The Flags of Our Fighting Army: Including standards, guidons, colours and drum bannersJohnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
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The Flags of Our Fighting Army: Including standards, guidons, colours and drum banners
Johnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
Flags -- Great Britain
=1st Life Guards.=—The King’s Standard is crimson and bears a fairly
large representation of the Royal Arms. The King’s Cypher figures in
the two upper corners. Below the Arms are placed the battle honours:
Dettingen; Peninsula; Waterloo; Egypt, 1882; Tel-el-Kebir; South
Africa, 1899-1900; Relief of Kimberley; Paardeberg.
Three other standards are carried, each very similar to the above,
the central device being the chief point of difference. (See Fig.
9.)
=2nd Life Guards.=—As for the 1st Life Guards, with slight technical
differences. (See Fig. 9.)
=Royal Horse Guards= (The Blues).—As for the 1st Life Guards with
slight technical differences. With this regiment the battle honours
are: Dettingen; Warburg; Beaumont; Willems; Peninsula; Waterloo;
Egypt, 1882; Tel-el-Kebir; South Africa, 1899-1900; Relief of
Kimberley; Paardeberg.
The Standard of Honour, in reality a guidon, which was presented by
William IV. (described elsewhere) must be mentioned here.
=1st King’s Dragoon Guards.=—This standard of crimson silk damask
bears in the centre the Royal Cypher within the Garter, and ensigned
with the imperial crown. Around this is placed the union wreath
bearing roses, shamrocks, and thistles growing upon the same stalk.
In the four corners are placed small oval labels; the first and
fourth revealing the White Horse of Hanover, on a green mount, the
background of the horse is red; the second and third being devoted
to the regimental initials I. K.D.G., on a blue ground. Along the
vertical edges of the standard are placed a number of golden labels,
each bearing one of the following battle honours: Blenheim;
Ramillies; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Dettingen; Warburg; Beaumont;
Waterloo; Sevastopol; Taku Forts; Pekin; South Africa, 1879. Below
the union wreath is placed a label inscribed: South Africa, 1901-02.
This flag is given in Fig. 10.
The White Horse is shown in order to recall the part which this
regiment took in suppressing the Jacobite Rebellions during the
reigns of George I. and II.
=2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays).=—This standard closely follows
the design of the 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards. The centre, however,
is filled with the cypher of Queen Caroline, within the Garter. The
first and fourth corners contain the White Horse, while the second
and third bear the initials II. D.G., on a buff ground. The battle
honours are: Warburg; Willems; Lucknow; South Africa, 1901-02.
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