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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | History: First formed in 1939 at Royal Naval Air Station Ford (HMS Peregrine), West Sussex, operated only for a month as an Arnament Training Squadron. Refomed in 1940 at Royal Naval Air Station Donibristle as a Communications Unit for the whole of the UK until disbanded in 1953. | ||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
| | |Green; a horse's head erased and with wings elevated white gorged with chaplet of roses, thistles and shamrocks proper. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Horse's Head symbolises the Communications Role. The Chaplet with Roses for England, Thistles for Scotland and Shamrocks for Northern Ireland indicates the area of operations. The badge was approved in 1949. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{ | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1949]] | |||