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As many members know I have since 2007 edited The Formation Sign, quarterly Journal of The Military Heraldry Society. We are in the process of updating our website http://militaryheraldrysociety.com/ which will include an up to date list of the contents of recent issues. No 278 is currently at the printers.

Those who are not members might like to have a look at the list below which details some samples of the contents of recent issues - in the hope that they might encourage you to join. Once you do - UK subscription is £17 (£18 by PayPal)- back copies can be bought as hard copy or PDFs for a small sum.

If the thought appeals please email militaryheraldrysociety@gmail.com

278 - Marks the anniversaries of the formation of the Local Defence Volunteers in 1940 and VE Day in 1945, records use of the Palestine national title, variations on the wartime titles of the Parachute Regiment and Royal Marines, solves the mystery of a pine tree badge shown in FS 276 and carries the regular crop of new badges and items for identification.

277 - Includes a photograph of the rare Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) arm badge being worn, relates the origins of the signs of the Lincolnshire County Division and 22nd Beach Brigade, finally solves the longstanding mystery of a Sussex related Artillery badge, looks at the water slide steel helmet transfers made by Aldershot publishers Gale & Polden, illustrates two previously unrecorded badges from the First World War and has the usual features on modern badges and mystery items to identify.

276 - This Special 48-page edition looks at the incredible variety of printed badges produced in the 1940s and 1950s for Britain’s armed and civilian services, by the Calico Printers Association based on three sample albums from the Association – one of them first appearing on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. It reveals that during the Second World War the Association produced 230 million badges, 800,000 of them for the United States 8th Army Air Force based in Britain and illustrates a number of badges which still defy identification.

275 - The cover story marks the 100th Birthday of the Society’s Vice-President Mrs Joy Waring, whose late husband Major John Waring founded the Society in 1951. Inside features cover Official Service photographers, an exceptionally rare RASC cloth unit badge, badges of the Free Belgian Forces trained in Northern Ireland in 1945, the dress and badges of Italian POW Labour units and a second series of additions and updates to the 2019 book Badges on Battle Dress.

274 -Looks at the badges and uniforms of Army Scripture Readers and related bodies, tells the story of a wartime Lincolnshire Regiment badge and of the uniformed Civilian Transport services supporting the armed forces and has a detailed account of the various glider badges worn by Britain’s wartime airborne forces and their post-war successors. Plus the usual coverage of new badges and old mysteries.

273 - Details and illustrates the rank badge adopted for the newly-created post of Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Staff’s Committee, looks at the wartime dress distinctions worn by The Sherwood Foresters and has a detailed and fully illustrated record of the Epaulette and Shoulder insignia worn by the Infantry of the Honourable Artillery Company.

272 - Attempts to solve the riddle of how a formation sign abolished in 1942 appeared on the arms of soldiers in Normandy in 1944, illustrates several of the armbands worn by the wartime Warwickshire Civil Defence units, relates how the Lymphad of Sunderland became a regimental arm badge and has a centre spread of a cloth badge collection formed in North West Europe in 1944-1945.

271 -This 16-page edition has a detailed, illustrated account of the Cold War Royal Naval Minewatching Service and its successor the RN Auxiliary Service, tells of the activities of the wartime WVS and explains the details and origins of a cloth badge collection found in America which contains numerous examples of the silk woven badges made by the Staffordshire-based firm Brough, Hall and Nicolson, some of the best quality wartime badges worn by Britain’s forces.
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Just noticed this thread - it's well worth joining the society. I was going through my copies of the journal a couple of days ago, sorting out duplicates.
I keep meaning to buy a complete set of the "Waring" pamphlets, I'll get around to it soon......
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