Badges of RAF Ground Training Units
Air
of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
RAF Badges
- Ground Training Units
The table below shows the
badges awarded to each unit, the monarch who authorised it, the general date of
the award and, where known, the heraldic description of the design.
If you would like to
commission any of the missing badges (including those marked *) please contact RAF
Heraldry Trust for further details.
Malaya Training Centre*
Officer and Aircrew Selection
Centre*
RAF (Cadet) College/RAF College
Officer Cadet Training Unit*
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1961
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1967
Authorised: King George V - December 1924
Authorised: King George VI - March 1948
RAF Staff College
RAF Technical College*
RAF Inspectorate of Recruiting
Authorised: King George VI - August 1937
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1951
Authorised: King George VI - May 1946
School of Aeronautical Engineering*
School of Catering*
School of Education and Training Support
School of Fighter Control*
Authorised: King George VI - July 1938
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1985
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1967
Originally
School of Education
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1958
School of Firefighting and Rescue
School of Photography*
School of Physical Training*
No 3 School of Recruit Training*
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1953
Authorised: King George VI - November 1939
Authorised: King George VI - October 1937
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953
No 5 School of Recruit Training
No 7 School of Recruit Training
No 11 School of Recruit Training*
No 1 School of Technical Training
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1954
Authorised: King George VI - February 1950
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1953
Authorised: King George VI - June 1939
No 2 School of Technical Training*
No 3 School of Technical Training*
No 4 School of Technical Training
No 5 School of
Technical Training*
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1987
Authorised: King George VI - March 1939
Authorised: King George VI - August 1944
Authorised: King George VI - August 1944
Badge - No 6 School of Technical Training
Badge - No 7 School of Technical Training
No 8 School of Texhnical Training badge
Badge - No 9 School of Technical Training
No 6 School of Technical Training*
No 7 School of Technical Training*
No 8 School of Technical Training*
No 9 School of Technical Training*
Authorised: King George VI - March 1942
Authorised: King George VI - August 1944
Authorised: King George VI - October 1942
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1962
No 10 School of Technical Training badge
No 11 School of Technical Training badge
Badge - No 12 School of Technical Training
Badge - No 15 School of Technical Training
No 10 School of Technical Training*
No 11 School of Technical Training*
No 12 School of Technical Training*
No 15 School of Technical Training*
Authorised: King George VI - May 1947
Authorised: King George VI - July 1944
Authorised: King George VI - 1944
Authorised: ?
Administrative Apprentice Training School
Bomber Command Armament School*
Central Air Traffic Control School*
Chaplains' School*
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1959
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1957
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - December 1964
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - September 1960
Electrical and Wireless School badge
Badge - No 1 Initial Training School
[
画像:Intelligence School badge]
Badge - Joint School of Photographic Interpretation
Electrical and Wireless School*
No 1 Initial Training School*
Intelligence School
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation*
Authorised: King George VI - October 1937: ?
Authorised: King George VI - October 1949
Authorised: King George VI - June 1943
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1967
Joint Services Language School*
Marine Craft Training School
Movements School
Officers Advanced Training School*
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1962
Authorised: King George VI - April 1944
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1957
Authorised: King George VI - December 1948
No 1 Parachute Training School Badge
RAF (Belgian) Technical Training School badge
Badge - Communications Analysis Training School
Training Development and Support Unit badge
No 1 Parachute Training School*
RAF (Belgian) Technical Training School*
Communications Analysis Training School*
Training Development and Support Unit*
Authorised: King George VI - July 1944
Authorised: King George VI - February 1947
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1969:
Authorised: ?
Firefighting and Rescue Service*
Air Battlespace Training Centre*
WRAF Depot*
School of Combat Survival and Rescue
Authorised: ?
Transferred from Air Fighting Development Squadron
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953
Authorised:
Badge of the Officer Training Academy
Officer Training Academy*
Authorised: ?
All badges on this page are Crown Copyright and have been
produced by Mary Denton (except those marked *) on behalf of the RAF
Heraldry Trust and are displayed on this page with the permission of the
RAFHT. Mary Denton and the RAFHT have probably completed half of the
'official' badges authorised but are still looking for sponsorship for the
remaining badges. The work continues and details can be found on their website.
*These badges have been produced by Dave Clifford
ゥ Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Directorate of
Intellectual Property Rights
This entry was last updated on
16/06/25
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