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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

• Headquarters Home Command, British Army
• Force Troops Command (FTC), British Army
• Army Recruiting Initial Training Command (ARITC), British Army
• Headquarters Northern Ireland, British Army
• Headquarters Field Army, British Army
• Southern Command - Army Catering 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
• Southern Command - Auxiliary Territorial Service, 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
• 6th United Kingdom Division, British Army
• Specialised Infantry Brigade, British Army
• 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade, British Army
• 1st Signal Brigade, British Army
• 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade. British Army
• 1st Military Police Brigade, British Army
• 1st Military Intelligence 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
• 19th Light Brigade, British Army
• 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade, British Army
• 42nd Brigade and Headquarters North West, British Army
• 43rd (Wessex) Brigade, British Army
• 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, British Army
• 77th Brigade, British Army
• 145th (South) Brigade, British Army
• 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales, 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
  • 1 Regiment, RHA, British Army
  • 3 Regiment, RHA, British Army
  • 7 Parachute Regiment, RHA, 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
  • 4th-7th Royal Dragoon Guards, British Army
  • 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, British Army
  • The Queen's Own Hussars, British Army
  • The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, British Army
  • 9th-12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), British Army
  • The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own), British Army
  • 13th-18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), British Army
  • 14th-20th King's Hussars, British Army
  • 15th-19th The King's Royal Hussars, British Army
  • 16th-5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, British Army
  • 17th-21st Lancers, British Army
  • 1st King's Dragoon Guards, British Army
  • The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), British Army
  • 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards), British Army
  • 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, British Army
  • 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), British Army
  • The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), British Army
  • 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), British Army
  • The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons), British Army
  • The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), British Army
  • 3rd The King's Own Hussars, British Army
  • 4th Queen's Own Hussars, British Army
  • 5th Royal Irish Lancers, British Army
  • The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons), British Army
  • 7th Queen's Own Hussars, British Army
  • 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars, British Army
  • 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, British Army
  • 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own), British Army
  • 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own), British Army
  • 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), British Army
  • 13th Hussars, British Army
  • 14th King's Hussars, British Army
  • 15th The King's Hussars, British Army
  • 16th The Queen's Lancers, British Army
  • 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), British Army
  • 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), British Army
  • 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars, British Army
  • 20th Hussars, British Army
  • 21st Lancers (Empress of India's), British Army
  • 24th Lancers, British Army
  • 27th Lancers, 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
• The Glider Pilot Regiment, British Army
• The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), British Army
• The Queen's Regiment, British Army
• The King's Own Royal Border Regiment, British Army
• The King's Regiment, British Army
• The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, British Army
• The Light Infantry, British Army
• The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, British Army
• The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment, British Army
• The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Galsgow and Ayrshire Regiment, British Army
• The Cheshire Regiment, British Army
• The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army
• The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot), British Army
• The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army
• The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th), British Army
• The Gloucestershire Regiment, British Army
• The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, British Army
• The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, British Army
• The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), British Army
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment, British Army
• The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), British Army
• The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), British Army
• The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), British Army
• The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), British Army
• The Gordon Highlanders, British Army
• The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), British Army
• The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), British Army
• The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, British Army
• The Royal Ulster Rifles, British Army
• The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), British Army
• The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, British Army
• The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), British Army
• The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, British Army
• The Royal Sussex Regiment, British Army
• The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, British Army
• The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), British Army
• The East Surrey Regiment, British Army
• The Connaught Rangers, British Army
• The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), British Army
• The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, British Army
• The Royal Munster Fusiliers, British Army
• The Royal Irish Regiment (old), 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 Foundation College, British Army
• Armour Centre, British Army
• Collective Training Group, British Army
• Mission Training & Mobilisation Centre (MTMC), British Army
• Royal School of Artillery, British Army
• School of Infantry, British Army
• Army Cadet Force, British Army
• Aberdeen University Officer Training Corps
• Birmingham University Officer Training Corps
• Bristol University Officer Training Corps
• Cambridge University Officer Training Corps
• East Midlands University Officer Training Corps
• Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps
• Exeter University Officer Training Corps
• Glasgow & Strathclyde Universities Officer Training Corps
• Liverpool University Officer Training Corps
• Manchester & Salford Universities Officer Training Corps
• Northumbrian Universities Officer Training Corps
• Tayforth University Officer Training Corps
• University of London Officer Training Corps
• University of Sheffield Officer Training Corps
• University of Wales Officer Training Corps
• Southampton University Officer Training Corps
• Oxford University Officer Training Corps

Army Reserve (Formerly Territorial Army/Force)

• The London Regiment, British Army
• The Tyneside Scottish, British Army
• Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, British Army
• The Royal Yeomanry, British Army
• The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, British Army
• The Queen's Own Yeomanry, British Army
• Cheshire (Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry, British Army
• Dorset Yeomanry, British Army
• The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry, British Army
• Ayrshire Yeomany (Earl of Carrick's Own), British Army
• Inns of Court and City Yeomany, British Army
• North Irish Horse, British Army
• Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, British Army
• Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, British Army
• Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry, British Army
• Royal Glocestershire Hussars, British Army
• Scottish Horse, British Army
• South Irish Horse, British Army
• Westminister Dragoons, British Army

Navy

• Royal Navy
• First Sea Lord, Royal Navy
• 2nd Sea Lord, Royal Navy
• Commander United Kingdom Maritime Force (COMUKMARFOR), Royal Navy
• Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group (COMUKCSG), Royal Navy
• Commander Maritime Reserve (COMMARRES), Royal Navy
• Flag Officer Reserves, Royal Navy
• Fleet Commander, Royal Navy
• Naval Assistant, Royal Navy
• Naval Secretary, Royal Navy
• Navy Board, Royal Navy
• Royal Naval Chaplaincy Service
• Institute of Naval Medicine, Royal Navy
• 1 Patrol Boat Squadron - Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron, Royal Navy
• Fishery Protection Squadron, Royal Navy
• HMS Atherstone, Royal Navy
• HMS Bangor, Royal Navy
• HMS Bulwark, Royal Navy
• HMS Eaglet, Royal Navy
• HMS Gannet
• HMS Heron, Royal Navy
• 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

Royal Marines (RM)

• Royal Marines
• Commando Training Centre, RM
• Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade, RM
• 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group, RM
• 40 Commando, RM
• 42 Commando, RM
• 43 Commando, RM
• 45 Commando, RM
• Commando Logistic Regiment, RM
• Royal Marines Armoured Support Group (RMASG)
• 1 Assault Group, RM (1AGRM)
  • 4 Assault Squadron, RM
  • 6 Assault Squadron, RM
  • 539 Assault Squadron, RM
  • 10 (Landing Craft) Training Squadron, RM
  • 11 Amphibious Trials and Training Unit Royal Marines (ATTURM)
• Royal Marines Band Service
• Royal Marines Reserve Bristol
• Royal Marines Reserve London
• Royal Marines Reserve Merseyside
• Royal Marines Reserve Scotland

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)
• Air Command, Royal Air Force
• Second Tactical Air Force, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Group, Royal Air Froce
• No 2 Group, Royal Air Force
• No 11 Group, Royal Air Force
• No 22 Group, Royal Air Force
• No 38 Group, Royal Air Force
• No 83 Group, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Air Mobility Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 42 Expeditionary Support Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 901 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 902 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 905 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 906 Expeditionary Air Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 1 (Specialist) Police Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 2 Police Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 3 (Tactical) Police Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 1 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 2 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 3 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 4 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 5 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 6 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 7 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• No 8 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force
• Airborne Delivery Wing, Royal Air Force
• Air Intelligence Wing, Royal Air Force
• Air Logistics Wing, Royal Air Force
• Air Movements Squadron, Royal Air Force
• Tactical Communications Wing, Royal Air Force
• Tactical Medical Wing, 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 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 32 The Royal Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 41 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 45 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 71 Inspection and Repair Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 92 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 93 Expeditionary Armament Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 111 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 184 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 201 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 206 Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 208 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 5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron, Royal Air Force
• No 1435 Flight, Royal Air Force
• Central Gliding School, Royal Air Force
• Bristol University Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Cambridge University Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• East Midlands Universities Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Manchester University Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Oxford University Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Queen's University Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Southampton University Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• University of Glasgow and Strathclyde Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• University of Liverpool Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• University of London Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• University of Wales Air Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
• Yorkshire Universities 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
• The Cyprus Regiment
• The Cyprus Volunteer Force
• The King's Own Malta Regiment
• The Royal Malta Artillery
• Somaliland Camel Corps
• Somaliland Gendarmerie
• Somaliland Scouts

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