UK Armed Forces Veterans Badge

For generations our Armed Forces have served their country across the world in many roles from war fighting, peacekeeping and reconstruction of home defences. In so doing, they have defended our country, our way of life and our cherished values.

A large number of our veterans are young and active and now use the skills, the discipline and the leadership qualities they learned in the Armed Forces to benefit their civilian employers and the wider community. The Ministry of Defence Strategy for Veterans highlights that because of all this it is important to focus on supporting veterans of all ages, by celebrating and raising public awareness of, their achievements and their contribution to society. To promote recognition of veterans by the wider British public the unique and unifying symbol of the UK Armed Forces Veterans Badge (shown above) was introduced in May 2004.

All men and women who Served in HM Armed Forces before, during or since WWII are entitled to a Veterans Badge. Other groups who Served during WWII are also included, these are the Cyprus Regiment, the Home Guard and Polish Forces under UK Command. There is no qualifying length of Service. Veterans who served in Armed Forces of other Countries and those who served alongside HM Armed Forces are not eligible to receive a Badge (e.g. Canadian Navy or Royal Australian Air Force).

The UK Armed Forces Veterans Badge cannot be issued posthumously. The badge is a survivors’ badge, which is to be worn on civilian attire. The only exceptions are War Widows and Widowers who are in receipt of a War Widows/Widowers Pension paid by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency.

You can apply for a UK Armed Forces Veterans Badge by any of the following methods:

Telephone the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency on one of the numbers given below to obtain an application form.

Write to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency at the address given below to obtain an application form.

Click on one of the links shown below to access the application form.

Once you have the application form, complete it as fully as possible, sign and date it then return it either by post, by facsimile or by email to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, details below.

Applications details for the UK Armed Forces Veterans Badge:
Address: Telephone: Minicom: Facsimile: Email:	Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, Norcross Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 3WP 0800 169 2277 (Free) or +44 1253 866043 (Overseas) 0800 169 3458 (Free) 01253 330561 or +44 1253 330561 (Overseas) lapelbadge.team@spva.gsi.gov.uk
Application Form:	Click on one of the links to access an application form Acrobat Reader Version Microsoft Word Version Rich Text Format (.rtf)

In order to view one of the above files (pdf) you will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, if not already installed follow this link to download Adobe Acrobat.

Information for this page was obtained from the Veterans Agency webpage www.veterans-uk.info/new_badge/badge

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