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The Guidon bears the Corps Badge as the
main device, with the AAC monogram in two of the four corners.
The remaining corners show, top left, the badge of the Glider Pilot
Regiment and lower right, that of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, to
commemorate the founding constituents of the modern Corps.
Emblazoned are the Theatre Honours awarded to the Army Air Corps:
"Falkland Islands 1982" and "Gulf 1991".
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remained the exclusive privilege of those who fought face to face with
the enemy, namely the Cavalry and the Infantry. On May 10th 1994
in recognition of its role on the modern battlefield, Her Majesty The
Queen was graciously pleased to authorise the grant of a Guidon to the
The Army Air Corps, and the emblazoning of Honours on it. |
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Halifax Rifles (Canada) |
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Motto: Cede Nullis
(Yield to none) |
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Canada's
Halifax Rifles are one of the few Units in the Commonwealth that have
both Colours and a Guidon.
This is because the Unit started as a
Rifle Unit entitled to Colours and later in it's regimental life was
reassigned as an Armoured Corps unit so it became entitled to a Guidon. |
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The Fort Garry Horse
(Canada) |
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The
Fort Garry Horse Regimental Guidon |
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A US Artillery Unit's
Guidon from the American Civil War
era.
An early US Infantry Guidon
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the US, particularly in the Civil War era, non mounted units used
guidons as Company, Battalion and Battery flags. They had none of the
prestige of the Guidons that were used as "Colours". They were
never meant to be and never became anything other than 'working' flags. |
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