Army Reserve - Southern Brigade

This section covers the new Reserve Defence Forces badges that were introduced on 01 October 2005.  The badges were designed by Sgt. Kieran McKeon  of the Defence Forces Printing Press.   With the formalisation of the badges there has been a loss of unit and historical significance.  As a collector I think that the quality of the badges is not very good,  "but to a collector a  badge is a badge".

 

[RESERVE EAST]    [RESERVE WEST]    [RESERVE MISC]
 [ARMY MAIN]
 

                    
RDF HQ 1 S Bde       Reserve BTC
         

             
32 Reserve Battalion   33 Reserve Battalion   34 Reserve Battalion
         

             
31 Reserve CIS   31 Reserve MP   31 Reserve Cavalry
         

             
31 Reserve Engineers   31 Reserve Logs   31 Reserve Artillery
         

                    
3 Air Defence Bty       4 Air Defence Bty
         

 

With the formation of the Reserve Defence Forces some units just changed designation and others were amalgamated.  Here is breakdown of the badges shown above. 

New Title Old Title   New Title Old Title
RDF HQ 1 S Bde 1st Southern Bde FCA HQ   31 Res Arty Regt 3rd & 8th Fd Arty Regt
RDF  BTC None   31 Res Cav Sqn 3rd Cavalry Squadron
32 Reserve Inf Bn 14th, 15th & 22nd Inf Bns   31 Res Engr Coy 3rd Field Engineer Company
33 Reserve Inf Bn 9th & 10th Inf Bns   31 Res CIS Coy 3rd Field Signal Company
34 Reserve Inf Bn 11th, 13th & 23rd Inf Bns   31 Res MP Coy 1st & 3rd MP Companies
31 Reserve Logs Bn 3rd Fd Transport Company
1st & 3rd Fd Medical Coys		  

3 & 4 Air Defence Batteries

 3 & 4 Air Defence Batteries

 

[RESERVE EAST]    [RESERVE WEST]    [RESERVE MISC]
 [ARMY MAIN]
 

 

 

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 Page Updated : Saturday, 29 September 2007