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The Badge show a canting Buzzard. The Name was given to the Royal Naval Air Station Lympne, Kent 1939-1940 and Royal Naval Air Station Kingston, Jamaica 1940-1944. The Badge was approved in 1940. | The Badge show a canting Buzzard. The Name was given to the Royal Naval Air Station Lympne, Kent 1939-1940 and Royal Naval Air Station Kingston, Jamaica 1940-1944. The Badge was approved in 1940. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Information from Admirality | [[Literature]]: Image from royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1940]] | [[Category:Granted 1940]] | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 2 July 2023
HMS BUZZARD, ROYAL NAVY
Official blazon
Green; over water barry wavy of two white and blue a buzzard (Butei vulgaris) volant affronty proper.
Origin/meaning
The Badge show a canting Buzzard. The Name was given to the Royal Naval Air Station Lympne, Kent 1939-1940 and Royal Naval Air Station Kingston, Jamaica 1940-1944. The Badge was approved in 1940.
Literature: Image from royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.