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Previously the 50th (Indian) Parachute Brigade The same Badge was used by this unit as that of the British Airborne Division, the well known Pegasus with the addition of the word India in blue unde …
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The badge of this unit was a black elephant on a red background. Formed at Alesford in Hampshire in February 1940, by the then GOC Sir Glaude Auchinlect, who choose the badge of his old regiment (1 …
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4th Indian Armoured Division The Badge of this unit was a charging buffalo in black with red horns, hooves and eyes on a white background within a black circular border. The Badge contained an …
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The Badge of this unit was a red ball on a black background, it has been said that it was derived from the fact that the red ball was painted on hurriedly to comply with the order that the formation …
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The badge of this unit was a yellow arrow on a black background and they were known as ""The Golden Arrow” Division. The badge was chosen to indicate the direction of line of advance in the protecti …
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The Badge of this unit was a black tarantula spider on a yellow circular background, (in West African folklore the spider always comes out on top) This formation was the first division ever to be f …
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The badge of this unit was two spears on a native carriers headband set on a yellow shield. They were dispatched to India in July 1944, serving as part of the ""Fourteenth Army"", they joined up wi …
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The 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Supplementary Reserve), was founded in the wake of the Munich crisis, and recruited mainly in the spring of 1939 from young men of the …
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The Regiment has been in existence for 296 years and today is one of the handful that have not been disbanded or amalgamated since the Infantry of the Line was reorganised in 1881. At that time the 3 …
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Report in SEAC Souvenir Newspaper (Price 1 Anna) With the end of the Monsoon in 1944 came the long-awaited moment for the British to return in force to Burma, liberate Mandalav, its ancient capital …
