HMS Ledbury, Royal Navy

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HMS LEDBURY, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Ledbury, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Per fess wavy murrey and red; two hunting horns surmounted by a seax in pale all white.

Origin/meaning

A Foxhunt in Herefordshire, consolidated by its Master of foxhounds Suire Cliffe (the Seax). Murray was the nearest Heraldic Colour to the Choclate coloured Collar of the Hunt's Red Jacket. The badge was approved on 21 January 1942.


Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopedia by T.P. Stopford.

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