by Tony Foran | Jan 9, 2018 | Australian Army, Australian Defence Force, Military
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is a corps of the Australian Army. The corps was formed on 9 July 1941 as the Australian Armoured Corps to provide personnel to use Armoured Fighting Vehicles. The corps has its origins in the Australian Tank Corps,...
by Tony Foran | Jan 9, 2018 | Australian Army, Australian Defence Force, Military
The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, normally referred to as the Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), is a Regiment of the Australian Army descended from the original colonial artillery units prior to Australia’s federation. Australia’s first guns...
by Tony Foran | Jan 9, 2018 | Australian Army, Australian Defence Force, Military
The Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) is a corps of the Australian Army (although the word corps does not appear in their name or on their badge). The RAE is ranked fourth in seniority of the corps of the Australian Army, behind the Staff Cadets, Armoured and Artillery...
by Tony Foran | Jan 9, 2018 | Australian Army, Australian Defence Force, Military
The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. It was originally formed in 1948 as a three battalion...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military
The Poachers are the 2nd Battalion of The Royal Anglian Regiment. They recruit primarily from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland. The Poachers are based in Cyprus (Dhekelia). They are a Light Mechanised...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’) (or simply “Staffords” for short) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. The regiment was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of the South...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Hampshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot The regiment existed...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (abbreviated YORKS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006. It is currently the only line infantry or rifles unit to represent a...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Prior to 28 March 2006, the Royal Highland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment in its own right, created by the...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. It was formed in 1969 by the amalgamation of the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Regiment. The 1st Battalion, The Royal...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army with a relatively short existence, formed in 1968 and later merged with the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992 to form the Royal Irish Regiment....
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by an amalgamation of The Queen’s Royal Lancers and 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) on 2 May 2015. It serves as the Formation...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. The regiment currently serves as the Armoured...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. At its renaming as a Royal Corps in 1918 it was both a supply and repair corps. In the supply area it had responsibility for weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equipment,...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. Together with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
siryessirglobal.com/…uct/product_info.php The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community. It was formed in 1965 and later in...
