25 Tank Brigade The 25 Tank Brigade used a diabolo (black) as their unit sign. By 1944 it was on a Red and yellow shield. They were awarded a Canadian maple leaf in 1944 for service with …

The Fern Leaf. The fern leaf is the emblem of New Zealand and was awarded to the 3rd Hussars by General Freyberg after the battle of El Alamein. It was awarded to the regiment as a symbol …

The Fern Leaf Worn on the left arm in combat uniform by Other Ranks in a tank commander’s appointment at Regimental Duty and displayed on all Regimental vehicles. The emblem of …

The Fern Leaf: All vehicles in the regiment display the emblem of New Zealand, the fern leaf, to commemorate the association of The 3rd Hussars with the 2nd New Zealand Division at the …

divisional symbols on opposite sides of the tank, to a combined insignia of a white fern leaf on black, in the top half and the unit number on the unit colour in the bottom half (see the diagram …

The best known unit associated with the fighting in Delville Wood is the South African Brigade, part of the 9th (Scottish) Division — of the 3,433 men from the brigade who entered the wood, …

In the Second World War, the regiment fought in the Middle East, seeing action in Syria against Vichy French forces, as well as operations in Iraq and Iran. It then joined 9th Armoured …

A Fern Leaf badge, a distinction from 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1943 in recognition of service in 9th Armoured Brigade with 2nd New Zealand Division, is worn on ties and as a …

The Gong has an important part to play in the interior domestic economy, if one may use the term, of the British Army.

In 1908 the Warwickshire Yeomanry were brigaded with the Worcestershire Yeomanry and the Gloucestershire Hussars to form the 1st South Midlands Mounted Brigade. The brigade was …