Awarded: October 1936 (BR114)
Blazon: In front of two Swords in saltire Gules a Cross potent quadrate Or charged with three Seaxes fess wise in pale Sable.
Link: The cross commemorates the unit’s formation in Palestine, the seaxes come from the Arms of Essex where the unit was stationed in 1932 whilst the 2 swords indicate the unit’s role at that time which was the defence of London.
Motto: Latin: Adstantes – Standing by them.
History: Formed Deir-el-Balah, Palestine 1 August 1917. Remains current.
Commissioned by Adrian Ferris and dedicated to the Memory of Flt LT Henry Michael Ferriss, DFC, Killed in Action, 16 August 1940.
Battle Honours: 1. Palestine 1917-18. 2. Home Defence 1940-42. 3. Dunkirk. 4, Battle of Britain 1940. 5. Fortress Europe 1941-42.6. North Africa 1942-43. 7. Italy 1943-45. 8. France & Germany 1944. 9. Megiddo. 10. France & Low Countries 1940. 11. Dieppe. 12. Sicily 1943. 13. Salerno. 14 Anzio & Nettuno. 15. Gustav Line.