The Flags of Our Fighting Army / Including standards, guidons, colours and drum banners

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Stanley C. Johnson

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II A HISTORY OF MILITARY COLOURS

CHAPTER III STANDARDS, GUIDONS AND DRUM BANNERS OF THE

CHAPTER IV YEOMANRY GUIDONS AND DRUM BANNERS

CHAPTER V THE COLOURS OF THE FOOT GUARDS

CHAPTER VI THE COLOURS OF THE INFANTRY

CHAPTER VII COLOURS OF OUR OVERSEAS DOMINIONS.

CHAPTER VIII MISCELLANEOUS COLOURS

CHAPTER IX BATTLE HONOURS

APPENDIX REGIMENTAL COLOURS OF CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALIONS

INDEX.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

THE FLAGS OF OUR FIGHTING ARMY

1. Second Troop of Horse Guards, 1687.
2. 5th Dragoon Guards, 1687.

3.
4.
3. and 4. 2nd Dragoon Guards, 1742.

5. General Grove’s Regiment (10th Foot), 1726.
6. 27th Inniskilling Regiment, 1747.

7. 103rd Regiment, 1780.
8. 14th Regiment (Second Battalion), 1812.
Plate 1. Early Regimental Colours and Standards

THE FLAGS
OF OUR FIGHTING ARMY
INCLUDING STANDARDS, GUIDONS, COLOURS AND DRUM BANNERS

By STANLEY C. JOHNSON,
M.A., D.Sc., F.R.E.S.
Author of “The Medals of Our Fighting Men,” “Peeps at Postage Stamps,” etc.
WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE
PLATES   IN   COLOUR
A. & C. BLACK, LTD.
4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1
To My Brother
in the
Royal Garrison Artillery.
A unit  of  the  Army  in
which the  Guns Serve the
Purpose   of   Regimental
Standards.
Published, 1918.

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