Awarded: September 1943
Blazon: Two Rifles proper in saltire enfiled by an Astral Crown Or.
Link: The rifles and crown indicate ground fighting forces within the RAF
Motto: Latin: Per ardua – Through hardship.
History: A Royal Warrant signed by HM King George VI on 6 January 1942 declared the RAF Regiment to be a Corps formed as an integral part of the RAF and remains current.
Commissioned by Roger Allen Finch in Memory of my father Sgt. Leonard Finch, 2738 Squadron, RAF Regiment, 1941-1945.