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The Horse's Head symbolises the Communications Role. The Chaplet with Roses for England, Thistles for Scotland and Shamrocks for Northern Ireland indicates the area of operations. The | The Horse's Head symbolises the Communications Role. The Chaplet with Roses for England, Thistles for Scotland and Shamrocks for Northern Ireland indicates the area of operations. The badge was approved in 1949. | ||
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NO 782 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First formed in 1939 at Royal Naval Air Station Ford (HMS Peregrine), West Sussex, operated only for a month as an Arnament Training Squadron. Refomed in 1940 at Royal Naval Air Station Donibristle as a Communications Unit for the whole of the UK until disbanded in 1953.
English | Green; a horse's head erased and with wings elevated white gorged with chaplet of roses, thistles and shamrocks proper. |
Origin/meaning
The Horse's Head symbolises the Communications Role. The Chaplet with Roses for England, Thistles for Scotland and Shamrocks for Northern Ireland indicates the area of operations. The badge was approved in 1949.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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