HMS Cowdray, Royal Navy

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HMS COWDRAY, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Cowdray, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Gold; a spear erect black surmounted by a sun in splendour red all within a horse shoe inverted black.

Origin/meaning

A Foxhunt established by Major Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray in 1922. The Separ piercing the sun is a pun on the Name Pearson. The Horseshoe symbolises the Hunt. The badge was approved in 1942.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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