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
=The Fife and Forfar Regiment=, which hails from Cupar, is proud of its
badge, a representation of the Thane of Fife. Readers of Macbeth will
remember that Macduff was a descendant of the original Thane of Fife, a
fine soldier who obtained a grant of the shire of Fife from Kenneth II.
in recognition of his assistance when fighting against the Picts.
=The Hampshire Carabiniers= have the appropriate device of two carbines
in saltire. They also have a rose at each corner of the guidon, white in
the first and fourth corners and red in the second and third.
=The Herts Yeomanry= have a stag for device, whilst =the Lanarkshire
Yeomanry=, a regiment possessing the alternative lengthy title of
“Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire,” flies a flag
of the ordinary type revealing no particular badge.
=The Duke of Lancaster’s Own= bear the appropriate red rose of the House
of Lancaster, and here we may mention that =the Yorkshire Dragoons
Yeomanry= (Queen’s Own) display the white rose of York.
=Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry= show a garb which, in non-heraldic
terms, is a shock of corn.
=The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry= use a red dragon with green wings as the
central badge, which is surrounded by a union wreath not of the
regulation design.
=The Norfolk Yeomanry= has broken away from the traditional pattern of
guidon. In each of the four comers is the Royal Cypher ensigned with the
imperial crown, and in the centre are the Royal Arms. The Royal
residence in Norfolk, and the King’s special interest in this county
probably account for the presence of these emblems.
=The Scottish Horse= display the cross of St. Andrew on a blue
groundwork, as the central badge, whilst in the four corners is the
thistle ensigned with the imperial crown. This is one of the most
pleasing guidons of the Yeomanry Force.
=The Shropshire Yeomanry= have as the central badge on their guidon a
rendering of the arms of the Shropshire County Council (i.e., three
tigers’ heads).
=The Sussex Yeomanry= display a badge comprising six martlets perched in
three rows, all on a Blue background, whilst =the Northamptonshire
Yeomanry= give another rendering of the well-known white horse.
=The Westminster Dragoons=, otherwise known as the 2nd County of London
Yeomanry, have the Royal Cypher and Crown as central badge, whilst in
the first and fourth corners are crossed axes, and in the second and
third, Beaufort’s portcullis. These four devices are encircled by a
union wreath of special design. (Fig. 42.)
If we leave the Yeomanry guidons, and turn to the drum banners, a more
interesting set of emblems will be brought to our notice. The guidons
may be accused of possessing a somewhat monotonous semblance one with
the other, but this is not a characteristic of the drum cloths. They are
gay-coloured, smart in appearance, and endowed with emblematic
ornamentation of an interesting nature.
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