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History: A Gunnery Range at Wembury, Devon from 1940. Comissioned in 19956 and closed for live firing in 2001. | History: A Gunnery Range at Wembury, Devon from 1940. Comissioned in 19956 and closed for live firing in 2001. | ||
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|Per fess white and green; in chief the cornonte of a Royal Duke proper in base a cannon barrel traversed in fess gold.</br> | |Per fess white and green; in chief the cornonte of a Royal Duke proper in base a cannon barrel traversed in fess gold.</br> | ||
Motto: Practice makes perfect | Motto: Practice makes perfect. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Named for the first Duke of Cambridge ( | Named for the first Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), indicated by the Coronet of a Royal Duke. The Gun Barrel symbolise the Gunnery Range. The Badge was approved in 1956. | ||
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[[Literature]]:Image from picclick.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | |||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1956]] | [[Category:Granted 1956]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:58, 28 September 2024
History: A Gunnery Range at Wembury, Devon from 1940. Comissioned in 19956 and closed for live firing in 2001.
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Country:United Kingdom  |
| English | Per fess white and green; in chief the cornonte of a Royal Duke proper in base a cannon barrel traversed in fess gold. Motto: Practice makes perfect. |
Origin/meaning
Named for the first Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), indicated by the Coronet of a Royal Duke. The Gun Barrel symbolise the Gunnery Range. The Badge was approved in 1956.
Literature:Image from picclick.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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