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
Facings, buff. R.C.—A representation of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
B.H.—South Africa, 1900–02. (Fig. 36.)
_8th (City of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Post Office Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_9th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Queen Victoria’s
Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_10th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt._
Facings, white. The Paddington Rifles are disbanded.
_11th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Finsbury Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_12th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (The Rangers)._
Facings, scarlet. No badge. B.H.—South Africa, 1900–02.
_13th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Kensington)._
Facings, scarlet. R.C.—The arms of Kensington. B.H.—South Africa,
1900–02.
_14th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (The London Scottish)._
Facings, blue. R.C.—In front of a circle inscribed with the motto,
“Strike sure,” St. Andrew’s Cross, surmounted by a lion rampant.
B.H.—South Africa, 1900–02.
_15th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Prince of Wales’s Own.
Civil Service Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_16th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Queen’s Westminster
Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_17th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Poplar and Stepney
Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_18th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (London Irish Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_19th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (St. Pancras)._
Facings, green. R.C.—The figure of St. Pancras. B.H.—South Africa,
1900–02.
_20th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Blackheath and
Woolwich)._
Facings, black. No badge. B.H.—South Africa, 1900–02. (Fig. 40).
_21st (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (First Surrey Rifles)._
[A rifle battalion.]
_22nd (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (The Queen’s)._
Facings, blue. R.C.—The Paschal Lamb.
_23rd (County of London) Batt. The London Regt._
Facings, white. R.C.—An annulet ensigned with a cross pâtée and
interlaced with a saltire conjoined in base. Motto, “Loyalty unites
us.” B.H.—South Africa, 1900–02.
_24th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (The Queen’s)._
As for the 22nd battalion.
_25th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt._
This is a cyclist battalion.
_26th and 27th_ do not appear in the Army List.
_28th (County of London) Batt. The London Regt. (Artists’ Rifles)._
No colours as a rifle battalion.
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NOTE.—For reasons which every reader will appreciate the Army
Authorities have ceased to make public the changes which the war has
entailed in the numbering of battalions. On this account we have deemed
it advisable to follow the regimental records as published in the Spring
of 1914.
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Footnote 10:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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