Derek Austin Tidd

Azure on a pile reversed throughout cotised wavy between two handbells grips in base Argent, a brigantine affronty Azure;

The handbells mark Mr. Tidd’s position as Town Crier of the City of Niagara Falls. The central shape refers to a spotlight, indicative of Mr. Tidd’s career as a producer of trade shows and exhibitions, and his earlier work in the theatre. The brigantine refers to Mr. Tidd’s love of sailing and his service in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. The use of a tall ship pays tribute to the fact that Mr. Tidd established the Tall Ship Trust, and the wavy stripes further emphasizes his involvement in naval organizations.

A banner of the Arms;

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On a hurt edged with rope a horse’s head Argent charged with a mason’s square Azure;

The rope makes another reference to sailing, and the horse’s head is based on the crest. The mason’s square alludes to the fact that Mr. Tidd is a Freemason.

The Arms of Derek Austin Tidd debruised of a three-point label Gules; this individual will inherit the Arms of the Recipient following his death;

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The Arms of Derek Austin Tidd within a bordure Argent;

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The Arms of Derek Austin Tidd within a bordure compony-counter-compony Azure and Argent;

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