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
R.C.—The united Red and White Rose with the motto, “Firm,” in the lower
vertical limb of the red St. George’s Cross. A Naval Crown, superscribed
“1st June, 1794,” in the upper vertical limb.
The battle honours are: Ramillies; Mysore; Hindoostan; Roliça;
Vimiera; Corunna; Talavera; Albuhera; Salamanca; Pyrenees; Nivelle;
Nive; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula; Ferozeshah; Sobraon; Punjaub;
Chillianwallah; Goojerat; South Africa, 1900-02.
=The East Lancashire Regiment.=—Facings, white, for all battalions
except the 5th, which are black.
R.C.—The Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt,” placed below the union wreath.
The motto, “Spectamur agendo” (By our actions, let us be judged).
The honorary distinctions are: Gibraltar, 1704-5; Cape of Good Hope,
1806; Corunna; Java; Badajoz; Salamanca; Vittoria; St. Sebastian;
Nive; Peninsula; Waterloo; Bhurtpore; Alma; Inkerman; Sevastopol;
Canton; Ahmad Khel; Afghanistan, 1878-80; Chitral; South Africa,
1900-02.
=The East Surrey Regiment.=—Facings, white, except for the 6th
battalion, which are scarlet.
R.C.—The united Red and White Rose, placed beneath the union wreath.
The honorary distinctions are: Gibraltar, 1704-5; Dettingen;
Martinique, 1794; Guadaloupe, 1810; Talavera; Albuhera; Vittoria;
Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Orthes; Peninsula; Cabool, 1842; Moodkee;
Ferozeshah; Aliwal; Sobraon; Sevastopol; Taku Forts; New Zealand;
Afghanistan, 1878-79; Suakin, 1885; South Africa, 1899-1902; Relief
of Ladysmith.
Lord Strafford’s coat of arms includes a small representation of the
colours of this regiment. He was permitted to use this device in
recognition of his services at St. Pierre. In the heat of the fighting,
Strafford, who was then Sir John Byng, snatched up the colours and
carried them forward in a charge. His gallant action had a very fine
influence on the men, and this privilege of using a representation of
the colours in his arms must be one of which the family of Strafford are
rightly proud.
=The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.=—Facings, white.
R.C.—The united Red and White Rose, placed below the union wreath. This
flag is shown in Fig. 28.
The honorary distinctions are: Gibraltar, 1704-05; Dettingen; St.
Lucia, 1778; Dominica; Roliça; Vimiera; Corunna; Salamanca;
Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Orthes; Peninsula; Waterloo; Punjaub;
Mooltan; Goojerat; Sevastopol; Lucknow; Egypt, 1882; Tel-el-Kebir;
Nile, 1884-85; South Africa, 1899-1902; Paardeberg.
The flag of the “Docs” must not be confused with that of the East
Surreys, to which it bears a very close resemblance. The colour reveals
little that is distinctive, and it seems a pity, somewhat, that a
regiment with such a fine record at Lucknow, Cawnpore, and elsewhere
should not possess devices of more interest. Its motto, “One and All,”
which, however, does not figure on the flag, is, we believe,
unrecognised by the authorities.
=The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment).=—Facings, scarlet.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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