Red and blue tactical recognition flash of the Royal Artillery.

Tactical recognition flash (TRF) is the British military term for a coloured patch worn on the right arm of combat clothing by members of the British Army,[1] Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. A TRF serves to quickly identify the regiment or corps of the wearer, in the absence of a cap badge. It is similar to, but distinct from, the DZ Flashes worn by members of Airborne Forces.

TRFs should not be confused with formation signs or insignia, which are used to denote the formation (usually brigade or division or a higher headquarters) and are worn in addition to TRFs by a member of any regiment or corps serving in that formation.

Army

Royal Armoured Corps Army Air Corps Royal Regiment of Artillery Royal Corps of Signals Corps of Royal Engineers
See individual regiments
Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Royal Logistic Corps Intelligence Corps Royal Army Chaplains' Department Infantry
See individual regiments
Adjutant General's Corps Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Army Veterinary Corps Royal Army Dental Corps Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
See branches
Special Air Service Royal Corps of Army Music Royal Army Physical Training CorpsSmall Arms School Corps
None No data
Honourable Artillery Company

(Corps of Drums only, Special OP Sqns none)

Royal Armoured Corps

Regular Regiments
Household Cavalry Regiment 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards Queen's Royal Hussars
Royal Lancers King's Royal Hussars Light Dragoons Royal Tank Regiment
Yeomanry Regiments
Royal Yeomanry Royal Wessex Yeomanry Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry Queen's Own Yeomanry
SNIY TRF

Army Air Corps

1st Regiment, Army Air Corps 2nd Regiment, Army Air Corps 3rd Regiment, Army Air Corps 4th Regiment, Army Air Corps 5th Regiment, Army Air Corps
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6th Regiment, Army Air Corps 7th Regiment, Army Air Corps 9th Regiment, Army Air Corps
No data

Infantry

Infantry Regiments
Foot Guards Royal Regiment of Scotland Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Royal Anglian Regiment Yorkshire Regiment Mercian Regiment Royal Welsh Royal Irish Regiment
None
See individual battalions
Parachute Regiment Royal Gurkha Rifles The Rifles London Guards
See drop zone flash
Infantry Battalions and Sub-units
1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment 3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment 4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment
HQ, Royal Welsh 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh

Adjutant General's Corps

Royal Military Police Military Provost Staff Military Provost Guard Service Army Legal Services Staff and Personnel Support Educational and Training Services

Colonial Forces

Royal Gibraltar Regiment Cayman Islands Regiment

Historic

Historic
Royal Scots Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders King's Regiment
King's Own Royal Border Regiment Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Green Howards Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Tyne-Tees Regiment Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Royal Hong Kong Regiment

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Police

Cadet Forces

Tactical Recognition Flashes are not to be worn by Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs) or cadets of the Army Cadet Force and army section of the Combined Cadet Force irrespective of any affiliation to a Corps or Regiment.[2] Cadets and CFAVs do wear county and contingent flashes of the Army Cadet Force and Combined Cadet Force respectively.[2] Officers of the Air Training Corps and the RAF Section of the Combined Cadet Force wear the RAF tactical recognition flash, Adult Warrant Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers wear the RAFAC Staff formation flash, and cadets wear RAFAC Cadet formation flash.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ JSP 336 (3rd Edition), Volume 12, Part 3, Pamphlet 15, BADGES, EMBELLISHMENTS AND HEADDRESS (now superseded by JSP 886)
  2. 1 2 "ARMY DRESS REGULATIONS (ALL RANKS)" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Uniform Dress and Appearance Regulations for the Air Cadet Organization" (PDF). RAF Air Cadets. p. 50. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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