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
=Wandiwash.=—Sir Eyre Coote defeated Lally in India; an engagement
of the Seven Years’ War. (January 22nd, 1760).
=Warburg.=—The Prince of Brunswick defeated the French. (July 31st,
1760).
=Waterloo.=—(June 18th, 1815). The battle in which Napoleon was
finally overthrown and which restored peace to Europe after the long
revolutionary and Napoleonic wars which had lasted a quarter of a
century.
=Wilhelmstahl.=—Defeat of the French, 1762.
=Willems.=—The Guards, Dragoons, Lancers, etc., have this honour; it
is “Wilhelmstahl” on the colours of the line regiments.
=April 12th, 1782.=—Rodney’s naval victory over De Grasse.
=June 1st, 1794.=—(The Glorious First of June). Lord Howe’s naval
victory.
APPENDIX
REGIMENTAL COLOURS OF CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS
=13th Battalion “Royal Highlanders of Canada.”=
Colours presented in Canada and deposited in St. Paul’s Church,
Montreal.
=21st Battalion “Eastern Ontario.”=
Colours presented by Veterans of Kingston, Ontario; brought to England
and now in custody of the High Commissioner of Canada.
=22nd Battalion=
Colours in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal.
=33rd Battalion=
Made and presented by I.O.D.E., London, Ontario, July 21st, 1915;
accompanied the unit to England and deposited in Canterbury Cathedral on
Aug. 26th, 1916.
=38th Battalion=
Colours presented on Aug. 1st, 1915, by the Home-Guard. Deposited in
Westminster Abbey for duration of war.
=39th Battalion=
Colours made in England and donated to the Battalion by the Women’s
Canadian Club, Belleville, Ont., in June, 1915. Presentation made by
General Sir Sam Hughes. In Aug., 1915, deposited in Lydd Parish Church,
Kent, but were reclaimed in March, 1917, and returned to Canada.
=45th Battalion=
Colours made by Mrs. Clark, wife of the Commanding Officer, and
presented by her at Brandon, Manitoba, in 1916.
=49th Battalion=
Colours deposited in Canterbury Cathedral.
=50th Battalion=
Deposited in Parish Church, Bramshott, Hants.
=51st Battalion=
Made by the Ladies of the Conservative Assoc. of Alberta; presented to
Battalion by the President of the Association, Mrs. A. E. Ewing; were
carried on parade, July 1st, 1915; on July 21st, 1916, were deposited in
Westminster Abbey.
=59th Battalion=
Colours presented to Battalion by Mr. Richard Waldron, of Kingston,
Ontario; handed to Battalion by Mrs. Waldron in presence of Sir Sam
Hughes, Oct. 5th, 1915, at Kingston, Ont.
=63rd Battalion=
Colours accompanied Unit to England; were later returned to Canada and
placed in an Edmonton Church.
=66th Battalion=
Colours subscribed for by Citizens of Edmonton, Canada, and presented in
Dec., 1915, at Edmonton, by Major Henry. Now in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
=68th Battalion=
Colours presented to Unit by Ladies’ Auxiliary Society, formed by wives
of the officers. Presented at Westcana Park, Regina, shortly before Unit
left for England. Now deposited in Canterbury Cathedral.
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