Rank and Badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries
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RAHrINoDBOGESTHE NAVY,ANDARMY,AUXILIARIESEoQoV 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 PACE Air Raid Precautions . 26 Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Air-Sea Rescue Service . 25 Nursing Service . 28 Air Training Corps . 25 Reconnaissance Corps . 16 Air Transport Auxiliary . 25 Red Cross and St. John War Organisation . 29 Army, Distinguishing Badges, various Corps . .. .. 16 Royal Air Force, Officers' Badges of Rank, etc. .... 22,23 Army, Officers'BadgesofRank 14,15 Royal Air Force, Badges of Army, Rank and Appointment W.O 's, N.C.O .'s, etc. 24 Badges of W.O.'s, N.C .O .'s and Men . 17-19 R.A .F . Educational Branch . 25 Royal Armoured Army . Skill-at-Arms, Proficiency Corps . 16 Badges, etc. 20,21 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 16 Armv, some distinctive 'Stars , 15 Royal Corps of Signals . 16 Army Air Corps . .. 16 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers .. .. Army Catering Corps . .. 16 16 Royal Engineers . 16 Army Dental Corps . .. 16 Royal Marines .. .. Army Educational Corps . 16 6 Royal National Lifeboat Auxiliary and Miscellaneous Badges . .. 25-27 Institution ... .. .. 26 Royal Navy Auxiliary Territorial Service . 31 and Reserves, Badges of Petty Officers and 27 Boys' Brigade . .. Ratings .. .7-11 Bay Scouts . .. 27 Royal Navy, Examples of Full- British Army Badge . 14 Dress Cuffs .. .. 4 British Legion . 26 Royal Navy, Executive Branch British Red Cross Society . 28 Officers . .. 3,4 Civil Defence General Services 32 Royal Navy, Officers of Civil Nursing Reserve . .. 27 Branches other than Executive 5 Coastguard, H.M . 13 Royal Navy, Shoulder Straps on Great Coats . ... .. , Combined Operations Command 25 5 Royal Navy Youth Entries . 7 Discharged Unfit Badge . 26 Royal Naval Reserve . 6 Entertainments National Service Association . 25 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 6 Fleet Air Arm . 7 Royal Observer Corps .. 25 Girl Guides . 27 Royal Ordnance Factory Workers . 26 Glider Pilot . 18 St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps Home Guard . 21 29 St. John Ambulance Brigade . 29 Mechanised Transport Corps 25 Special Merchant Navy . 12 Constabulary . 26 Territorial Army Nursing National Fire Service . 32 Service . 27 Navy, Army Air and Force Voluntary Aid Detachment Institutes . .. 26 . 28 Women's Auxiliary Air Force Navy League Sea Cadet Corps 25 31 Women's Land Army . 27 Parachute Regiment . 16 Women's Paratroops . .. .. 18 Legion . 26 Pioneer Corps .. .. .. 16 Women's Royal Naval Service 30 Queen Alexandra's Imperial Women's Transport Service . 25 Military Nursing Service .. 27 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 . 3 4 ROYAL NAVY 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 whofly a dietenguiekihp flap. A Cam'nado,eJl+aa a brood Pennant far Pandant). 4 O ROYAL NAVY- EXECUTIVE 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,(2ndClass) COMMIS5fONED CAPTAINS WARRANT & WARRANT &COMMODORES & COMMANDERS 1 et CLASS TO SUB-LIEUTENANT OFFICERS ONLY 'Also Commissioned Office- from Warrant rank, -ROYALOFFICERS, OF OTHERNAVY-BRANCHES ACCOUNTANT INSTRUCTOR SHIPWRIGHT ORDNANCE (PAYMASTER) & 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 . ELECTRICAL SHOULDER STRAPS ON 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 R0-I`:%;- MARINES 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. ROYAL NAVY & RESERVES 7 APB& CAPe ADG~S of PATTY ~"aY I J~ ~ M J i~ I~~III I CAP & BADGE f , N.~.s . ta~tnox a PETTY OFFICERS MEN AND BOYS CHIEF A DRESSED AS SEAMEN PETTY OFFICER PETTY OFFICER 1 I 1 Y i 4 h __ Yr 1 r , FLEET AIR ARM ROYAL NAVY YOUTH F . y ENTRIES F ., e-KR, r . r OBSERVERS AIR GUNNERS OFFICERS! BUTTONS ? , Y r yft P " n',; ":r:r ' .a ynvt " y m " ,r: nr~ . rl 7! yegre, aCCooled Jor the Rwy . and lra+afiinv 1 rn+l-up nt 18. Worry rrt the top of lope A k elssue on Nonre Bvr"d, Ben Cudef u I`1 ~~i« "e~~l~~rr"~!!!r~!!~! s rrre~~ -i-l-- u riylrf cn~nf Seamen +n these ifcserees . `,~ J Pefty Ofcero ruear a single-breastedlacket for iuork+ng viq, arrd a do re bfe-breasted otherwise. C,P,0,s wear three furye be+ttons on sleeves and it on- .vrrbstanfirle badyes on their lapels. "Aithotiah it is rrut worn nowadags . this badge still o/lrcially exists . ROYAL NAVY & RESERVES BADGES OF PETTY OFFICERS & RATINGS GUNNERY RATING 3RD CLASS LAYER See Notes on page 11 . iHas an "L" below it, and a "Q"for Quarter Rarinp. "C" for Control and "A" for Ant/ -Alrcraft. 9 ROYAL NAVY & RESERVES BADGES OF PETTY OFFICERS & RATINGS r r ~fl s PHOTOGRAPHER AIR FITTER CHIEF SAILAIAKER X(AIR FRAME) r g1f4lER AIR GUNNER PETTY OFFICER 3RD GLASS TELEGRAPHIST e ENGINE SECTION LEADING TELEGRAPHIST I TELEGRAPHIST LEADING RATING t PHYSICAL TRAINING PHYSICAL TRAININ9 I~IST~R. tat cLASess INSTeucTUR . ~xB cLASs REGULATING P.O. Bee ft" on page 71 . t Applis8 to rnembera of the Air Branch fR.,Y, Rx-V.R .I -* In full, "Physlaal a*d Rerreatienal 7rainipp Instructor." I° ROYAL NAVY & RESERVES BADGES OF PETTY OFFICERS & RATINGS CHIEF STOKER AND LEADING STOKER AND STOKER PETTY OFFICER STOKER, 15r CLASS CHIEF P.O. ARTISAN I ALL OTHER ARTISANS Iii __ - - __ ___,: ~+ ROYAL NAVY & RESERVES " OFFICERS & RATINGS r7A11 Si BADGES OF PETTY ~r~re ~r r e re e~~met a rime rrn-e"e \Aad'-n V 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 five years, Thess afripes are worn upon the LEFT aim, i4 C; _,ci :! IL:F. S. G"'.!7 ::Oi"li) : .!~. .-~- .= I :If'i. :. WnM en c)- " tEl: f MM 12 MERCHANT NAVY +Ve Distributed to O~eers and Alan of the Merchant Sevlce and pgep~ea Fiehlna Fleece, 1940. Cap badge, eto., are those the of ofoial Alerohpnt Nauy uniforms. Many Corapaniea alfl! retain their own Aistinetiue badgea and unofarms urhich are optional. 13 H .M . COASTGUARD CAP BADGES INSPECTORS STATION OFFICERS DISTRICT OFFICERS AND HIGHER GRADES 9ndye us 1 AND CDASTGUARDSIAEN Badgen. i Bndge .a 2 DEPUTY OHIEF INSPECTOR INSPECTORS BUTTONS DISTRICT OFFIOFAS AND WNER GRADES STATION OFFICERS STATION OFFICERS AND OWTSBROSMEN COABTOUAR08MEX warno 4raidwr th.mfwuee of their reeferJackets. 14 * ARMY OFFIOERS' BADGES OF RANK Worn on 8eroicewith a plain khaki cloth peaA . FIELD-MARSHAL LIEU7-GENERAL MAJOR-GENERAL P, eadys and Qoflet Putvh Cup, eadye and Corgel Patolr as a,U & C . asa,6&C . I5 ARMY - OFFICERS' BADGES OF RANK Cup and Badgo of GORGET PATCH SvGstaniiere Coloasl Llor1et Potch of Substantive Worn on Service with a Colonel. 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 . Chaplain . GREEN, Denial . YELLOW, Pay.