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

Eastern Front Collection 945 | 
Normandy 1944 Collection 77 | 
Wolverhampton Bantock House 1940\ | 
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (YFO 818) F |

Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier | 
Normandy 1944 Collection 594 | 
REME (Royal Electrical & Mechanical | 
Bedford QL 3Ton (XBW 775 H) |

Challenger 3 Tank (79 KF 03) Rear | 
Normandy 1944 Collection 95 | 
D95 HMS Manchester (Type 42 Class D | 
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance (CSV 1 |

US 76 Infantry Division | 
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (WFU 706)2 | 
Berlin May/June 1945 201 | 
Morris CS8 15cwt Wireless House |

Ford WOT 2H 15cwt Radar (420 XUR) C | 
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (GSU 599) | 
Normandy 1944 Collection 232 | 
Austin K2 2Ton GS (SSV 293) |