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United Kingdom Army Regimental and Unit Flags

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United Kingdom Army Regimental and Unit Flags

The principal administrative unit of the Army is the regiment. Each regiment has its own long history, traditions and insignia, and this includes the flags they use. The flags flown by regiments and their component sub-units (whether battalions, companies, squadron, troops or batteries) are not paid from the public purse, but by each individual regiment from commercial suppliers. The emblem is usually the regimental cap badge or emblem. Because they are bought from commercial suppliers, there are inevitably some changes in style or details over time. Additionally, some manufacturers market ranges of flags aiming for the nostalgia market, whose designs are different again from the flags used by the regiment.

The illustrated collection below attempts to show some of the hundreds of different military flags and ensigns used by United Kingdom Army units and commands.1 It is by no means meant to be conclusive of all the flags, colours, and standards that are used.
Ian Sumner and Pete Loeser, 18 January 2022

Note: Click on Individual Flag's text to see additional information about specific unit provided elsewhere on FOTW pages.2

1st Queens Dragoon Guards
Intelligence 2nd Corps
Suffolk Regiment
12th Regiment Royal Artillery
Intelligence Corps 3
Royal Artillery 12th Regiment
Army Physical Training Corps
Adjutant General's Corps
British Army Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Regiment
London Regiment
Army Physical Training Corps 3
Adjutant General's Corps 3
Corps of the Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers3
London Regiment
Household Division Reserve
London Regiment Variant 2
London Regiment Variant 3
British Army Infantry Corps School
British Army Royal Anglian Regiment
Household Division 3
Household Division
School of Infantry 3
Royal Anglian Regiment
Queen's Own Highlanders
Royal Dragoon Guards
Royal Army Dental Corps
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
British Army Royal Armoured Corps Regiment
British Army Royal Corps of Transport
British Army Royal Green Jackets Regiment
British Army Royal Lancers Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps 3
Royal Corps of Transport
Royal Green Jackets
Royal Lancers
British Army Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Duke Of Lancaster Regiment
Duke Of Lancaster Regiment Variant
East Lancashire Regiment
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
East Lancashire Regiment
Royal Army Medical Corps
Mercian Regiment of Mercia
Parachute Regiment
Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
Royal Army Medical Corps 3
Mercian Regiment
Parachute Regiment 3
Princess of Wales's
Royal Regiment
Royal Artillery Regiment
Royal Engineer Corps
Royal Irish Regiment
Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
Royal Regiment of Artillery 3
Corps of Royal Engineers 3
Royal Irish Regiment
Camp Flag of the 2nd Division
Army Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
Army Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
Royal Pioneer Corps
Middlesex Regiment
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regiment
Royal Pioneer Corps
Royal Logistic Corps
Royal Regiment of Scotland
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Royal Signal Corps
Royal Logistic Corps 3
Royal Regiment of Scotland
Royal Corps of Signals 3
Somerset Light Infantry Regiment: Prince Albert's Own
Somerset Light Infantry Regiment: Prince Albert's Own (Variant)
South Staffordshire Regiment
Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Royal Welch
Royal Monmouthshire: 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh
Royal Tank Regiment 3
Royal Welch Fusiliers 3
Queen's Own Highlanders
143rd West Midlands Brigade
Royal Wessex Yeomenry Flag
Royal Yorkshire Regiment
Yorkshire Regiment
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Army Chaplains'
Department 3
King's Own Royal
Border Regiment 4
King's Own Scottish
Borderers 4
King's Regiment
Manchester and Liverpool 4
King's Royal Hussars
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Grenadier Guards
Grenadier Guards
10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Royal Gurkha Rifles
10 Queen's Own Gurkha
Logistic Regiment
Royal Gurkha Rifles 3

Army Air Forces Corps (AAC) - Regimental and Unit Flags

The Army Air Corps (AAC) is a part of the British Army formed in 1942 in World War II. Today, there are eight regiments (seven Regular Army and one Reserve) of the AAC as well as four Independent Flights and two Independent Squadrons deployed in support of British Army operations around the world. Regiments and flights are located in the United Kingdom, Brunei, Canada, and Germany. Some AAC squadrons provide the air assault elements of 16 Air Assault Brigade through Joint Helicopter Command.

Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment
United Kingdom Air Forces (NATO)
Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment
United Kingdom Air Forces
(NATO)
Army Air Corps
Army Air Corps
Army Air Corps
Airborne Forces
Airborne Forces
Air Assault Forces

Notations:

1 These flags are not placed in chronological or alphabetical order, but rather as they were provided for FOTW's use.
2 Additional information links are provided for all military flags shown here if they have been added to another existing page.
3 Headquarters (HQ) or Camp Flag, considered the "official" unit flag.
Manufacturer's Variant.
This Airborne Forces Flag is entirely unofficial - the name 'Airborne Forces' is not an official Army category.
This Air Assault Forces Flag entirely unofficial - the name 'Air Assault Forces' is not an official Army category