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 Ayreshires= have a neat crimson cloth, showing a crown, a union
wreath, and scrolls bearing the inscription, “The Earl of Carrick’s Own
Ayreshire Yeomanry Cavalry.” =The Berks’= drum cloth is of the same
colour, while the ornamentation consists of the initials R.B.Y.C. in
writing, with the imperial crown above, and a crescent and star below.
Another crimson cloth is that of =the Cheshires=, which displays the
plume of the Prince of Wales as central badge. =The Derbyshire Yeomanry=
use the red and white rose as on the guidon, but it is worked in gold
threads on a crimson cloth. =The Royal 1st Devon= and the =Royal North
Devon= both bear the Royal Cypher, ensigned with the imperial crown on a
crimson groundwork. The former, however, has gold fringe, but the
latter, silver-white and blue. =The Dorsets= display the same royal
emblems within a silver laurel wreath, also on crimson. =The Hampshires=
have an elaborate blue cloth, with wide gold fringe, on which appears
carbines in saltire, the imperial crown, the red and white rose and a
union wreath. =The West Kent’s= is crimson, and bears the white county
horse within the garter, surmounted by an imperial crown. The motto,
“Invicta” (Unconquered), and the inscription “West Kent Yeomanry,” are
woven into a laurel wreath. A blue cloth is used by the =Lanarkshire
(Queen’s Own) Yeomanry=. The design is neat, fairly simple, and consists
of the Royal Cypher, within a garter, ensigned by the imperial crown,
and surrounded by a wreath of thistles. =The Lancashire Hussars= also
carry a crimson banner; it bears the Royal Cypher, interlaced,
surmounted by the imperial crown, and has below it the Lancastrian rose.
A wreath of red roses encircles these devices. =The Duke of Lancaster’s
Own= is a dark blue fabric having, as central badge, the three lions of
England on a shield surcharged with a white label or bar having three
points. The imperial crown also appears, and the whole is framed by a
laurel and oak wreath. The red rose ensigned by a crown figures in the
two lower corners. =The City of London Rough Riders= have an attractive
purple banner bearing the City arms within a circle and a wreath. =The
1st County of London=, better known as the Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars,
favours a green cloth, having, as central badge, a seven-pointed crowned
star, within a wreath. The Duke’s cypher appears in the four corners,
and the regimental motto, “Pro aris et focis,” is given on the star.
Another green banner is that of the =3rd County of London
Sharpshooters=. This appointment is ornamented with a pair of crossed
rifles and a crown within a circle, ensigned with the imperial crown and
framed by a wreath of laurel. =Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry= have
a blue banner, revealing the garb, before mentioned, and a wreath of
thistles. =The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry= display a crimson cloth
embellished, in the centre, by a rose, thistle, and shamrock springing
from a single stalk. (Cf.
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