Help needed with ID of these Badges found at local Rubbish tip

[kradman]

Help needed with ID of these Badges found at local Rubbish tip please , They were in with a mix of ww2 and post war cloth badge , thank you for any help

[Tinhat]

The trident is a Royal Marines patch
British Commando WWII Patch Royal Marine Division Patch 1942

The wheel, is BRITISH WESTERN HOME COMMAND
WW2 British Western Command Cloth Formation Sign Patch Badge PAIR

Steve.

[Watchdog]

The Ram's head is for 1st Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) which was a Brigade sized formation. I can't be sure of the period but think it is WWII or just after.

More recently the same badge was used by a formation named 1st Artillery Brigade (South West) based at Bulford Camp in Wiltshire although that only lasted for about a year before being reorganised again. I don't think the emblem is currently used.

Regards

Mark

[kradman]

Thank you both so much that was quick i was looking for a good 2 hours at pages of div signs with no luck .

[Watchdog]

Thank you both so much that was quick i was looking for a good 2 hours at pages of div signs with no luck .

No problem the first two are easy enough. It's the AGRA that tend to catch people out but there were 18 British AGRA during WWII and I think two Canadian AGRA.
There were more in the early post war period but many didn't last long. I suppose you could build a collection based on AGRA alone.

My dad was in 2AGRA whose formation sign was a white circle with an inverted white semi circle on top on a black background. It was dubbed "The Flying A**SEhole"



Regards

Mark

[kradman]

Here is a couple more that came in with the group if you can help please RP could be some sort of regimental police ?

[Watchdog]

First one is easy. It is the post war (1948 I think) formation sign for Aldershot District which was used until the formation of South East District in about 1968 (SE District had previously existed in Wellingtons day).

The same badge but with an orange border and blue outer border was used by 49 Buckinghamshire Regt RA, a post war Territorial Army unit no longer in existence.

The 'RP' is more obscure and the only thing that comes to my mind is that the letters are an abbreviation of 'Regimental Provost' aka Regimental Police aka Provost Staff which is more usually seen on a duty armband. So this could be a patch sewn to a duty brassard which many units use instead of an armlet.

Got any more?

I hope this helps

Regards

Mark

[kradman]

Thank you Mark
There are more but i havent had time to sort though them yet , Thank you again for your help