42nd Signals Uniform & Insignia

Cap Badges - Signals

Figure 10 - Royal Engineers cap badge worn by Royal Engineers Signals Troops pre-1920

Figure 11 - Royal Corps of Signals cap badge 1920 - 1947

Figure 12 - Royal Corps of Signals cap badge 1947 - 1953

Figure 13 - Royal Corps of Signals cap badge 1953 onwards

Cap Badges - attached supporting arms

Figure 14 - Royal Army Chaplains’ Department cap badge 1940 -1953

Figure 15 - Royal Army Chaplains’ Department cap badge 1953 onwards

Figure 16 - Royal Army Medical Corps cap badge 1950 -1953
(note Latin motto)

Figure 17 - Royal Army Medical Corps cap badge 1953 onwards

Figure 18 - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge 1947 - 1953

Figure 19 - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge1953 onwards

Figure 20 - Royal Army Pay Corps cap badge 1929 - 1953

Figure 21 - Royal Army Pay Corps cap badge 1953 onwards

Figure 22 - Army Catering Corps cap badge 1940 - 1953

Figure 23 - Army Catering Corps cap badge 1953 - 1973

Figure 24 - Army Catering Corps cap badge 1973 - 1993

Figure 25 - Women’s Royal Army Corps cap badge 1949-1953

Figure 26 - Women’s Royal Army Corps cap badge 1953 - 1992

Figure 27 - Adjutant General’s Corps cap badge. Formed 6 April 1992

Figure 28 - Royal Logistic Corps cap badge. Formed 5 April 1993

WW2 economy issue Bakelite cap badge (to save brass for bullets).
Officers’ patterns include gold-wire beret badge.

Figure 29 - 42^nd Division arm badge - WW1
(The unit WW1 Memorial Plaque shows this as white over blue. The plaque was made in the 1930s and contains errors and omissions and is therefore regarded as unreliable as a single source of evidence for a white & blue badge.)

Figure 30 - 42^nd Division arm badge 1940 - 1943

Figure 31 - Royal Signals Arm-of-Service strip - WW2

Figure 32 - 42^nd Division arm badge 1947 - 1967

Figure 33 - 11 Signal Brigade arm badge 1995 onwards

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Figure 34 - 33^rd Signal Regiment arm badge 1998 onwards

To be added -

Shoulder Titles.
Rank Badges
Dark Blue Lanyard.

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Still Recruiting...

42 Signal Squadron is still recruiting spare-time soldiers to train on Tuesday evenings, weekends, plus a 2-week exercise each year, often abroad.
Applicants should be medically and physically fit, and aged 17 - 32 (can be older with previous military experience).
For more details, ring 0161 257 3377 during office hours Monday - Friday.

42nd Signals Uniform & Insignia

Cap Badges - Signals

Cap Badges - attached supporting arms

Arm Badges

Still Recruiting...