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The regiment was renamed to the Royal Norfolk Regiment on 3 June 1935 to celebrate 250 years since the regiment was first raised and also to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. In 1940, the first decorations for gallantry awarded to the British Expeditionary Force in France were gained by men of the 2nd Battalion.
This is a list of British colours lost in battle. Since reforms in 1747 each infantry regiment carried two colours, or flags, to identify it on the battlefield: a king's colour of the union flag and a regimental colour of the same colour as the regiment's facings. The colours were regarded as talismans of the regiment and it was considered a ...
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A red saltire on a counter-changed field of green and white. 2017: Flag of Bloxwich reg (Town and civil parish, West Midlands) A counter-changed black and green cross on a white field with a rampant black lion in the canton and a green tree in the hoist. 2009: Flag of Calne reg (Town and civil parish, Wiltshire) 2016: Flag of Caterham reg (Town ...
A white flag with a shield in the centre containing eight horizontal stripes of white and red. Flag of Saint Brelade: A silver fish on a blue field. Flag of Saint Clement: A golden anchor on a blue field. Flag of Saint Helier: Two crossed gold axes on a blue field. Flag of Saint John: A silver Maltese cross on a green field. Flag of Saint Lawrence
Canadian divisions used simple colour oblongs as division signs. Each infantry battalion was shown by a colour and shape combination worn above the division sign, green, red or blue for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brigades in each division and a circle, triangle, half circle or square for each battalion in the brigade.
The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - 1 + 2 battalions [14] The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Anglian Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Yorkshire Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Welsh - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Mercian Regiment - 1 ...
The Kings's colour of Barrell’s Regiment of Foot that was carried at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. National Museum of Scotland, accession number M.1931.299.2 [1]. Prior to 1743, each infantry regiment of the British Army was responsible for the design and quantity of standards carried, often with each company having its own design.