SANS CHANGER
An online repository of militaria from Great Britain and across the world
NATION AND REGIMENTAL NAVIGATOR
Modern day flags have been used as opposed to former flags of the British Empire. Some nations have been grouped together based on regional proximity. Select an image to navigate to medals related to your selection.
BRITISH INFANTRY
BRITISH CAVALRY
ROYAL NAVY
ROYAL AIR FORCE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY
BRITISH CORPS
CANADIAN INFANTRY
CANADIAN CORPS.
AUSTRALIAN REGIMENTS
NEW ZEALAND REGIMENTS
SOUTH AFRICAN REGIMENTS
INDIAN REGIMENTS
OTHER
BRITISH INFANTRY
Infantry - Guards, Line and Territorial Regiments
British infantry regiments during the First World War consisted of six guards regiments, with the lesser-known Guards Machine Gun Regiment being founded in 1918, 69 line infantry regiments, as well as ten territorial regiments.
Beyond this it is worth mentioned the Household Battalion and the Channel Islands Militia, both of which are distinct from the categories above.
British First World War Medals
SCOTLAND
Seaforth Highlanders
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Argyll Sutherland Highlanders
Black Watch
Gordon Highlanders
Highland Light Infantry
Royal Scots
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Cameronians
British First World War Medals
IRELAND
Royal Irish Rifles
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Leinster Regiment
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
British First World War Medals
WALES
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
South Wales Borderers
Welsh Regiment
Monmouthshire Regiment
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
NATIONWIDE
King's Royal Rifle Corps
The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards
Welsh Guards
Irish Guards
Guards Machine Gun Regiment
Household Battalion
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
NORTH EAST
Northumberland Fusiliers
Durham Light Infantry
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
NORTH WEST
Royal Lancaster Regiment
South Lancashire Regiment
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Liverpool Regiment
East Lancashire Regiment
Lancashire Fusiliers
Manchester Regiment
Cheshire Regiment
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
WEST MIDLANDS
North Staffordshire Regiment
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
South Staffordshire Regiment
Worcestershire Regiment
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Herefordshire Regiment
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
EAST MIDLANDS
Lincolnshire Regiment
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Leicestershire Regiment
Northamptonshire Regiment
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Yorkshire Regiment
East Yorkshire Regiment
West Yorkshire Regiment
West Riding Regiment
York and Lancaster Regiment
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
EAST ANGLIA
Suffolk Regiment
Hertfordshire Regiment
Cambridgeshire Regiment
Essex Regiment
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
LONDON
London Regiment (8-Lond. R)
London Regiment (9-Lond. R)
London Regiment (21-Lond. R)
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
SOUTH EAST
Bedfordshire Regiment
Berkshire Regiment
Middlesex Regiment
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
East Surrey Regiment
East Kent Regiment
Royal Sussex Regiment
Royal West Surrey Regiment
Hampshire Regiment
British First World War Medals
ENGLAND
SOUTH WEST
Gloucestershire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
Somerset Light Infantry
Dorsetshire Regiment
Devonshire Regiment
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
BRITISH CAVALRY
Cavalry - Yeomanry, Hussars, Lancers, Dragoons
British First World War Medals
BRITISH LINE CAVALRY
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
3rd (Prince of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars
13th Hussars
15th (The King’s) Hussars
British First World War Medals
YEOMANRY
Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry
Hertfordshire Yeomanry
County of London Yeomanry
ROYAL NAVY
Infantry - Guards, Line and Territorial Regiments
British infantry regiments during the First World War consisted of six guards regiments, with the lesser-known Guards Machine Gun Regiment being founded in 1918, 69 line infantry regiments, as well as ten territorial regiments.
Beyond this it is worth mentioned the Household Battalion and the Channel Islands Militia, both of which are distinct from the categories above.
British First World War Medals
ROYAL NAVY
Regulars
British First World War Medals
ROYAL NAVY - RESERVE AND VOLUNTEER RESERVE
Royal Navy Reserve
British First World War Medals
ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE
Royal Naval Air Service
British First World War Medals
MERCANTILE FLEET AUXILIARY
Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary
British First World War Medals
THE JUTLAND COLLECTION
HMS Badger (1st Destroyer Flotilla)
HMS Revenge (1st Battle Squadron)
HMS Falmouth (3rd Light Cruiser Squadron)
ROYAL AIRFORCE
Section containing the predecessor to the Royal Air Force, the Royal Flying Corps
British First World War Medals
ROYAL FLYING CORPS.
British First World War Medals
ROYAL AIR FORCE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY
British First World War Medals
ROYAL ARTILLERY
Royal Artillery
Royal Field Artillery
Royal Horse Artillery
Royal Garrison Artillery
Royal Marine Artillery
Motor Machine Gun Service
BRITISH CORPS.
British First World War Medals
BRITISH CORPS. - COMBATANT
Senior Reserve
Machine Gun Corps.
Tank Corps.
Royal Engineers
British First World War Medals
BRITISH CORPS. - NON-COMBATANT
Royal Army Medical Corps
Interpreter Corps.
Army Veterinary Corps.
Army Chaplain's Department
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Army Service Corps.
CANADA
Regiments and Corps.
Canada's remarkable war effort contributed some 650,000 men and women from a nation of little over 8 million people. Canada's national identity forged in blood at Ypres, Regina Trench, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
Serving in 260 infantry battalions for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canadian nationals also served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service contributing to 23,000 men in the British Forces.
Canadian First World War Medals
CANADIAN
INFANTRY BATTALIONS
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
8th Canadian Infantry
14th Canadian Infantry
24th Canadian Infantry
29th Canadian Infantry
46th Canadian Infantry
49th Canadian Infantry
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Australia and New Zealand entered the First World War as dominion nations but found national and global identity by fighting in some of the bloodiest campaigns. The ANZACs served with distinction during the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign in 1915 as well as the Western Front in a variety of roles.
Regiments and Corps.
Australian First World War Medals
AUSTRALIANS SERVING IN BRITISH UNITS
RNAS / RAF
New Zealand First World War Medals
NEW ZEALAND BATTALIONS
NZEF
SOUTH AFRICA
Regiments and Corps.
South African First World War Medals
SOUTH AFRICAN BATTALIONS
Cape Corps
8th South African Infantry
INDIA AND THE FAR EAST
Regiments and Corps.
Indian First World War Medals
BRITISH-INDIAN BATTALIONS
Indian Army Reserve of Officers
9th Hodson's Horse
28th Punjabis
59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)
Indian First World War Medals
BRITISH-INDIAN CORPS
Labour Corps.
OTHER
Regiments and Corps.
INTER-ALLIED VICTORY MEDALS
Also known as the Inter-Allied Victory Medal, this medal was awarded by fifteen Allied nations to their service personnel and shared the common themes of a winged figure of victory and the same colourful watermarked ribbon.
