North Levant District

Scarce woven cloth formation sign. Formed after the 9th Army HQ was disbanded who wore the same sign. Woven red on black. Ref Cole p24  read more

Code: 55088

11th (East African) Division

Woven cloth formation sign. Black rhino's head on red oval. Division saw much hard fighting in the liberation of Burma. Consisted of the battalions of the King's African Rifles and the 1st Batt. Northern Rhodesia Regt. Ref Cole p91  read more

Code: 55092

R (South Shields) Battery 439th LAA Regt.

Printed cloth formation sign. The arms of Washington Co.Durham. Ref Morris Part 2 139  read more

Code: 55087

13th Infantry Brigade / 5th Division / 2nd Batt. Wilts. Regt.

Woven cloth combination formation sign. Worn from September 1939 to August 1944. Fought in the invasion of Sicily and the Italian Campaign. Albert Windham Rogers won a posthumous VC serving in the 2nd Wilts., the only one awarded to the brigade and the division in WWII  read more

Code: 55055

Tripolitania District WWII

Printed cloth formation sign. Administrative HQ set up when this area was occupied after the conquest of the Italian North African colonies. Ref Cole p112  read more

Code: 55029

1st Port Task Force Royal Engineers

Woven cloth formation sign. Yellow lion with white anchor and sword on a blue square. Ref Waring 652  read more

Code: 55022

Northern Ireland District

Printed and woven cloth 2nd pattern formation sign. Adopted May 1943. Printed example with woven red arm of service strip (red is Military Police and scarlet is Infantry) - I think this is 1st RMP  read more

Code: 55020

11th Anti-Aircraft Corps WWII

Woven cloth formation sign. Responsible for Birmingham, Coventry and West & Central Midlands. Ref Cole p56  read more

Code: 55009

Southern Command REME WWII

Printed cloth formation sign  read more

Code: 55000

1st Armoured Division

Woven cloth formation sign. 1942 pattern. Fought in North Africa in all the major battles including El Alamein and also in the campaign in Italy  read more

Code: 54991