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In the County of Cambridgeshire. The Thistles represents a pun. Ther are Two Place Names in the UK and one in Nebraska, USA. The Star symbolises the fact that the Ship was an ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer. The | In the County of Cambridgeshire. The Thistles represents a pun. Ther are Two Place Names in the UK and one in Nebraska, USA. The Star symbolises the fact that the Ship was an ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer. The badge was approved in 1941. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. |
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HMS BURWELL, ROYAL NAVY
English | Barry wavy of six white and blue; a thistle slipped and leaved proper charged with a hurt theron a mullet white. |
Origin/meaning
In the County of Cambridgeshire. The Thistles represents a pun. Ther are Two Place Names in the UK and one in Nebraska, USA. The Star symbolises the fact that the Ship was an ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer. The badge was approved in 1941.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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