Army Reserve - Western 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.  It is worth noting that the colours of the original art work were not carried on into the actual badges in some cases which is a major error for a new series of badges.  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 SOUTH] [RESERVE MISC]
 [ARMY MAIN]
 

                    

RDF HQ 4 Western Bde       RDF
4th Brigade Training Center
         

             
51 Reserve Battalion   56 Reserve Battalion   58 Reserve Battalion
         

             
54 Res Arty Regt   54 Res Cav Sqn   54 Res Engr Coy
         

             
54 Res CIS Coy   54 Res MP Coy   54 Res Logs Bn
         

 

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 4 W Bde 4th W Bde FCA HQ   54 Res Arty Regt 5th & 9th Fd Arty Regt
RDF  BTC None   54 Res Cav Sqn 5th Cavalry Squadron
51 Reserve Inf Bn 18th & 25th Inf Bns   54 Res Engr Coy 5th Field Engineer Company
56 Reserve Inf Bn 16th & 17th Inf Bns   54 Res CIS Coy 5th Field Signal Company
58 Reserve Inf Bn 19th & 24th Inf Bns   54 Res MP Coy 4th & 5th MP Companies
54 Reserve Logs Bn 5th Fd Transport Company
5th Fd Medical Company		      
         

 

[RESERVE EAST] [RESERVE SOUTH] [RESERVE MISC]
 [ARMY MAIN]
 

 

 

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 Page Updated : Saturday, 29 September 2007