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  2. List of British colours lost in battle - Wikipedia

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    An ensign of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot with regimental colour, attended by a colour sergeant armed with a spontoon, 1813. The colours, flags, of a British Army infantry regiment serve to identify the unit and mark a rallying point for its troops.

  3. Military colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia

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    The colours vary by regiment and derive either from historic associations with predecessor regiments or from the colours of the regiment's oldest known uniform. Guards: The Royal Norwegian Guards regiment has a regimental colour that is all white, again with the lion in the centre, and with the royal cypher of the reigning monarch in each corner.

  4. Regulation Colours - Wikipedia

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    The last British Army regiment to carry its regimental colours into battle was the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot in January 1881 at the Battle of Laing's Nek during the First Boer War. [2] Colours of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Only one British regiment carries more than two colours on parade.

  5. Royal Norfolk Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot.In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named the 9th Regiment of Foot.

  6. 9th Cavalry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    9th Cavalry insignia. The regiment was authorized on 28 July 1866 to become the 9th United States Cavalry Regiment. [1] On 3 August 1866, Major General Philip H. Sheridan, commanding the Military Division of the Gulf, was "authorized to raise, among others, one regiment of colored (African-American) cavalry to be designated the 9th Regiment of U.S. Cavalry".

  7. 9th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery - Wikipedia

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    The regiment draws its lineage from the 4th Artillery Brigade that was formed on 1 July 1903 at Victoria Barracks in Sydney. [1] During the First World War, a large number of the unit's personnel volunteered with the all volunteer Australian Imperial Force and in 1914 a large cadre of trained personnel were provided to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, which was assigned to the 1st Division. [1]

  8. 9th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 9th Infantry Regiment ("Manchu" [1]) is a parent infantry regiment of the United States Army. Unrelated units designated the 9th Infantry Regiment were organized in the United States Army in 1798 during the Quasi-War, in 1812 during the war of 1812, and in 1847 during the Mexican–American War.

  9. 9th United States Colored Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 9th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.