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MILITARY HERALDRY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

General

• Joint Ground Based Air Defence Headquarters, United Kingdom
• Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, United Kingdom
• Defence Helicopter Flying School, United Kingdom
• Defence Electronic Warfare Centre, United Kingdom
• Reconnaissance Intelligence and Geographic Centre (Northern Ireland), United Kingdom
• Joint Helicopter Support Squadron, United Kingdom
• Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron, United Kingdom
• Special Forces Support Group, United Kingdom

Sovereign's Body Guard

• Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, United Kingdom
• Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, United Kingdom
• Royal Company of Archers, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, United Kingdom

Army

• Southern Command - Army Air Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Army Educational Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Army Physical Training Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Corps of Military Police, British Army
• Southern Command - Intelligence Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Infantry, British Army
• Southern Command - Provost Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Artillery, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Armoured Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Army Dental Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Army Ordnance Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Army Pay Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Army Service Corps, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Corps of Signals, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Corps of Engineers, British Army
• Southern Command - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, British Army
• 21st Army Group, British Army
• 21st Army Group HQ Lines of Communications, British Army
• 21st Army Group Lines of Communications Troops, British Army
• I Corps, British Army
• 2nd Army, British Army
• 8th Army, British Army
• 1st Division, British Army
• 2nd Division, British Army
• 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade, British Army
• 1st Signal Brigade, British Army
• 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade. British Army
• 2nd Medical Brigade, British Army
• 4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East, British Army
• 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands, British Army
• 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade, British Army
• 16th Air Assault Brigade, British Army
• 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade, British Army
• 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, British Army
• 101st Logistic Brigade, British Army
• 102nd Logistic Brigade, British Army
• Honourable Artillery Company
• HQ London District, British Army

• Household Cavalry, British Army
  • The Life Guards, British Army
  • The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), British Army
• Royal Horse Artillery, British Army
• Royal Armoured Corps, British Army
  • 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, British Army
  • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), British Army
  • The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish), British Army
  • The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth's Own), British Army
  • The Light Dragoons, British Army
  • The King's Royal Hussars, British Army
  • The Royal Tank Regiment, British Army
• Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army
• Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army
• Royal Corps of Signals, British Army
  • 14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare), British Army
  • 18 (UK Special Forces) Signal Regiment, British Army
• Grenadier Guards, British Army
• Coldstream Guards, British Army
• Scots Guards, British Army
• Irish Guards, British Army
• Welsh Guards, British Army
• Royal Regiment of Scotland, British Army
• The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires), British Army
• The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border), British Army
• The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, British Army
• The Royal Anglian Regiment, British Army
• The Yorkshire Regiment, British Army
• The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords), British Army
• The Royal Welsh, British Army
• The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd adn 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment), British Army
• The Parachute Regiment, British Army
• The Royal Gurkha Rifles, British Army
• The Rifles, British Army
• The Royal Bermuda Regiment, British Army
• The Royal Gibraltar Regiment, British Army
• Army Medical Services, British Army
  • Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army
  • Royal Army Veterinary Corps, British Army
  • Royal Army Dental Corps, British Army
  • Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, British Army
• Small Arms School Corps, British Army
• Adjutant General's Corps, British Army
  • Staff and Personel Support Branch, AGC, British Army
  • Educational and Training Services Branch, AGC, British Army
  • Army Legal Services Branch, AGC, British Army
  • Royal Military Police, AGC, British Army
  • Military Provost Staff, AGC, British Army
  • Military Provost Guard Service, AGC, British Army
• The Special Air Service Regiment, British Army
• The Special Reconnaissance Regiment, British Army
• Army Cadet Force, British Army

Army Reserve

• The London Regiment, British Army
• The Royal Yeomanry, British Army
• The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, British Army
• The Queen's Own Yeomanry, British Army
• The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry, British Army

Navy

• Royal Navy
• HMS Gannet
• HMS Queen Elizabeth
• Special Boat Service, Royal Navy

Fleet Air Arm (FAA)

• No 700X Squadron, FAA
• No 736 Squadron, FAA
• No 744 Squadron, FAA
• No 750 Squadron, FAA
• No 760 Squadron, FAA
• No 771 Squadron, FAA
• No 800 Squadron, FAA
• No 814 Squadron, FAA
• No 820 Squadron, FAA
• No 824 Squadron, FAA
• No 1700 Squadron, FAA
• No 1710 Squadron, FAA

Air Force

Squadrons in the 300-series was formed during World War II from those Nationalities that wanted to continue the Fight after thier Countries had be occupied by Germany. No 400-series Squadrons was formed form Commonwealth Countries Australia, Canada and New Zealand and are shown under thier respective Countries. No 600-series Squadrons was mainly Auxiliary Air Force Units (Royal Auxiliary Air Force from 1947). Higher 600 Numbers was used by Artillery Spotting Squadrons, later transferred to the Army Air Corps.

• Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force
• No 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing, Royal Air Force
• Air Movements Squadron, Royal Air Force
• Catering Training Squadron, Royal Air Force
• Handling Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment
• No 1 Police Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Field Communications Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Engineering Support Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 2 A.C. (Army-Cooperation) Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 2 Field Communications Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment
• No 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 5 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 5 Information Services Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 5 Police Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 184 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 360 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 301 (Polish) Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 302 (Polish) Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 306 (Polish) Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 309 (Polish) Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 663 (Polish) Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 1435 Flight, Royal Air Force
• East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• University of Liverpool Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Former Colonial Troops

• The King's African Rifles
• The Royal West African Frontier Force
• Gold Coast Territorial Force
• Palestine Regiment
• Jamaica Militia Artillery
• Sudan Defence Force
• St Helena Rifles

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