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5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment T.A.

King's Colour Cap Badge   The 5th and 6th Battalions are Territorial, but the 6th is a Rifle Battalion and the thus carries no colours. The Colours of the 5th are exactly the same as those of the 1st, with the exception of the figure in the center. In pre-war days Territorials were allowed to embroider on their Regimental Colour only Honours they had won themselves, these being confined to "South Africa 1900-2". Now they are alowed to display all the Honours of their Regular Battalions; in this case the Honour "Mons", etc, appear on the King's Colour.

1st Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   This Colour is of an old pattern, though made shortly after the South African War, it was presented recently. As it belongs to a "Royal" Regiment, it is blue, and it bears the two pre-1914 Honours and the latest post War Honour of "Afghanistan 1919". The 10 Great War Honours are carried out on the King's Colour. The White Plume was granted in memory of the regiments's fight with the French Royal Roussillon Regiment at Quebec in 1759. The Regimental March is the "Royal Sussex".

2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment

King's Colour Cap Badge   An unusual feature of the Colours of this battalion is that, although both were presented at the same time, the Regimental bears Queen Victoria's crown, while the King's bears the Edwardian Crown. The former is white with St George's Cross, and bears the 28 Battle Honours together with the sphinx superscribed "Egypt" which were gained in pre Great War days, while the Honours for 1914-1918 follow the unusual rule and are borne on the King's Colour. The 2nd Battalion were formerly the 80th Foor, the 1st Battalion being the 18th.

2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   The full dress facings of the Dorsetshire Regiment are grass-green, and the Regimental Colour of the battalion illustrated is of that shade. The Sphinx in the Cap Badge and the Battle Honour "Marabout" were gained by this battalion. The motto "Primus in Indis" (First in India) which is seen on the scroll under the wreath in the base of the colour and also on the Cap Badge, is an alluion to the old 39th Foot having been the first regiment of the Regular Army to land in India. In the Great War the Dorsetshire Regiment numbered 13 battalions.

1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   The 1st Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) was formerly the 62nd Foot, the 2nd British Battalion being the old 99th Foot. The colours of the former are old but in splendid condition, the Regimental Colour, following the facings of the regiment numbered 12 battalions, and served in France and Flanders, Macedonia, Gallipoli, Palestine and Mesopotamia. The Honours on the King's Colour ranging from "Mons to "Macedonia", "Gallipoli", "Palestine" and "Baghdad".

1st Battalion The Essex Regiment

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   This battalion is one of the few in the Army which still carries the old pattern big Colour. That illustrated is in very good condition and has the spear-head top to the Colour-pike and no golden fringe to the Colour itself. In the Great War the Essex numbered 31 battalions, and gained 62 Battle Honours, with 10 borne on the King's Colour.

1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   The Regimental Colour is white, with St George's Cross, as the full dress facings of the regiment are white. The colour of the 1st battalion which is illustrated is old, and has the Victorian Crown and Silver Lion on the Colour-pike. The "Castle and Key" of Gibraltar appear in the Cap Badge and on the Colour, the latter bearing an addition the Egyptian Honour of the Sphinx. The Regimental March is known as "the Northamptonshire".

2nd Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

King's Colour Cap Badge   The Regimental Colour of the regiment is of royal blue, though in the days before the regiment became a "Royal" one and donned blue facings, the latter were black, and the colour was black with a red cross, similar to that now carried by the 20th Battalion of the London Regiment (see 20th Battalion London Regiment T.A.). The motto is the same as that of the Royal Artilllery, "Quo fas et gloria ducunt" (Where faith and glory lead). The latest Battle Honour "Afghanistan 1919" appears on the colour illustrated. The march past is "A Hundred Pipers".

4th Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

King's Colour Cap Badge   The two territorial Battalions of this famous regiment (4th and 5th) carry similar colours to those borne by the Regular Battalions (see 2nd Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment). The "Afghanistan 1919" Honour on the Regimental Colour is particularly valued by the 4th Battalion. The 10 Honours for the Great War elected to be borne throughout the regiment are on the King's Colours.

1st Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

King's Colour Cap Badge   The present Colours were presented by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace on July 5th 1926. The facings of the regiment are blue and the Regimental Colour is of Royal blue, and has the pre-war honours of the regiment thereon, the King's Colour bearing those for the Great War. In base of the Regimental Colour is the White Rose of York below the regimental motto, "Cede Nullis" (Give place to none). This rose also appears on the Cap Badge, and with the Light Infantry Bugle makes it easy to recognise.