Some times ago there was started a thread on the Heraldry of German Worl War II personalities. Here I intend to follow this with a look on Arms of British and in the wider sence also Empire/Commonwealth WW II personalities.
As can be seen they are mostly military ones.
Fieldmarshal Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, PC created Earl Alexander of Tunis 1952.
Arms- Per pale argent and sable, achevron and in base a crescent, all counterchanged, on a canton azure a harp or, stinged argent.
Crest: an arm in armour, embowed proper holding a sword of the last hilt and pommel Or.
Supporters: Dexter a piper of the Irish Guards holding under the interior arm a bagpipe, sinister a sepoy of the 3rd/2nd Punjabi Regiment supporting with the exterior hand a rifle proper, each charged on the shoulder with an escutcheon barry nebuly of six argent and azure.
Motto: Per mare, per terras, per astra (By the Sea, Land and Air).
The Harp and Piper Supporter probably alludes to Lord Alexander’s post as Colonel of the Irish Guards 1947-69. The Sepoy (soldier of the Indian Army) alludes I guess to the two Indian Divisions which was under the command of the then General Alexander when he Commanded the 15th Army Group in Italy. The shields carried on the shoulders of the Supporters are the Formation Sign of the 15th Army Group.
Field Marshal Sir Alan Francis Brooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO created Viscount Alanbrooke in 1946.
Arms: Or, a cross engrailed per pale gules and sable, in the first quarter a crescent of the second.
Crest: a brock, proper.
Supporters: on either side an officer of the Royal Horse Artillery in full dress proper, supporting with the exterior han an escutcheon azure charged with seven barrulets wavy argent surmounted by a salmon rising gules.
Motto: Gloria Finis = Glory at the end.
The Shield and Crest are the orignal Brooke Arms. The Badger in the crest are named using the older name for this animal, thus making it canting. The supporters alludes to Lord Alanbrooke’s tenure as Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery 1940-57 and perhaps also of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1939-57.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Caswell Tremenheere Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG created Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory Co. Middlesex 1943. Air Officer Commanding Fighter Command (RAF) 1936-40.
Arms: Argent, three bars gemel sable, over all a fleur-de-lys azure, on a chief of the second, three Doric columns of the first.
Crest: Upon a catherine wheel azure, a falcon rising or, belled and hooded gules.
Motto: Laborare est orare.
Lieutenant General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO with three Bars, KSJ, created in 1951 Baron Freyberg of Wellington in New Zealand and of Munstead in the County of Surrey. Commanded the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II and served as Governor-General of New Zealand 1946-52. He died 1963.
Arms: Or, on achief sable four mullets of the field.
Crest: A demi Lion gules holding between the paws an Eagle displayed sable.
Supporters: On either side a salamander proper.
Motto: New Zeal and Honour.
The Crest problably alludes to the British Lion defeating the German Eagle. The Motto makes a pun on New Zealand.
Field Marshal Sir (William) Edmund Ironside GCB, CMG, DSO, Hon. LLD. Created in 1941 Baron Ironside of Archangel an of Ironside, County of Aberdeen. The Archangel part alludes to His post as Commander in chief Allied Force at Archangel (Russia) in 1919. At the outbreak of World War II Ironside served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff. A post He was not particulary suited for and in May 1940 he was removed and made Commander in Chief Home Forces. He Died in 1959.
Arms: Per bend sable and Gules, on a bend argent s bendlet wavy azure in sinister chief a greb or, and in base a lion salient or, and in fess a gauntletted dexter hand grasping a sword paleways argent hilted or.
Crest: a gauntletted hand grasping a sword paleways argent hilted and pommelled or.
Supporters: Two bull terriers proper.
Motto: Fear not - hold fast.
Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, KG, GCB, OM, GCIE, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS, created Earl Mountbatten of Burma in 1947 and Admiral of the Fleet in 1956. Murdered by the IRA 27 August 1979. At the outbreack of WW II served as Commader of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla. In 1941 Commodore of Combined Operations, 1942 Chief of Combined Operations and Memeber of the Chief of Staff’s Comittee. In 1943 made Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia. In 1947 he was made the last Viceroy of India overseeing Independence and partition. Served as the 1st Governor-General of India 1947-48, then returned to military duty serving as Flagg Officer Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron 1948-50, Fourth Sea Lord 1950-52, C.-in-C. Mediterranean 1952-54 and C.-in-C. Allied Forces Mediterranean 1953-54, First Sea Lord 1955-59 and then chief of Defence Staff and Chairman of Chiefs of Staffs Comittee 1959-65. Upon retiering from active duty made Colonel of the Life Guards and Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Marines.
Arms:
The origins are the Arms of the Hessian Counts Battenberg (the Family chaged its name to Mountbatten following the antigerman feelings during WW I, which also led the Royal Family to take the name Windsor). The Enscutcheon shows the Arms of Princess Alice, matenal grandmother to Lord Mountbatten and Queen Victoria’s Second Daughter. Picture by Heralder on Wikipedia.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur William Tedder, GCB. Served in WWI in the Dorset Regiment and in the Royal Flying Corps. Air Officer Commandin (AOC) Far East in Singapore 1936-38, Dir.Gen. of Research and Development, Air Ministry 1938-40, Air Member for Development and Production 1940. Deputy AOC in Chief Middle East 1940-41, AOC in Chief Middle East 1941-42, AOC in Chief Mediterranean 1943, Deputy Sumpreme Commander SHAEF 1943-45, chief of the air Staff 1946-49 and Chairman British Joint Services Mission Washington D.C. 1950. Chanchellor Cambridge Univeristy 1950-67. Created Baron Tedder of Glenguin, Co. Stirling 1946. Died 1967.
Arms: Sable a sword enflamed palewise , all proper in chief an eagle affronty volant head to sinister or.
Crest: Issunat from an astral crown or, a lion sejant guardant sable armed and langued or,holding in the sinister fore-paw a sword enflamed as in the Arms.
Supporters: Two representations of the God Horus all proper.
Motto: For Freedom.
The enflamed Sword are taken from the insignia of SHAEF. The Eagle are symbol of the Royal Air Force. The Astral Crown are usualy granted to Air Force Generals (or as the British style them Air Marshals). The Egyptian God Horus is God of the Sky an probably alludes to Lord Tedder’s terms as Commanding Officer in the Middle East, based in Egypt.
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Two versions of arms for Field Marshal sir William Joseph Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC (1891-1970). GOC 14th Army (Burma-India) 1943-45, Allied Land Forces SE Asia 1945-46, Deputy chairman Railway Executive 1948, Chief of the Imperial Gernal Staff (CIGS) 1948-53, Gov.-Gen. of Australia 1953-60, Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle 1964-70. Created in 1960 Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla, ACT (Australian Capital Territory) and of Bishopston, City and Co. of Bristol.
Arms - Gules semée of swords erect argent a lion rampant or, on a canton quarterly azure and also argent a mullet of seven points gold.
Crest - Out of a Crown Vallary or a peacock in its pride proper gorged with a collar and with line reflexed over the back gold.
Supporters - Dexter , a British soldier in jungle-green battle dress with web equipment the exterior hand suporting a rifle with bayonet affixed; sinister - a Gurkha rifleman in north-West Frontier dress with web equipment the exterior han supporting a rifle all proper. The Motto translates as "A recompense is fairer from a depth". The Supporters shows Soldiers as Slim would had commanded as GOC of the 14th Army. The Peacock probably alludes to the Capital of Burma Rangoon, which in british times was grented Arms showing a Peacock.
The upper Arms shows Slim as a GCB (Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, as such he was allowed supporters). The Lower one shows the Arms after beeing created a Viscount but without the Garter.
Arms of HM King George VI. This form of his Armorial Bearing is taken from his Stall Plate as Knight of the Swedish Order of the Seraphim (since 1937).
And the Arms of his Brother Edward (briefly HM King Edward VIII) as HRH the Duke of Windsor (title granted upon abdication, became extinct in 1972 with the Duke’s death):
Work by Sodacan on Wikimedia Commons. Note the Royal Crown on the label, a reference to the former position as King.
The Duke was seen as having pro German tendencies and was after serving on the British Military Mission to France in the begining of the War, sent to the Bahamas. He served as Governor there until 16 March 1945. He was after that never given a official post again. Thogether with his Wife the American Wallis Simpson he spent the rest of his life in France. The Union being childless so the question of the title being inherited never had to arise.
Arms of the two British Queens living during the War. Pictures by Sodacan.
Arms of Queen Mary, wife of George V and mother of George VI and the Duke of Windsor. United Kingdom impaling Teck (she was born Princess Mary of Teck). Queen Mary died in 1953 (ten weeks before the coronation of her granddaughter Elizabeth (II)).
Arms of Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother). United Kingdom impaling Bowes-Lyon (she was born Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon). Wife of George VI and mother of Elizabeth II. Had a long life and died 30 March 2002 at the age of 101, surviving her husband with 50 Years.
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