Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechnical Engineers, British Army
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CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHNICAL ENGINEERS, BRITISH ARMY
History: Raised in 1942 by collation of the Engineering Workshops of the Royal Engineers, Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Official blazon
Upon a flash of lightning a horse forcene (i.e., in a rearing attitude) with a coronet of four fleur-de-lis round its neck, a chain attached to the back of the coronet and falling down its near side to a globe on which the horse is standing in its near hind leg; above the horse a scroll inscribed "R.E.M.E." surmounted by a crown. The horse, coronet, chain and globe are in silver plate, remainder gilt.
Origin/meaning
The Horse with its chain symbolises power under control and the Globe symbolises world-wide character of mechanical engineering. The lightning flash is emblematic of electrical engineering.
Literature: Image from Regimental Badges by T.J. Edwards