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1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   The facings of the regiment are lemon yellow, and the Regimental Colour is of that shade. In each corner is the late Duke of Cambridge's cypher and coronet; the regiment is known as the "Duke of Cambridge's Own". Possibly the most famous Battle Honour won by the Middlesex is that of Albuhera, where they were almost wiped out. Conlonel Inglis, commanding, cheered them on with the words, "Die hard, my men, die hard", hence their nickname of the "Die-hards". The Regiment was originally four battalions strong.

1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   The regiment has white facings, hence the white colour with its red cross. It bears the Royal Tiger, superscribed "India", and the Union rose. It is interesting to nore that the latter, seen in the bottom of the right hand corner of the colour is not, like the roses in the central wreath, of white petals upon red but is divided into halves of red and white. During the Great War the Regiment expanded to 22 battalions strong.

1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   The facings of the Durham Light Infantry are dark green and this is the ground of the Regimental Colour. The Battle Honours of the Great War - in accordance with the usual custom - are borne on the King's Colour, but on the scroll in the base of the Regimental Colour, just above the united red and white rose, appears the latest honour, "Afghanistan 1919". The Cap Badge is the well-known Light Infantry Bugle. Originally the 68th and 106th Foot, the Durhams had 37 battalions during the Great War.

1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry

King's Colour Cap Badge   The H.L.I. has 32 Honours on its Regimental Colour, Ranging from "Siege of Gibraltar" through almost everycampaign to "South Africa 1899-1902". The Great War Honours start with "Mons" and finish with "Archangel 1919". The two battalions of the H.L.I. were originally the 73rd and 74th Highlanders. In 1808 the 1st Battalion became the 71st Highland Light Infantry. The 74th were present at at Assaye where every officer was killed or wounded; in memory of this the 2nd Battalion carried a third ("Assaye") colour.

1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

Regimental Colour Badge   The two battalions were originally numbered the 72nd and 78th Highlanders, the present title dating from 1881. Both were originally raised by Earls of Seaforth and wear the Mackenzie tartan, while the Cap Badge is the Crest of that Clan. The 2nd Battalion (like the 2nd Battalion of the H.L.I.) has a third or "Assaye" Colour in addition to the other two, in honour of the magnificent part played by the 78th at Assaye. The facings of the Regiment are buff, in accordance with the name of "Ross-shire Buffs".

2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders

King's Colour Cap Badge   In the Great War the "Gay Gordons" mustered 21 battalions, the Honours carried on the King's Colours. They won a total of 57. When the Gordons were raised, late in the 18th century, the Duchess of Gordon, a noted beauty of the day, promised every recruit a kiss. The Cap Badge is the Gordon Crest. The Regiment marches past to the air of "Highland Laddie".

1st Battalion City of London Regiment T.A.

King's Colour Cap Badge   The London Regiment, a Territorial Army Regiment, is over 20 battalions strong. These battalions are divided into two groups, the City of London Battalions and the Country of London Battalions. The City Battalions are numbered from 1-8, of which the first four are the CIty of London Regiments (Royal Fusiliers) and these battalions are affiliated to the Regular "Royal Fusiliers" (City of London Regiment, see 2nd Battalion The Royal Fusiliers). In the Great War the 1st Battalion of the City of London Regiment itself expanded to four battalions.

10th Battalion London Regiment T.A.

King's Colour Cap Badge   This Territorial Regiment - for every battalion of the London Regiment is a regiment in itself - dates from the disbandment of the old roth Battalion (Paddington Rifles), and the raising of a regiment in Hackney. The Badge is the Tower of Hackney with the motto of the borough, "Justitia Turris Nostra". There are 10 Honours borne on the King's Colours, and the regiment also gained 27 Battle Honours in the Great War.

The London Scottish T.A.

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   The "London Scottish Rifle Volunteers" were formed in 1859. On the establishment of the Territorial Force the Scottish were re-numbered as the 14th (County of London) Battalion, the London Regiment. The colours were presented by King Edward VII at Windsor in 1909, while a King's Colour was given to the 2nd Battalion in 1919. During the Great War the regiment expanded to three battalions. The 1st (pre-war) Battalion went out to France in September 1914, and came under fire on October 1st. The 2nd Battalion went to France in 1916 while the 3rd was a Home Service Battalion.

20th Battalion London Regiment T.A.

Regimental Colour Cap Badge   This battalion of the London Regiment wears the White Horse of Kent as its Cap Badge - at one time it was a Volunteer Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment. The Queen's Own wear black facings (which were originally those of the Royal West Kents) in their scarlet full dress, hence the unusual shade of the Regimental Colour. The H.Q. are at Blackheath; the regiment marches past to "A Hundred Pipers". In the Great War the 20th mustered three battalions, serving in France and Flanders, Macedonia and Palestine.