During WW2, many different nationalities came to the UK to enlist in the Army, Navy or Air Force. Some like Canada, Australia, New Zealand were part of the Commonwealth and answered the call to fight for the ‘Mother country’. Others such as from Argentina or Brazil cameĀ to fight or were living in the UK at the time. The badges below are from the RAF and were worn on the battledress to show where these voluteers had come from.
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Jamaica
Land Rover S1 80 Queens Parade (55 |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10 ton Cargo |
Eastern Front Collection 441 |
Berlin May/June 1945 2 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hotchkiss |
Thornycroft Amazon WF swb Coles Mk7 |
Eastern Front Collection 19 |
Humber Heavy Utility (NHJ 751) 2 |
Austin K6 3Ton Breakdown Gantry (WZ |
Valentine Tank in Malta |
Dodge WC-53 Carryall (NFF 231) |
Original German WW2 Studio Photo 11 |
Morris C8 FAT Mk2, Limber & 25 Poun |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio (7 |
Scimitar CVRT Tank (06 FD 93) |
Jet Provost T3 (XR-662) Boulton |
Eastern Front Collection 1175 |
Berlin May/June 1945 229 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 87 |
Alvis Saracen APC (VSU 506) 2 |