Service Corps
<b>Machine Gun Corps</b><br />The Machine Gun Corps was formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in World War I.<br>The Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps were the first to use tanks in combat and the branch was subsequently turned into the Tank Corps and, later, the Royal Tank Regiment.<br>The Machine Gun Corps was disbanded in 1922.
Machine Gun Corps
 <b>Pioneer Corps (also known as Labour Corps during WW1)</b><br />Originally formed in 1762, the Royal Pioneer Corps has had a very disjointed history.<br>Disbanded in 1763, it was reformed as the Army Works Corps in 1855 only to be disbanded again in 1856.<br>During the First World War it was known as the Labour Corps and was disbanded again in 1920.<br>In 1939 it was reborn as the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps which in 1940 became the Pioneer Corps, then in 1946, The Royal Pioneer Corps.<br>In 1950 it ceased to be an Auxiliary Corps and was placed on regular establishment.<br>In 1993 it was amalgamated with Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Catering Corps, and the Postal and Courier Service of the Royal Engineers to form the Royal Logistic Corps.
Pioneer Corps (also known as Labour Corps during WW1)
 <b>Reconnaissance Corps</b><br />The Reconnaissance Corps was a very short-lived, elite corps of the British Army.<br>Formed from Infantry Brigade Reconnaissance Groups in 1941 it became part of the Royal Armoured Corps in 1944 although it still maintained its own cap badge with two lightning strikes supporting an upright spear.
Reconnaissance Corps
 <b>Royal Army Medical Corps (King's Crown)</b><br />From 1660 to 1898 medical services were provided to the British Army by a Medical Officer (or Regimental Surgeon) with a Warrant Officer as his Assistant Surgeon appointed to each regiment, which also provided a hospital.<br>This regimental basis of appointment for Medical Officers continued until it was abolished in 1873.<br>The Royal Army Medical Corps was formed in 1898 when officers and soldiers providing medical services were incorporated into one body.
Royal Army Medical Corps (King's Crown)
<b>Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Pre 1947)</b><br />The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was formed in 1918 from the amalgamation of the Army Ordnance Department and the Army Ordnance Corps although it's roots can be traced back to 1875 when the Control Department was disbanded and its members were divided between two new departments: the Commissariat and Transport Department (which later became the Royal Army Service Corps) and the Ordnance Store Department.<br>It was amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993.
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Pre 1947)
 <b>Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME)</b><br />The Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers is responsible for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger tanks to cooking utensils.<br>It was formed in 1942, prior to which, maintenance of these items was the responsibility of several different corps such as the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (weapons and armoured vehicles) and the Royal Corps of Signals (communications equipment).
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME)
 <b>Royal Engineers (George 5th)</b><br />Commonly known as 'The Sappers', the Royal Engineers provide technical support to the British Armed Forces.<br>The Royal Engineers claim over 900 years of unbroken service to the crown and can trace their origins back to the military engineers brought to England by William the Conqueror.<br>The modern origins however, lie in the Board of Ordnance established in the 15th century. In 1717 the Board established a Corps of Engineers and in 1787, the Corps of Engineers was granted the Royal prefix.
Royal Engineers (George 5th)
 <b>Royal Signals (Pre 1947)</b><br />The Royal Corps of Signals is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems, providing command support to commanders and their headquarters, and conducting electronic warfare against enemy communications.<br>Originally a troop ('C' Telegraph Troop) of the Royal Engineers (formed in 1870), the Royal Engineers Signal Service came into being in 1908 and then the Royal Corps of Signals proper was formed in 1920 by Royal Warrant signed by the then Secretary of State for War, Winston Churchill.
Royal Signals (Pre 1947)
<b>Royal Signals (Post 1947)</b><br />The Royal Corps of Signals is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems, providing command support to commanders and their headquarters, and conducting electronic warfare against enemy communications.<br>Originally a troop ('C' Telegraph Troop) of the Royal Engineers (formed in 1870), the Royal Engineers Signal Service came into being in 1908 and then the Royal Corps of Signals proper was formed in 1920 by Royal Warrant signed by the then Secretary of State for War, Winston Churchill.
Royal Signals (Post 1947)
Royal Air Force
<b>The Royal Air Force (King's Crown)</b><br />Founded on 1 April 1918, the Royal Air Force is the oldest independent air force in the world.<br>It was formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
The Royal Air Force (King's Crown)
Armoured Divisions and Royal Artillery
<b>The Royal Tank Corps</b><br />The Royal Tank Corps is now known as the Royal Tank Regiment and is actually made up of two separate regiments (the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment).<br>It's formation followed the invention of the tank which was first used by the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps at Flers in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.<br>On 28 July 1917 the Heavy Branch was separated by Royal Warrant from the rest of the Machine Gun Corps and given official status as the Tank Corps.<br>In 1923 it was given the 'Royal' prefix by Colonel-in-Chief King George V.
The Royal Tank Corps
 <b>Royal Artillery (King's Crown)</b><br />The title 'Royal Artillery' was first used in 1720 to describe two companies of field artillery, each 100 men strong raised at Woolwich.<br>On 1 April 1722 the two companies were increased to four and grouped with independent artillery companies at Gibraltar and Minorca to form the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Royal Artillery (King's Crown)
 <b>Royal Artillery</b><br />The title 'Royal Artillery' was first used in 1720 to describe two companies of field artillery, each 100 men strong raised at Woolwich.<br>On 1 April 1722 the two companies were increased to four and grouped with independent artillery companies at Gibraltar and Minorca to form the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Royal Artillery
Cavalry
<b>2nd King Edward's Horse</b><br />The 2nd King Edward's Horse was formed in 1914 and is not connected to King Edward's Horse in any way.<br>In Jun 1916 the 2nd King Edward's Horse, stationed in France, was joined by a service squadron of the 21st Lancers to form the XIV Corps Cavalry Regiment.<br>The XIV Corps was broken up in Aug 1917 and the 2nd King Edward's Horse was absorbed into the Tank Corps.<br>The 2nd King Edward's Horse did not survive long after the First World War and was disbanded in Mar 1924.
2nd King Edward's Horse
 <b>4th Queen's Own Hussars (King's Crown!)</b><br />The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was first raised in 1685 as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons.<br>In 1751 it was formally known as the 4th Regiment of Dragoons, and in 1788 it was named for Queen Charlotte as the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons.<br>In 1861 it was designated as a regiment of Hussars, becoming the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars.<br>In 1958 it was amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.
4th Queen's Own Hussars (King's Crown!)
 <b>6th Inniskilling Dragoons</b><br />The 6th Inniskilling Dragoons was formally raised in 1689 as Sir Albert Cunningham's Regiment of Dragoons.<br>In 1751 it was formally titled as the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons and, later, the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.<br>In 1922 it was amalgamated into the 5th/6th Dragoons (later the 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, then the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards) as part of the Geddes Reforms.
6th Inniskilling Dragoons
 <b>The 7th Queen's Own Hussars (King's Crown!)</b><br />First formed in 1690 as The Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons, the regiment was briefly disbanded in 1714, with its squadrons joining the 1st and 2nd Dragoons, but reformed the following year as The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Dragoons.<br>It was formally titled 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons in 1751.<br>The regiment was designated light dragoons in 1783, becoming the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, and as hussars in 1807 as the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), with the title simplified in 1861 as the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars.<br>After service in the First World War, the regiment was retitled as 7th Queen's Own Hussars in 1921.<br>In 1958 it was amlgamated with The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars to form The Queen's Own Hussars.
The 7th Queen's Own Hussars (King's Crown!)
<b>The 7th Queen's Own Hussars (King's Crown!)</b><br />First formed in 1690 as The Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons, the regiment was briefly disbanded in 1714, with its squadrons joining the 1st and 2nd Dragoons, but reformed the following year as The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Dragoons.<br>It was formally titled 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons in 1751.<br>The regiment was designated light dragoons in 1783, becoming the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, and as hussars in 1807 as the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), with the title simplified in 1861 as the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars.<br>After service in the First World War, the regiment was retitled as 7th Queen's Own Hussars in 1921.<br>In 1958 it was amlgamated with The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars to form The Queen's Own Hussars.
The 7th Queen's Own Hussars (King's Crown!)
 <b>13th Hussars (Pugaree Helmet Badge - Victorian 1900)</b><br />Originally known as 13th Light Dragoons, the regiment was first raised in 1715.<br>On 9 September 1922, the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) were amalgamated into the 13th/18th Hussars.
13th Hussars (Pugaree Helmet Badge - Victorian 1900)
 <b>14th King's Hussars</b><br />The the 14th King's Hussars was first raised in 1715 as James Dormer's Regiment of Dragoons and ranked as the 14th Dragoons.<br>It was renamed several times before becoming the 14th (King's) Hussars in 1861 and then the 14th King's Hussars in 1921. <br>A year later in 1922 the regiment was amalgamated with the 20th Hussars into the 14th/20th Hussars.
14th King's Hussars
 <b>17th/21st Lancers</b><br />Formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) and the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's).<br>In 1993, with the reductions in forces after the end of the Cold War, the regiment was amalgamated with the 16th/5th Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers.
17th/21st Lancers
<b>18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars (1910 - 1919)</b><br />First formed in 1759 as the 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, the regiment was disbanded in 1821.<br>It reformed in 1858 as the 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons and was renamed the 18th Hussars in 1861.<br>In 1903 it became the 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars, in 1905 the 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars and in 1910, the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars.<br>After service in the First World War, the regiment was retitled as the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars in 1919, then the 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) in 1921.<br>It was amalgamated with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Hussars in 1922.
18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars (1910 - 1919)
 <b>West Kent Yeomanry</b><br />The West Kent Yeomanry can trace its origins back to 1794 when local volunteer troops were raised to assist the civil powers.<br>In 1827 it was disbanded by the Government along with many other yeomanry regiments only to be reformed again in 1830.<br>In 1864 it became known as the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomany.
West Kent Yeomanry
 <b>Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry</b><br />The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry was established on 4 June 1794 when a meeting of country gentlemen at the Bear Inn in Devizes decided to raise a body of ten independent troops of Yeomanry for the county of Wiltshire.<br>In 1797 the independent troops were amalgamated into a unit called The Regiment of Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry amd in 1831 the regiment was awarded the title 'Royal'.<br>In 1908 the Yeomanry were combined with the Volunteer Force and Militia and formed into the new Territorial Force.<br>The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry was disbanded as an independent Territorial Army unit in 1967.
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Infantry - Rifles
<b>The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (Post 1927)</b><br />Originally formed in 1800 as the 95th Regiment of Foot, The Rifle Brigade were the sharpshooters, skirmishers and scouts of the British Army and were the first to use military camouflage.<br>In 1958 the 1st Battalion was the last surviving battalion that traced its lineage back to the 95th and it was renamed the 3rd Green Jackets Regiment of the Green Jackets Brigade.<br>When the brigade was amalgamated into the Royal Green Jackets Regiment in 1966, it became its 3rd Battalion.<br>In 1970 it was reduced to company strength before being reconstituted at Shoeburyness in 1972.<br>In 1992 the 1st battalion (the former Oxs & Bucks Light Infantry) were disbanded and the 2nd and 3rd battalions were renumbered as the 1st and 2nd respectively.<br>On 1 February 2007 the 2nd battalion were ceremonially rebadged at Kiwi Barracks in Bulford, Wiltshire to become the 4th Battalion of the newly formed regiment - The Rifles.
The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (Post 1927)
 <b>King's Royal Rifle Corps</b><br />The King's Royal Rifle Corps was raised in the American colonies in 1756 as the 62nd (Royal American) Regiment.<br>The regiment was renumbered the 60th (Royal American) Regiment in February 1757 when the 50th (Shirley's) and 51st (Pepperrell's) foot regiments were removed from the British Army roll after their surrender at Fort Oswego.<br>The unit's name was not changed until after the Napoleonic Wars; first to The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps and then in 1830 to the King's Royal Rifle Corps.<br>On 7 November 1958 the Regiment became 2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps of the Green Jackets Brigade.<br>In 1966 the three regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade were amalgamated to form the three battalion Royal Green Jackets Regiment.<br>In 1992 the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets (the former Oxs & Bucks Light Infantry) was disbanded, and the King's Royal Rifle Corps were renumbered as the 1st Battalion, with the 3rd Battalion (formerly the Rifle Brigade) becoming the 2nd Battalion.<br>In 2007, the two battalion Royal Green Jackets regiment was again amalgamated with other regiments, mainly of light infantry, to form the five regular and two territorial battalion regiment, The Rifles.<br>Today, the regiment's traditions are preserved as the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles.
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Infantry - Airbourne
<b>Parachute Regiment (King's Crown)</b><br />The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army and it forms the parachute infantry element of 16 Air Assault Brigade.<br>On 22 June 1940, Winston Churchill called for the formation of an elite Corps of troops for the British Army and the Parachute Regiment was born.
Parachute Regiment (King's Crown)
Infantry - Light
<b>The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry</b><br />Formed from an amalgamation of the 32nd Regiment of Foot and the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1881, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was amalgamated with the Somerset Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1959.
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
 <b>Durham Light Infantry 6th Battalion</b><br />The Durham Light Infantry was formed in 1881 from the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry).
Durham Light Infantry 6th Battalion
 <b>Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Plastic replica)</b><br />The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), forming the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 1 July 1881.<br>In 1908 the regiment's title was altered to become the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, commonly shortened to the 'Ox and Bucks'.<br>On 7 November 1958, after transferring from the Light Infantry Brigade to the Green Jackets Brigade, the Regiment was re-titled as the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd).<br>On 1 January 1966 the Regiment amalgamated with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to form the three battalion Royal Green Jackets, the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) becoming the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets.<br>The battalion was disbanded in 1992 and the 2nd Battalion (formerly The King's Royal Rifle Corps) was re-designated as the 1st Battalion. The 3rd Battalion (formerly the Rifle Brigade) was renumbered as the 2nd.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Plastic replica)
 <b>Somerset Light Infantry</b><br />The Regiment was first formed in 1685 as the Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot, becoming the 13th Regiment of Foot upon the introduction of a numeral system.<br>In 1782, it gained a county affiliation with Somerset, becoming the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1822 it was retitled as the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry) and in 1841 it was renamed again as 13th Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry and as Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) on 1 July 1881.<br>In 1921 it became the Somerset Light Infantry.<br>The regiment amalgamated with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1959 to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. This, in turn, amalgamated with the three other regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade to form The Light Infantry in 1968.<br>The Somerset Light Infantry name has been maintained, however, (as of 2005) by 'B' (Somerset Light Infantry) Company, The Rifle Volunteers of the Territorial Army.<br>On 1st February 2007 the Somerset Light Infantry merged with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets to form the RIFLES.
Somerset Light Infantry
<b>The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry</b><br />The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its lineage goes back to 1755 with the formation of 53rd Regiment of Foot whick later became 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot and then the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment.<br>In 1881 the 51st King's Own Light Infantry became the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) and the 105th (Madras Light Infantry) Regiment became its 2nd Battalion.<br>In 1897 the regimental title was changed to the The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), and in 1921 to The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.<br>In 1968, 1 KOYLI became the 2nd Battalion of The Light Infantry (2LI). In 2007 the LI merged with the Royal Green Jackets to form a new regiment, The Rifles. The former 1 KOYLI battalion (now 1LI) became '5 RIFLES'.
The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Infantry - English Regiments
<b>23rd Bn The London Regiment</b><br />The London Regiment was founded in 1908 as a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army.<br>The 23rd (County of London) Bn The London Regiment was previously the 4th Volunteer Battalion The East Surrey Regiment but regained its Surrey connection in 1916 when it was made part of the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment.<br>In the 1930s the 23rd were disbanded, eventually to re-emerge in armoured form as the 42nd Royal Tank Regiment but in 1956, with a reduction in armoured requirements, it reverted to its infantry role, resumed its old title of 23rd London Regiment and became once more a battalion of The East Surrey Regiment.<br>On 1st May 1961, The 23rd London Regiment was amalgamated with the 6th Bn The East Surrey Regiment to form the 4th Bn The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
23rd Bn The London Regiment
 <b>The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment</b><br />The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was formed in 1919 by the amalgamation of the Bedfordshire Regiment and the Hertfordshire Regiment<br>In 1958 the regiment was merged with The Essex Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot), later becoming Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964.<br>The regiment still exists as D Company, 2nd Battalion of the The Royal Anglian Regiment.
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
 <b>Royal Berkshire Regiment</b><br />The regiment was originally formed as The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment) in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1885 it became The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) and in 1921, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's).<br>After service in the First and Second World Wars, it was amalgamated into The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) in 1959.
Royal Berkshire Regiment
 <b>The Border Regiment</b><br />The Border Regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot.<br>After service in the First and Second World Wars, it was amalgamated into The King's Own Royal Border Regiment in 1959.
The Border Regiment
<b>The British West Indies Regiment</b><br />The British West Indies Regiment was formed during the First World War and was made up of volunteer contingents from Britain's Caribbean Colonies.<br>The regiment was beset by discrimination and in December 1918 about 60 sergeants formed the
The British West Indies Regiment
 <b>The Cambridgeshire Regiment</b><br />The Cambridgeshire Regiment was a territorial infantry regiment of the British Army from 1908 to 1961.<br>Although officially formed in 1908, The Cambridgeshire Regiment can trace its history to the formation of the Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1860.<br>In 1881 the 1st Cambridgeshire RVC were nominated as a volunteer battalion of the Suffolk Regiment.<br>In 1887 the unit was renamed as the 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment.<br>On the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, the 3rd VB became The Cambridgeshire Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TF). In the following year the Cambridgeshires were constituted a separate regiment, with the title 1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment, although remaining part of the 'corps' of the regular Suffolk Regiment.<br>In 1947 the regiment was converted to an artillery role, becoming the 629th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Cambridgeshire Regiment).<br>In 1956 the regiment returned to its traditional role and designation as 1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA).<br>In 1961 the 1st Cambridgeshires were amalgamated with the 4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment to form the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA).<br>Since 1967 the lineage of the Cambridgeshire Regiment has been continued by the Royal Anglian Regiment.
The Cambridgeshire Regiment
 <b>The Cheshire Regiment (Pre 1958)</b><br />The Cheshire Regiment was created in 1881 by the linking of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot and the militia and rifle volunteers of Cheshire. The title 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment continued to be used within the regiment.<br>On September 1, 2007, the Cheshire Regiment was merged with other regiments to form part of the Mercian Regiment, becoming 1 (Cheshires) MERCIAN.
The Cheshire Regiment (Pre 1958)
 <b>The Devonshire Regiment</b><br />The Devonshire Regiment was formed in 1685 and served under various names until it was numbered as the 11th Regiment of Foot in 1751.<br>It was given the additional county designation of 'North Devonshire' in 1782.<br>In 1881 it became the Devonshire Regiment, at the same time merging with the militia and rifle volunteer units of the county of Devon.<br>In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the Dorset Regiment to form The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.<br>Since 2007 its lineage has been continued by The Rifles.
The Devonshire Regiment
<b>The Dorset Regiment (post 1951)</b><br />The Dorset Regiment (affectionately known as 'The Dorsets') was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 39th Regiment of Foot - the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment and the 54th Regiment of Foot - the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment.<br>In 1958 the regiment amalgamated with The Devonshire Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
The Dorset Regiment (post 1951)
 <b>East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)</b><br />Formed in 1572 as Thomas Morgan's Company of Foot, The London Trained Band, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army. It has gome through many name changes but first aquired the nickname 'The Buffs' in 1737 due to the colour of its coats.<br>In 1961 it was amalgamated with several other regiments into the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
 <b>The East Lancashire Regiment</b><br />The East Lancashire Regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of two 30th and 59th Regiments of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire.<br>In 1958, The East Lancashire Regiment was amalgamated with The South Lancashire Regiment to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).
The East Lancashire Regiment
 <b>East Surrey Regiment</b><br />The East Surrey Regiment was formed in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot and the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1959 the East Surrey Regiment was amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. Subsequently, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment became part of The Queen's Regiment and then the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
East Surrey Regiment
<b>East Yorkshire Regiment</b><br />The East Yorkshire Regiment was first raised in 1685.<br>In 1958 it was amalgamated into The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.<br>Subsequently, the regiment was one of the Yorkshire infantry regiments which amalgamated to form The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) in 2006.
East Yorkshire Regiment
 <b>The Essex Regiment (bi metal)</b><br />The Essex Regiment was formed in 1881 following the union of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. The Old 44th became the 1st Battalion of the new regiment and the Old 56th became the 2nd Battalion.<br>The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1948.<br>In 1958 the 1st Battalion merged with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot). <br>In 1964 the regiments of the East Anglian Brigade formed the new Royal Anglian Regiment.
The Essex Regiment (bi metal)
 <b>The Essex Regiment (brass)</b><br />The Essex Regiment was formed in 1881 following the union of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. The Old 44th became the 1st Battalion of the new regiment and the Old 56th became the 2nd Battalion.<br>The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1948.<br>In 1958 the 1st Battalion merged with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot). <br>In 1964 the regiments of the East Anglian Brigade formed the new Royal Anglian Regiment.
The Essex Regiment (brass)
 <b>The Gloucestershire Regiment</b><br />The two-battalion Gloucestershire Regiment was formed in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form on 1 July 1881. Nicknamed 'The Glorious Glosters', the regiment carried more battle honours on their Regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment.<br>In 1994, the regiment was amalgamated with the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment to form the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.<br>In March 2005, it was announced that this regiment would merge with the Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment to form the 1st Battalion, The Rifles.
The Gloucestershire Regiment
<b>The Hampshire Regiment (Pre 1946)</b><br />The Hampshire Regiment was formed in 1881 from the merger of the 37th North Hampshire Regiment, and the 67th South Hampshire regiment, and was granted the status of a Royal regiment in 1946 when the crown was added to the badge.<br>In 1992 it merged with the Queens Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
The Hampshire Regiment (Pre 1946)
 <b>The Lancashire Fusiliers</b><br />Formed in 1688 in as Peyton's Regiment of Foot, the regiment's name changed according to the name of the colonel commanding until 1751, when it became the 20th Regiment of Foot.<br>The 20th Regiment of Foot was designated the East Devonshire Regiment in 1782, and the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1881.<br>In 1968 it was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Lancashire Fusiliers
 <b>The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)</b><br />The regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, 3rd Duke of Lancaster's Own Royal Lancashire Militia and the 11th and 14th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps.<br>In 1970, the Regiment was amalgamated with The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) to form The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
 <b>King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)</b><br />The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was first raised on July 13, 1680, as the 2nd Tangier, or Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Foot. It saw service for nearly three centuries.<br>In 1953, the regiment received the freedom of Lancaster, before being amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment on October 31, 1959.
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
<b>The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Post 1946)</b><br />Formed in 1688, the regiment was named after it's colonel until 1751 when it became 17th Regiment of Foot and later in 1782 , the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1881, as part of the Childers reforms, the regiment incorporated the local militia and rifle volunteers and became thee Leicestershire Regiment.<br>In 1946 the regiment was granted 'royal' status, becoming the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.<br>In 1948 the regiment became part of the Forester Brigade.<br>In 1963 the Forester Brigade was dissolved, with the Royal Leicesters and Royal Lincolns moving to the East Anglian Brigade where they joined the 1st, 2nd and 3rd East Anglian Regiments.<br>In 1964, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment was amalgamated into The Royal Anglian Regiment.
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Post 1946)
 <b>Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (Pre 1946)</b><br />The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was first formed on June 20, 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751 it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10 Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1881 it became known as the Lincolnshire Regiment and after the Second World War it was honoured with the name Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, before being amalgamated in 1960.<br>in 1960, after 275 years, the regiment lost its identity when it was amalgamated with the Northamptonshire Regiment to become the East Anglian Regiment. Then, in 1964, there was a further amalgamation when that regiment became one of the four battalions of the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (Pre 1946)
 <b>King's Regiment (Liverpool) Beret</b><br />Formed in 1685 and renamed in 1751 as the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest infantry regiments of the British Army. The regiment was one of only four regiments affiliated to a city instead of a county.<br>On 1 July 1881, the two battalions of the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot became the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The King's (Liverpool Regiment).<br>In 1958, after 273 years of continuous existence, the regiment was amalgamated with the Manchesters to form The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool).<br>On 1 July 2006, The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) amalgamated, joining with two others to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).
King's Regiment (Liverpool) Beret
 <b>Manchester Regiment (Post 1923)</b><br />The Manchester Regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 63rd Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot and was one of only four regiments affiliated to a city instead of a county. <br>In 1958, the regiment was amalgamated with the King's Regiment (Liverpool) to form The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool).<br>On 1 July 2006, The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) amalgamated, joining with two others to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).
Manchester Regiment (Post 1923)
<b>The Middlesex Regiment</b><br />Nicknamed 'The Die-hards' the regiment was formed in 1881 as The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) from an amalgamation of the 57th (West Middlesex), the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiments of Foot and the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.<br>In 1921, in common with many other regiments, the regimental title was reversed to The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own).<br>On December 31, 1966 The Middlesex Regiment was amalgamated with three other regiments to form The Queen's Regiment. This regiment was itself subject to a merger in 1992 to form part of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
The Middlesex Regiment
 <b>The North Staffordshire Regiment</b><br />Formed in 1881 as The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment by the amalgamation of the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1959 the regiment was amalgamated with the South Staffordshire Regiment to form The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own). <br>In 2007 the Staffordshire Regiment became the 3rd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment.
The North Staffordshire Regiment
 <b>The Northamptonshire Regiment</b><br />The regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of The 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot,(raised in 1741) and the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1755). At this time, it also incorporated the Northamptonshire and Rutland Militia and the 1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps.<br>In 1960, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and The Northamptonshire Regiment were merged to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire). This regiment became part of The Royal Anglian Regiment on 1 September 1964.
The Northamptonshire Regiment
 <b>Royal Northumberland Fusiliers</b><br />Originally known as the Irish Regiment, or Viscount Clare's Regiment, the regiment was transferred to the British Service on 5 June 1685. Until 1751, like most other regiments, it was known successively by the names of the colonels who commanded it at the time.<br>On 1 July 1751 a royal warrant provided that in future regiments would not be known by their colonels' names, but by their 'number or rank'. Accordingly the regiment was redesignated as the 5th Regiment of Foot.<br>On 1 August 1782, the regiment became the 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot.<br>On 4 May 1836, the 5th became a fusilier regiment and was redesignated as the 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.<br>On 1 July 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms, the regiment became the Northumberland Fusiliers and incorporated the existing militia and rifle volunteer units of the district.<br>In June 1935, as part of George V silver jubilee celebrations, the regiment was granbted 'Royal' status and renamed The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.<br>In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with three other fusilier regiments (The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), and The Lancashire Fusiliers) to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
<b>The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment</b><br />Known as 'The Sherwood Foresters', the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment was formed during the Childers Reforms in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot and the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1970 the Sherwood Foresters were amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
 <b>The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Racoon Skin Cap</b><br />Originally known as the Ordnance Regiment, The Royal Fusiliers were formed in 1685 by Lord Dartmouth, George Legge, from two companies of the Tower of London guard.<br>In 1751, the regiment became the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers).<br>In 1881, under the Childers Reforms when regimental numbers were abolished the regiment became The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).<br>On 23 April 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Ft), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th Ft) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th Ft) to form 3rd Bn. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Racoon Skin Cap
 <b>The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Cap Badge</b><br />Originally known as the Ordnance Regiment, The Royal Fusiliers were formed in 1685 by Lord Dartmouth, George Legge, from two companies of the Tower of London guard.<br>In 1751, the regiment became the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers).<br>In 1881, under the Childers Reforms when regimental numbers were abolished the regiment became The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).<br>On 23 April 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Ft), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th Ft) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th Ft) to form 3rd Bn. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Cap Badge
 <b>The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (King's Crown)</b><br />Originally known as the Ordnance Regiment, The Royal Fusiliers were formed in 1685 by Lord Dartmouth, George Legge, from two companies of the Tower of London guard.<br>In 1751, the regiment became the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers).<br>In 1881, under the Childers Reforms when regimental numbers were abolished the regiment became The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).<br>On 23 April 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Ft), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th Ft) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th Ft) to form 3rd Bn. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (King's Crown)
<b>The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (Pre 1938)</b><br />Formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot as Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment).<br>From 1938 to 1958 it was formally called The South Lancashire Regiment.<br>In 1958 it amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (Pre 1938)
 <b>The South Staffordshire Regiment</b><br />Formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 38th and 80th regiments of foot and the Militia and Rifle Volunteers of south Staffordshire, the regiment can trace it's antecedents back to 1705.<br>In 1959 the regiment was amlagamated with the North Staffordshire Regiment to form The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own). The lineage of the South Staffords is continued by the Mercian Regiment.
The South Staffordshire Regiment
 <b>The Suffolk Regiment</b><br />The Suffolk Regiment can trace its history back to 1685 although it only officially became The Suffolk regiment in 1881.<br>On 29 August 1959, The First Battalion Suffolk Regiment amalgamated with The First Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment to form The First Battalion, The First East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk).
The Suffolk Regiment
 <b>The Royal Sussex Regiment</b><br />The Royal Sussex Regiment was formed in 1881 from the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry).<br>On 31 December 1966 the regiment was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment to form The Queen's Regiment.
The Royal Sussex Regiment
<b>The Royal Warwickshire Regiment</b><br />Formed in 1674 under the name the 6th Regiment of Foot, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army.<br>In 1873, they recieved the title the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.<br>In 1963, the became the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and in 1968 were amalgamated with other battalions to become the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
 <b>The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment</b><br />The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot and 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot and was popularly known as the 'Royal West Kents'.<br>In 1961 it amalgamated with The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) to form The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment.
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
 <b>West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)</b><br />In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days the regiment was named Huntingdon's Regiment after its Colonel. <br>In 1751 regiments were given numbers, and the Regiment was from that time officially known as the 33rd Regiment of Foot. In 1782 the Regiment's title was changed to the 33rd (or First Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment.<br>In 1853 the Regiment's title was changed to the 33rd (or The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment.<br>In 1881 the 33rd was linked with the 76th Regiment of Foot and became The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.<br>On 6 June, 2006 The 'Dukes' were amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and The Green Howards to form the Yorkshire Regiment.
West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)
 <b>The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Pre 1920</b><br />Raised on 14 October 1661 to garrison the new British acquisition, the Port of Tangier, and originally known as the Tangier Regiment, they served in North Africa until 1685, when they returned to England as the Queen Dowager's Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1703 it was renamed the Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot, becoming the Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Foot in 1715 and then the Queen's Own Regiment of Foot.<br>Its final change before 1751 came in 1747 when it was called the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1751, when regimental numbering was introduced in Britain, the regiment became known as The 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot.<br>Other than Guards regiments, the 2nd Foot was the oldest line infantry regiment in England.<br>It retained the designation of 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881, when it became the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, then in 1921 the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey).<br>It ceased to exist as a separate regiment in 1959 when it amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Pre 1920
<b>West Yorkshire Regiment</b><br />The regiment was raised in 1685 as 'Hales's Regiment' after its founder and in 1694 the regiment took precedence as the 14th Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms, the 14th was given the title 'The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)'.<br>In 1958 it amalgamated with The East Yorkshire Regiment (15th Foot) to form The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.<br>On 6th June 2006, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire was one of the Yorkshire infantry regiments which amalgamated to form The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot).
West Yorkshire Regiment
 <b>The Worcestershire Regiment</b><br />The Worcestershire Regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1970 it was amalgamated with The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment into The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
The Worcestershire Regiment
 <b>York and Lancaster Regiment</b><br />It was formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of 65th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment and 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment.<br>With the reorganisation of the army in 1968, the Yorks and Lancs was one of two infantry regiments that chose to be disbanded rather than amalgamated with another regiment.
York and Lancaster Regiment
Irish Regiments
<b>Connaught Rangers</b><br />The 88th Foot or Connaught Rangers were raised in 1793 by The Earl of Clanrickarde to help counteract the Napoleonic threat.<br>In 1881, the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) were amalgamated.<br>In 1922, as a result of the foundation of the Irish Free State under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Connaught Rangers and five other Irish infantry regiments of the British Army (from the territory of the new state) were disbanded.
Connaught Rangers
 <b>Irish Guards</b><br />The Irish Guards, raised in 1900 by order of Queen Victoria are a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army and along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of only two purely Irish regiments remaining in the British Army.
Irish Guards
 <b>The Leinster Regiment</b><br />Formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and the 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). <br>In 1922, The Leinsters became one of the five Irish infantry regiments disbanded under the Anglo-Irish Treaty following the formation of the Irish Free State.
The Leinster Regiment
 <b>The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers</b><br />Formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry). It saw service in the South African War, the First World War and the Second World War, before being amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1968.
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
<b>Royal Irish Fusiliers</b><br />Originally raised as 87 Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment of Foot in 1793 it was later combined with The 89 Regiment in 1881. <br>In 1827 it was given the title 'The Royal Irish Fusiliers'<br>In 1881 it became Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) and later changed to The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's).<br>In 1968 The Royal Irish Fusiliers were amalgamated with The Royal Ulster Rifles and The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers to form The Royal Irish Rangers.
Royal Irish Fusiliers
 <b>Royal Irish Rifles (Post 1913)</b><br />Formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of 83rd Regiment of Foot and the 86th Regiment of Foot as The Royal Irish Rifles, it was renamed Royal Ulster Rifles in 1921.<br>In 1968 Royal Ulster Rifles were amalgamated with The Royal Irish Fusiliers and The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers to form The Royal Irish Rangers.
Royal Irish Rifles (Post 1913)
 <b>Royal Munster Fusiliers</b><br />Formed in 1881, as part of a reorganisation of the Army, from the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) and 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) and the Militia of Munster.<br>Disbanded in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Royal Munster Fusiliers
Welsh Regiments
<b>Royal Welch Fusiliers (Post 1920)</b><br />Founded in 1689 to oppose James II and the imminent war with France.<br>The regiment was numbered as the 23rd Regiment of Foot, though it was one of the first regiments to be granted the honour of a fusilier title and so was known as The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers from 1702. The 'Royal' accolade was earned fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713.<br>Prior to 1920, the regiment was officially 'The Royal <b>Welsh</b> Fusiliers' but the archaic spelling '<b>Welch</b>' was restored to the regiment's title in 1920.<br>On 1 March 2006, The Royal Welch Fusiliers were amalgamated with the Royal Regiment of Wales to form the Royal Welsh.
Royal Welch Fusiliers (Post 1920)
 <b>South Wales Borderers</b><br />It first came into existence, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot in 1689 and became the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1751.<br>In 1782 it became the 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms, the regiment became known as the South Wales Borderers.<br>In 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)
South Wales Borderers
 <b>The Welch Regiment (Post 1920)</b><br />Formed in 1881 from the 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot and remained so until it was amalgamated with the South Wales Borderers (24th Foot) into the Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969.
The Welch Regiment (Post 1920)
Scottish Regiments
<b>Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)</b><br />Formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire) Regiment and the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment. The regiment is one of the six Scottish line infantry regiments, and wears a version of the Government Sett as its regimental tartan. It also had the largest cap badge in the British Army.<br>In 2004 the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single Royal Regiment of Scotland, it is now known as The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS).
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
 <b>Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)</b><br />The Black Watch was formed in 1881 when the Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Foot to form two battalions of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).<br>In 2006 the regiment was restructured to be a battalion The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
 <b>The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (26th/90th)</b><br />Formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 26th Cameronian Regiment and the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry.<br>Under the reforms of the army in the 1966, which saw several regiments amalgamated, the Cameronians chose to disband rather than amalgamate with another regiment in the Lowland Brigade. The 1st Battalion, The Cameronians was disbanded on 14 May 1968.
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (26th/90th)
 <b>The Gordon Highlanders</b><br />Formed on 1 July 1881 by the amalgamation of the 75th Stirlingshire Regiment (which became the 1st battalion) and the 92nd Gordon Highlanders (which became the 2nd).<br>On September 17 1994, the regiment was amalgamated with The Queens' Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons).
The Gordon Highlanders
<b>The Highland Light Infantry</b><br />The regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 by the amalgamation of the 71st (Highland) Light Infantry and the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot as the city regiment of Glasgow, also absorbing the local militia and rifle volunteer units.<br>In 1959 it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment).
The Highland Light Infantry
 <b>The King's Own Scottish Borderers</b><br />Raised on 18 March 1689 by the Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II.<br>For a period it was known as Semphill's Regiment of Foot, the name under which it fought at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.<br>In 1751, when the British infantry were allocated numerical positions in the 'line' of Infantry, the regiment was numbered 25th Foot.<br>The 25th was the county regiment of Sussex from 1782 to 1805, before its recruiting area was moved to the Scottish Borders region. From then it was known as the King's Own Borderers, becoming the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1887.<br>On August 1, 2006 the King's Own Scottish Borderers were amalgamated with the Royal Scots to form the Royal Scots Borderers. Until this time, the regiment was one of five in the line infantry never to have been amalgamated.
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
 <b>The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</b><br />The regiment was raised as the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) on August 17, 1793. It became part of the British Army in 1804, and in 1806 it was renamed as the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Highlanders).<br>In 1873 they became the 79th Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders after being presented with new colours by Queen Victoria.<br>On July 1, 1881 the 79th foot was redesignated as 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.<br>In 1961 the Camerons were amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons).<br>Subsequently, on September 17 1994, The Queens' Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) was amalgamated with The Gordon Highlanders to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons).
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 <b>Royal Scots Fusiliers</b><br />The regiment was raised as The Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot ('Mar's Grey Breeks') in Scotland in 1678 for service against the rebel covenanting forces during the Second Whig Revolt (1678-1679). <br>The regiment was converted to fusiliers in 1689, but didn't receive the title officially until 1695 whenn it became The Scots Fusilier Regiment of Foot (1695-1712). It received the title of 'Royal' in 1712.<br>The regiment was renamed the Royal North British Fusilier Regiment of Foot in 1713. It was later numbered the 21st Regiment in 1751, when seniority numbers were introduced.<br>The regiment finally saw the restoration of 'Scots' in their title in 1877 when it became 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot (1877-1881).<br>1881 it lost its number, becoming Royal Scots Fusiliers.<br>The Scots Fusiliers was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) in 1959 to form The Royal Highland Fusiliers, (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayshire Regiment).
Royal Scots Fusiliers
<b>The Royal Scots</b><br />The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest, and therefore most senior, infantry regiment of the line in the British Army. It was first raised in 1633 as the Royal Regiment of Foot by Sir John Hepburn, under a royal warrant from Charles I.<br>In 1684, the regiment was titled His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1751, the regiment was titled the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot.<br>In 1881 it became The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) to reflect its association with Edinburgh.<br>At the beginning of 1921, the regiment was formally retitled The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment).<br>Until 2004, the Royal Scots had been one of five line infantry regiments never to be amalgamated in its entire history, a claim shared by The Green Howards, The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, The Royal Welch Fusiliers and The King's Own Scottish Borderers.<br>On March 23 2006, The Royal Scots were amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion of the new Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The Royal Scots
 <b>The Seaforth Highlanders</b><br />The regiment was originally created through the amalgamation of the 72nd Highlanders (Duke of Albany's Own) and the 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs).<br>In 1961 The Seaforth Highlanders were combined with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders. <br>Subsequently, on September 17 1994, the Queens Own Highlanders and Gordon Highlanders were combined to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons).<br>In May 2006 all the Scottish Infantry Regiments merged to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The Highlanders became the 4th Battalion of the new Regiment.
The Seaforth Highlanders
Commonwealth
<b>Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (1904-1949)</b><br />a.k.a. The Rising Sun!<br>The 'Rising Sun' badge was originally entitled the General Service Badge but, it is now officially called the Australian Army Badge. It will, however, always be referred to as the 'Rising Sun'.
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (1904-1949)
 <b>74th Infantry Battalion, WWI collar badge.</b><br />The Battalion was raised in the Peel and York regions of Ontario in 1915 and mobilized at Camp Niagara. In England, was absorbed into the 50th, 51st and 52nd Infantry and the 2nd Mounted Rifles Battalions. Disbanded in September, 1920
74th Infantry Battalion, WWI collar badge.
 <b>Canadian Expeditionary Force - 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment).</b><br />Created in August 1914 in response to the First World War, the 2nd Battalion comprised local militia in many regions of Ontario.<br>At 8:30 on the morning of 24 April 1919, the 2nd Battalion was officially demobilized at Kingston, Ontario.
Canadian Expeditionary Force - 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
 <b>Canadian Expeditionary Force</b><br />The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War.<br>The C.E.F. eventually numbered 260 numbered infantry battalions, two named infantry battalions (The Royal Canadian Regiment and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry), 13 mounted rifle regiments, 13 railway troop battalions, 5 pioneer battalions, as well as numerous ancillary units including field and heavy artillery batteries, ambulance, medical, dental, forestry, labour, tunnelling, cyclist, and service units.<br>After 1918, it was decided that units of the C.E.F. would be disbanded, and that the Militia would be reorganized. Individual units of the Canadian Militia were permitted to perpetuate the battle honours and histories of the C.E.F. units that had actually fought the war.
Canadian Expeditionary Force
<b>Canadian Expeditionary Force</b><br />The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War.<br>The C.E.F. eventually numbered 260 numbered infantry battalions, two named infantry battalions (The Royal Canadian Regiment and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry), 13 mounted rifle regiments, 13 railway troop battalions, 5 pioneer battalions, as well as numerous ancillary units including field and heavy artillery batteries, ambulance, medical, dental, forestry, labour, tunnelling, cyclist, and service units.<br>After 1918, it was decided that units of the C.E.F. would be disbanded, and that the Militia would be reorganized. Individual units of the Canadian Militia were permitted to perpetuate the battle honours and histories of the C.E.F. units that had actually fought the war.
Canadian Expeditionary Force
 <b>Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry</b><br />Created on the outbreak of The First World War, The Patricia's were the brainchild of Captain Andrew Hamilton Gault who personally offered $100,000 to finance and equip a battalion as a contribution to Canada's war effort.<br>The Patricia's were movilised again in WWII when they spent 3 and a half years in the UK helping to protect tyhe coastal defences.<br>Since then, The Patricia's have been deployed in Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and Afghanistan in 2002.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Miscellaneous
<b>Union of South Africa Army, 1909 - 1919 (General service headdress badge)</b><br />
Union of South Africa Army, 1909 - 1919 (General service headdress badge)
 <b>Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</b><br />
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 <b>'On War Service 1915' The War Office (Ministry of Munitions) badge for men (enamelled finish)</b><br />The issue of the badge originated by a very large number of men declaring that they were taken, to use their own words, for 'shirkers and slackers' and taunted in the street for not wearing Khaki.</div>
'On War Service 1915' The War Office (Ministry of Munitions) badge for men (enamelled finish)
 <b>Coat Button</b><br />
Coat Button
<b>Officer's Shoulder Crown (White Metal)</b><br />
Officer's Shoulder Crown (White Metal)
 <b>Officer's Shoulder Pip (White Metal)</b><br />
Officer's Shoulder Pip (White Metal)
 <b>Officer's Shoulder Pip (Brass)</b><br />
Officer's Shoulder Pip (Brass)
Unidentified
<b>As yet unidentified</b><br />Obviously a light infantry regiment but which one??</div>
As yet unidentified
 <b>As yet unidentified</b><br />Similar to the The Royal Sussex Regiment in shape but without the scroll</div>
As yet unidentified
 <b>As yet unidentified</b><br />
As yet unidentified
 <b>As yet unidentified</b><br />Similar to both the Grenadier Guards and the Royal Marines Artillery cap badges but the flame is a slightly different shape and I'm not sure about the size.
As yet unidentified
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