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 Plume of the Prince of Wales. In the first and fourth corners,
Princess Victoria’s coronet; in the second, an Eagle, with a wreath of
laurel (to commemorate the one captured from the French at Barrosa); in
the third, the Harp and Crown; the Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt.” The
motto, “Faugh-a-Ballagh.” (Clear the way.)
The battle honours are: Monte Video; Talavera; Barrosa; Tarifa;
Java; Vittoria; Nivelle; Niagara; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula; Ava;
Sevastopol; Egypt, 1882–1884; Tel-el-Kebir; South Africa, 1899–1902;
Relief of Ladysmith.
=The Connaught Rangers.=—Facings, green.
R.C.—The Harp and Crown, with the motto, “Quis separabit” (Who shall
separate?) The Elephant, the Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt.”
The battle honours are: Seringapatam; Talavera; Busaco; Fuentes
d’Onor; Ciudad Rodrigo; Badajoz; Salamanca; Vittoria; Pyrenees;
Nivelle; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula; Alma; Inkerman; Sevastopol;
Central India; South Africa, 1877–8–9; South Africa, 1899–1902;
Relief of Ladysmith.
=Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).=—Facings,
yellow.
R.C.—A Boar’s Head, with the motto, “Ne obliviscaris” (Do not forget),
within a wreath of myrtle. A Cat with the motto, “Sans Peur” (Without
fear), within a wreath of broom. Over all, the label as represented in
the arms of the Princess Louise, and surmounted with Her Royal
Highness’s coronet. In each of the four corners, Princess Louise’s
cypher and coronet.
This description seems somewhat involved, but the flag itself in no wise
furthers this idea. The badge, which is placed in the centre of the
flag, consists of a boar’s head, to represent the house of Campbell, and
a cat, seated, to represent the house of Sutherland. The label, spoken
of above, is merely a white bar, having three points projecting from it,
downwards, one at each end and one in the middle. This bar is a sign of
royalty, which figures in most of the royal arms.
The battle honours are: Cape of Good Hope, 1806; Roliça; Vimiera;
Corunna; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula; Alma;
Balaklava; Sevastopol; Lucknow; South Africa, 1846–7, 1851–2–3,
1879; South Africa, 1899–1902; Modder River; Paardeberg. No other
infantry regiment bears an honour for Balaklava.
Two old colours of this regiment are worth mentioning; one was burnt
while reposing in Inverary Castle, where it had been placed by the Duke
of Argyll; the other was used to enshroud the body, before burial, of a
lieutenant who was killed at New Orleans.
=The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).=—Facings,
blue.
R.C.—The Plume of the Prince of Wales, as the central badge. In each of
the four corners, a maple leaf.
The battle honours are: Niagara; Central India; South Africa,
1900–02. They are arranged one on each side and one below the union
wreath.
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