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 Norfolk Regiment.=—Facings, yellow.
R.C.—The figure of Britannia. This flag is shown in Fig. 26.
Britannia was given as a badge to the “Fighting Ninth” by Queen Anne,
for the splendid work it did at Almanza in 1707. Among the nicknames of
this regiment perhaps the best known is that of the “Holy Boys,” an
appellation given to it by the Spaniards in the Peninsula, who took the
device of Britannia to be that of the Virgin Mary.
The honorary distinctions are: Havannah; Martinique, 1794; Roliça;
Vimiera; Corunna; Busaco; Salamanca; Vittoria; St. Sebastian; Nive;
Peninsula; Cabool, 1842; Moodkee; Ferozeshah; Sobraon; Sevastopol;
Kabul, 1879; Afghanistan, 1879-80; South Africa, 1900-02;
Paardeberg.
=The Lincolnshire Regiment.=—Facings, white.
R.C.—The Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt.” The central crimson badge bears
the Roman numeral X., this being the old tenth regiment.
The honorary distinctions are: Blenheim; Ramillies; Oudenarde;
Malplaquet; Peninsula; Sobraon; Punjaub; Mooltan; Goojerat; Lucknow;
Atbara; Khartoum; South Africa, 1900-02; Paardeberg.
=The Devonshire Regiment.=—Facings, Lincoln green, except the 4th
battalion, which are black.
R.C.—The Castle of Exeter. Motto, “Semper fidelis” (Always faithful).
The battle honours are: Dettingen; Salamanca; Pyrenees; Nivelle;
Nive; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula; Afghanistan, 1879-80; Tirah;
South Africa, 1899-1902; Defence of Ladysmith; Relief of Ladysmith.
The record of this regiment during the last South African War is one of
special merit and interest.
=The Suffolk Regiment.=—Facings, yellow.
R.C.—The Castle and Key, superscribed “Gibraltar, 1779-83,” with the
motto, “Montis insignia Calpe” (The insignia of the Rock of Calpe, i.e.,
Gibraltar), underneath.
The Castle and Key were granted by King Ferdinand II. lo Gibraltar as
arms in 1502.
The battle honours are: Dettingen; Minden; Seringapatam; India;
South Africa, 1851-2-3; New Zealand; Afghanistan, 1878-80; South
Africa, 1899-1902.
This regiment, “The Old Dozen,” is remembered for its capture of many
stands of rebel colours at Seringapatam.
The flag of the 4th battalion is shown in Fig. 37 and, as will be seen
from it, the badge is a Castle. (Idem for the 5th battalion).
=Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).=—Facings, blue.
R.C.—A mural crown, superscribed “Jellalabad,” in the central crimson
badge, and, below, the Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt.”
The mural crown, a device which is associated with the name of
Jellalabad, was given to this regiment in token of its fine work in the
first Afghan War, when not only a human but a natural foe cast about, in
vain, to bring it defeat. We are alluding to the crafty Afghans and the
appalling earthquakes which rent the walls and buildings of Jellalabad
whilst Robert Sale was in command.
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