STRIPES | WITH DIAMOND | WITHOUT DIAMOND |
One 1¾" with one ½" above | Director | - |
One 1¾" | Deputy Director | - |
Four ½" | Assistant Director | - |
Three ½" | Deputy Assistant Director | Principal |
Two ½" | Deputy Divisional Director | Deputy Principal |
One ½" | - | Assistant Principal |
One ¼" above three buttons | - | Quarters Supervisor |
Scallop shellHousehold Worker |
Three-spoked wheelMotor Driver |
Star All other branches |
Arrow crossed by lightning flashSignals |
Crossed hammers Technical Worker |
EnvelopePostwomen and Telegraphist |
Crossed keysStorekeepers, Porters and Messengers |
Crossed quill pens Clerical Staff |
One 1¾" | Director, later Commandant |
Four ½" | Superintendent |
Three ½" | Chief Officer |
Two ½" with one ¼" stripe in the middle | First Officer |
Two ½" | Second Officer |
One ½" | Third Officer |
Badge | Rating | Badge | Rating |
Star, letter 'C' in centre | Ships Cook | Star, letters 'OC' in centre | Officers' Cook |
Star, letters 'OS' in centre | Mess Caterer: Wine Steward: Wardroom Attendant: Officers' Steward | Star, letter 'S' in centre | Quarters Assistant: Supply Rating: Stores Rating Air and Naval Stores: Stores: Officers' Steward |
Star, letters 'SA' in centre | Stores Assistant | Star, letters 'ST' in centre | Shorthand Writer |
Star, letter 'V' in centre | Stores Rating Clothing and Victualling: Stores Victualling | Star, letter 'W' in centre | Book Corrector: Degaussing Recorder: Mail Clerk: Chart Corrector: Writer Pay and General: Writer Shorthand |
Crossed Flags (*1) | Signal Distributing Office Watchkeeper: Coder: Classifier: Teleprinter Operator: R/T Operator: Visual Signaller: Switchboard Operator | Wings crossed by lightning (*10) | Radar Operator: Telegraphist: Radio Operator |
Crown surrounded by laurel (*2) | Regulating Chief Wren | Crown | Regulating Petty Officer Wren |
Pair of Dividers (*3) | Plotter: Bomb Range Marker: Chart Corrector | Horizontal single Gun, star above and letter 'C' below | Gunnery Control Rating |
Horizontal single Gun, star above and letter 'Q' below (*4) | Qualified in Ordnance | Crossed torpedoes, star above and letter 'L' below | Leading Wren T (Electrical) |
Crossed torpedoes, star above with letter 'W' below (*5) | Leading Wren T (Weapons) | Horizontal single Torpedo with star above (*11) | Torpedo Qualification |
Two-bladed horizontal airscrew | Pilot's Mate | Two-bladed horizontal airscrew with letter 'A' below | Air Mechanic (A) Airframes |
Two-bladed horizontal airscrew with letter 'E' below | Air Mechanic (E) Engines | Two-bladed horizontal airscrew with letter 'L' below | Air Mechanic (L) Electrical |
Two-bladed horizontal airscrew with letter 'O' Below (*6) | Air Mechanic (O) Ordnance | Spider's web crossed by flashes of lightning (*12) | Aircraft Direction Rating: Radar Plotter |
Red Cross (*7) | Sick Berth Attendant | Aeroplane with propeller uppermost with letter 'A' below | Air Mechanic (A) |
Aeroplane with propeller uppermost with letter 'AE' below (*8) | Air Fitter or Mechanic | Aeroplane with propeller uppermost with letter 'E' below | Air Mechanic (E) |
Aeroplane with propeller uppermost with letter 'MET' below | Meteorological Observer | Diagonal lightning flashes with letters 'AR' in centre (*13) | Radio Electrician (Air) |
Camera (*9) | Photographer | Cross Rifles (*14) | Good shooting badge |
Badge | Rating | Badge | Rating |
Star, letter 'G' in centre | Net Defence: Battery Charger: Boat's Crew: Laundrymaid: Messenger: Hall Porter: Postman: Steward (General) including Petty Officers Messman and Night Porter: Maintenance | Star, letters 'MT' in centre | Despatch Rider: Motor Driver |
Circle, letter 'C' in centre | Cinema Operator | Circle, word 'CINE' in centre (*15) | Cinema Operator |
Circle letters 'DH' in centre | Dental Hygienist | Circle, letters 'DSA' in centre | Dental Surgery Assistant |
Circle, letter 'E' in centre | Education Assistant | Circle, letter 'G' in centre | Steward (G): Tailoress |
Circle, letter 'H' in centre | Hairdresser | Circle, letters MT in centre | Motor Transport Driver |
Circle, letters 'QA' in centre | Quarters Assistant | Circle, letters 'RA' in centre | Range Assessor: Weapons Analyst |
Circle, word 'SWOP' in centre | Switchboard Operator | Circle, letters 'WW' in centre | Welfare Worker |
Telephone Handset | Switchboard Operator (*16) | Diagonal Lightning Flashings with letters 'DG' in centre | Degaussing WRNR |
Crossed Rocket Projectors, letters 'WA' in centre | Weapon Analyst (*17) |
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