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.
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Beyond this it is worth mentioned the Household Battalion and the Channel Islands Militia, both of which are distinct from the categories above.
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.
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Beyond this it is worth mentioned the Household Battalion and the Channel Islands Militia, both of which are distinct from the categories above.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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)
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Indian First World War Medals
BRITISH-INDIAN CORPS
Labour Corps.
OTHER
Regiments and Corps.
INTER-ALLIEDÂ 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.
