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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Badges - Signal Units, etc
The table below shows the badges awarded to each unit, the monarch who authorised it and the general date of the award.
If you would like to commission any of the missing badges (including those marked *) please contact RAF Heraldry Trust for further details.
Signals Units
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| No 1 Signals Unit* | No 7 Signals Unit* | No 9 Signals Unit* | No 11 Signals Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1956 | Authorised: ? | Based on Signals Command badge | Authorised: ? |
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| No 12 Signals Unit | No 26 Signals Unit* | No 33 Signals Unit* | No 59 Signals Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - February 1972 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1966 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1988 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1956 |
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| No 71 Signals Unit* | No 81 Signals Unit* | No 90 Signals Unit* | No 91 Signals Unit |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1961 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1984 | Transferred from No 90 Group | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1960 |
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| No 117 Signals Unit* | No 264 Signals Unit* | No 271 Signals Unit* | No 280 Signals Unit |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - May 1965 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - September 1960 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1958 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - September 1960 |
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| No 303 Signals Unit* | No 336 Signals Unit* | No 367 Signals Unit* | No 399 Signals Unit* |
| Authorised: ? | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1958 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1955 |
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| No 405 Signals Unit* | No 409 Signals Unit* | No 487 Signals Unit* | No 500 Signals Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - September 1960 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1956 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1957 | Badge transferred to RAF Boulmer |
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| No 591 Signals Unit* | No 646 Signals Unit* | No 719 Signals Unit | No 724 Signals Unit* |
| Authorised: November 1955 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1957 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1955 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1955 |
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| No 751 Signals Unit* | No 926 Signals Unit | No 966 Signals Unit* | |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1986 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1956 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955 | |
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| No 6 Tactical Signals Unit* | No 54 Signals Unit* | No 144 Signals Unit* | No 469 Signals Unit* |
| Authorised: ? | Authorised: ? | Authorised: King Charles III - November 2023? | Authorised: ? |
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| No 889 Signals Unit* |
No 2 Signals Unit* |
No 6 Signals Unit* | No 840 Signals Unit* |
| Authorised: ? | Transferred from Central Communications Centre | Transferred from South-West Signals Centre | Transferred from Communications Centre, Malta |
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| No 1001 Signals Unit* | RAF Signals Unit Malta | ||
| Transferred from RAF Oakhanger | Authorised: King George VI - October 1949 |
Fighter Control Units RAuxAF
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| No 3500 (County of Kent) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3504 (County of Nottingham) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3505 Fighter Control Unit* |
| Authorised: King George VI - August 1950 | Authorised: King George VI - December 1950 | Authorised: King George VI - November 1951 | Authorised: King George VI - December 1950 |
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| No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit | No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit | No 3508 (County of Northumberland) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3509 (County of Stafford) Fighter Control Unit* |
| Authorised: King George VI - July 1951 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1954 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1953 |
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| No 3510 (County of Inverness) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit | No 3512 (County of Devon) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3513 Fighter Control Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1953 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953 | Authorised: King George VI -December 1950 |
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| No 3602 (City of Glasgow) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3604 Fighter Control Unit* | No 3605 (County of Warwick) Fighter Control Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1954 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1953 | Authorised: King George VI - February 1951 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955 |
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| No 3608 (North Riding) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3609 (West Riding) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3611 (West Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3612 Fighter Control Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1952 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - May 1952 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1953 |
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No 3613 (City of Manchester) Fighter Control Unit* |
No 3614 (County of Glamorgan) Fighter Control Unit |
No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit |
No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1955 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1952 | Authorised: King George VI - March 1950 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1955 |
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| No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3620 (Country of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3621 (North Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit* | No 3700 (County of Middlesex) Radar Reporting Unit* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1953 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1958 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1955 |
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| No 3701 (County of Sussex) Radar Reporting Unit* | |||
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1957 |
Air Traffic Control, Communications Centres and Miscellaneous Radio Units
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No 1 Air Control Centre* |
Air Traffic Control Centre, Gloucester* | Air Traffic Control Centre, Hanover* | Air Traffic Control Centre, Watnall* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - May 1972 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - December 1955 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - May 1957 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1957 |
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| Central Communications Centre* | Communications Centre, Germany | Communications Centre, Malta | Communications Centre, Rudloe Manor |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - May 1957 | Authorised: | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1962 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - March 1955 |
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| Communications Centre, Singapore | Eastern Signals Centre* | London Air Traffic Control Centre (Military)* | Northern Sector Operations Centre* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1962 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - May 1957 | Authorised: ? | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1955 |
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| Signals Unit, Malta* | |||
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| Signals Centre, Eastleigh* | Southern Sector Operations Centre - Singapore* | Central Signals Establishment* | HQ Metropolitan Sector |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - December 1958 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1955 | Authorised: King George VI - September 1948 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1954 |
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| HQ Military Air Traffic Operations* | Border Radar* | Eastern Radar | Malta Sector |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1968 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - September 1980 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - February 1976 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1955 |
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| Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (Military)* | North West Signals Centre* | South West Signals Centre | |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1984 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955 | Transferred from Communications Centre, Rudloe Manor | |
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| Electronic Warfare Operational Support Establishment* | Telecommunications Flying Unit | Radar Research Flying Unit | Radio Engineering Unit |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1988 | Authorised: King George VI - March 1943 | Transferred from Telecommunications Flying Unit in December 1966 | Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1953 |
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| Radio Introduction Unit* | Ulster Maritime Support Unit RAuxAF* | No 2 Field Communication Squadron* | No 3 Field Communication Squadron* |
| Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955 Note: The gauntlet should 'steely blue' not gold |
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1963 | Authorised: ? | Based on Central Communications Centre Badge |
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| No 4 Field Communication Squadron* | No 5 Information Services Squadron* | RAF Unit Swanwick* | Signals Engineering Establishment* |
| Authorised: ? | Authorised: ? | Authorised: ? | 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
© Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Directorate of Intellectual Property Rights
This entry was last updated on 29/06/25
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