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...
