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	Colour Sergeant F Bourne
		Colour Sergeant F Bourne and Assistant Commissary J L Dalton at Rorke's Drift during the Zulu War.
		J L Dalton was awarded the Victoria Cross, colour sergeant F Bourne awarded the DCM in military art print by Mark Churms.
		Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne, 2nd battalion South Wales Borderers.
	www.zuluwar.com /bourne.htm (646 words)

	Ministry of Defence \| Defence News \| Colour Sergeant M L Powell and Sergeant Mark J McLaren killed in Iraq
		It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Colour Sergeant M L Powell, of the Parachute Regiment, and Sergeant Mark J McLaren, RAF, who were killed when two Puma helicopters crashed in Iraq on Sunday 15 April 2007.
		Colour Sergeant Mark Powell was an exemplary Combat Leader, soldier, father, husband, friend and Briton; dedicated to his family, his men, his mission and his country.
		Sergeant Mark McLaren was born on 16 July 1979 in Ashington, Northumberland, and joined the Royal Air Force on 3 January 1999.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/ColourSergeantMLPowellAndSergeantMarkJMclarenKilledInIraq.htm (611 words)

	Colour Sergeant Information
		Colour Sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is a non-commissioned rank in the Royal Marines and infantry regiments of the British Army, ranking above Sergeant and below Warrant Officer Class 2.
		Historically, Colour Sergeants of British line regiments were tasked to protect Ensigns or junior officers who were responsible for carrying their battalions' Colours (flag or insignia) to rally troops in battles.
		Colour Sergeant is also a rank in the foot guards regiments of the Canadian Forces, specifically the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Colour_Sergeant (328 words)

	The Colours
		The Colours are consecrated before they are handed over to the safe keeping of the Regiment and for that reason they are always treated with the greatest respect and accorded the highest honours.
		The last occasion when the Colours were carried in action by the Regiment was at the Battle of Ahmad Khel in Afghanistan, 1880, where the 59th fought in traditional close order to defeat charging waves of fanatical tribesmen and 20 picked men were detailed to defend the Colours.
		The first Colours to be carried by the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, were presented by Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer at the amalgamation parade of the new regiment at Connaught Barracks, Dover, on 25 March 1970.
	www.army.mod.uk /qlr/the_colours.htm (1711 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colour Sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is a non-commissioned rank in the Royal Marines and infantry regiments of the British Army, ranking above Sergeant and below Warrant Officer Class 2.
		Historically, Colour Sergeants of British line regiments were tasked to protect Ensigns or junior officers who were responsible for carrying their battalions' Colours (flag or insignia) to rally troops in battles.
		Colour Sergeant is also a rank in the foot guards regiments of the Canadian Forces, specifically the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Colour_Sergeant (340 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sergeants Major are senior NCO appointments of a company/squadron, battalion, or regiment.
		Sergeants are usually addressed by their subordintes as "Sergeant" in the public eye, or "Sarge" or "Boss" within the Station environment.
		Sergeants are non commissioned officers and are usually the 2ic's of infantry platoons or armoured/ transport troops.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Sergeant (2701 words)

	The Colour Party
		The Senior Colour Ensign visible behind him is armed with a "claymore" or Scottish pattern broadsword, which is standard issue for all Calgary Highlanders officers on formal parades.
		The Colours are always marched on to parade after all the officers have fallen in, and are the first ones to be dismissed from the parade, being marched off seperately.
		The Colour Escorts are armed with the Short Magazine, Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifle with sword bayonet, the standard battle rifle of the Canadian infantry from 1916 to 1943.
	www.calgaryhighlanders.com /colourparty.htm (752 words)

	Colour Sergeant
		Colour Sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is an non-commissioned rank in the Royal Marines, ranking above Sergeant and below Warrant Officer Class 2.
		It has a NATO ranking code of OR-7 and is equivalent to a Staff Sergeant in the British Army or a Flight Sergeant or Chief Technician in the Royal Air Force.
		By World War I it had given way to Company Sergeant Major and Company Quartermaster Sergeant, but it is still the title used to refer all staff sergeants in infantry regiments, no matter what their appointment.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/c/co/colour_sergeant.html (157 words)

	Colour-sergeant - LoveToKnow 1911
		He is charged with many administrative duties, and usually acts as pay sergeant.
		A special dutyof the colour-sergeants of a battalion is that of attending and guarding the colours and the officers carrying them.
		In some foreign armies the colours are actually carried by colour-sergeants.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Colour-sergeant (83 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Helicopter crash soldier tributes
		Colour Sergeant M L Powell was in the Parachute Regiment
		Colour Sergeant Mark Lawrence Powell, 37, grew up in Porthcawl, but lived in Hereford with his architect wife and six-month-old baby.
		Colour Sergeant Powell, who was serving with the Parachute Regiment, was killed in the early hours of Sunday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/6561139.stm (392 words)

	1861 Colour Sergeant Richard Pillman Jones, Royal Sappers and Miners (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In these operations Sergeant Jones was employed in his primary military trade as a Miner and was specifically commended by Brigadier H.D. Jones, R.E. "for his general diligence and intelligence, as well in the general operations as in the special one of diving." [33]
		Colour Sergeant Jones returned home to England on the 5th of August 1861 after serving a total of 5 years and 63 days at Corfu [38].
		Colour Sergeant Jones's discharge was approved on the 16th of November 1861 by the Assistant Adjutant General, Royal Engineers.
	hometown.aol.com /reubique/1861.htm (4120 words)

	Historical Note on the use of Colours
		Colours to carry the armorial bearings of a leader continued for almost a hundred years, In 1747 however, a Warrant established that “no Colonel to put his Arms, Crest, Device or Livery on any part of the appointments under his command” and “that the second Colour (i.e.
		The Colours were still being used therefore as a means of identification and this practice of carrying the Regimental Number on the Regimental Colour continued until 1881 when the Nmbers were replaced by the new Territorial titles.
		The reason why Colours are carried by some Regiments and not by others is clear, and depends on their role in the past.
	www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /colours/c50.html (1306 words)

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		Colour Sergeant Joseph Devlin McConnell, 5 th Company, the 27 th Regiment of Infantry (the Queen's Royal Irish Foot and Mouth), was awarded the Victoria Cross after being killed in action on 29 September 1878.
		Colour Sgt. McConnell alone, with the greatest intrepidity, rushed across 5 yards of open ground directly into the face of the storm, and at the point of the bayonet captured a large number of umbrellas which were being sold by a small child.
		Colour Sergeant McConnell's estate was awarded survivor benefits of the sum of £2 three shillings and sixpence.
	members.tripod.com /jack.mcconnell/afl.html (448 words)

	Dictionary of Vexillology: C (Class Flag - Conducting Colours) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first type of colour is generally (but not invariably) based on the design of the national flag, and in a few cases (such as in the British and Canadian regiments of foot guards) it is the regimental colour that derives from the design of the national flag.
		Small additional colours carried by foot regiments of the British and Canadian Brigade of Guards, and a survival of the general 16th/17th Century practice of carrying a colour for each company in a regiment — camp colours or silks (see also ‘camp colour 1)’, ‘colour 2)’, ‘colours 2)’, ‘postures’ and ‘stand 1)’).
		Please note that a regimental stand of nine colours was not unknown for an English regiment of foot in the mid-17th Century.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/vxt-dvc2.html (1538 words)

	Sergeant at AllExperts
		In many armies, the term "Sergeant" is sometimes actually applied to a soldier of higher or lower rank holding an appointment â" for example a Corporal in the British Army holding the appointment of Lance-Sergeant, or a Warrant Officer in the Canadian Forces holding the appointment of Company Quartermaster Sergeant.
		Colour Sergeant in the Canadian Forces is not a rank of Sergeant, but a Warrant Officer in one of the two Foot Guards regiments (the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards).
		The main infantry role of a Sergeant is as Second in Command of a platoon or commander of a Fire Support Section of a weapons platoon, such as an anti-tank or mortar platoon.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/se/sergeant.htm (2063 words)

	Photos SIM Calvert
		The Regimental Colours to the left were carried by the 59th Regiment during the 2nd China Campaign of 1857-60 and would have been the Colours known by S.I.M. William Calvert during his service.
		The Colours (Monarchs Colour and The Regimental Colour) were initially devised to act as a rallying point in the confusion of battle and to identify a units position on a field of battle.
		The Colours quickly became the symbol of an embodiment of the spirit and pride of a regiment.
	members.dca.net /fbl/pcalvert.html (693 words)

	The rank of Colour Sergeant in the Australian Army
		The rank of colour sergeant was introduced into the British Army in 1813 as the protector of the Ensign and the Colour.
		Sergeant Milton is resplendent in his red uniform of the 4th Regiment, New South Wales Volunteer Infantry.
		The last time that British Colours were last carried into battle was by the 58th Foot (later the 2nd Battalion The Northampton Regiment) whose Colours were carried at Laing's Nek in the 1st Boer War on 28 January 1881.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/colour-sgt.htm (782 words)

	rorkesdriftvc.com - Colour Sergeant Bourne DCM
		A ceremony to erect a Blue Plaque took place at 11am on the 7th April, 2001 at 16 King's Hall Road, Beckenham to commemorate the time he lived at that address.
		It has been suggested that Colour Sergeant Bourne DCM took promotion instead of a VC.
		Promoted Corporal in 1875, Sergeant in 1878 and Colour Sergeant in April 1878.
	www.rorkesdriftvc.com /defenders/bourne.htm (407 words)

	Colour Guard
		The men in the colour guard are outfitted as the battalion soldiers of the regiment, as described in the uniform section of this site.
		In the center of their colours, the King's cypher within the garter, and crown over it.
		The second Colour to be the colour of the facing of the regiment, with the Union in the upper canton...
	www.42ndrhr.org /guard.php (594 words)

	Operation Telic: Details of British Casualties
		Colour Sergeant John Cecil RM (Click here for hi-res photo)
		It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has to confirm the death of Colour Sergeant John Cecil RM.
		"It is with great sadness that the family and friends of Colour Sergeant John Cecil, Royal Marines, announce his untimely death in the tragic helicopter crash last Friday.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/cecil.htm (166 words)

	News and Events : Royal Navy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colour Sergeant Tomlinson was commanding a 16 man US Marine Corp assault force embarked on 4 small craft when they came under heavy small arms fire followed by an all out assault, including fire from rocket propelled grenades.
		Despite the numerically superior enemy being in well-prepared positions ashore, Colour Sergeant Tomlinson realised the vulnerability of his force and elected to turn his lead craft towards the attack and surged onto the bank. Without thought for his own personal safety he was first ashore and engaged the enemy at extremely close quarters.
		Colour Sergeant Tomlinson was the last to leave the river bank, personally providing covering fire to ensure all his marines were safely embarked before leaving his position for the relative safety of the boats.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server/show/ConWebDoc.5130 (753 words)

	JAMES MUNRO VC (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A memorial stone for Colour Sergeant James Munro was dedicated at a Service held on the 14th September 2002 at the small derelict cemetery at the Craig Dunain Hospital, near Inverness.
		The service was conducted by the Regimental Padre The Rev John Shields MBE and was attended by representatives of the Regimental Association; Regular Army; the Lord Lieutenant; Highland Council and Highland Health Board; the local Hospital Trust; as well as members of Clan Munro, who made a generous contribution to the ceremony.
		Colour Sergeant James Munro had served for a total of 12 years and 96 days.
	www2.prestel.co.uk /stewart/bbmunro.htm (508 words)

	The Colour Bearer
		These flags were carried by the colour sergeant and protected by the colour guard, a group of up to a dozen soldiers whose responsibility it was to ensure the safety of the flags.
		Many colour bearers would yield their flags only with their lives and their opponents recognized the importance of the flag not just by concentrating there fire upon it, but also by explicitly honouring the men who captured them.
		F/ At Cedar Mountain the fate of the colours of the 21st Virginia typifies the danger to the colour guard: the “colour bearer knocked down a Yankee with his flagstaff, and was shot to death at once.” ”One of the colour guard took the flag, and he also was killed; another....
	home.freeuk.com /gazkhan/colour_bearer.htm (1219 words)

	Colour-Sergt. Pryce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sergeant and the Boer fired at the same instant, and each wounded the other.
		But the Gordon was able to keep his feet till he reached his foe; then once, twice, the steel went home, and he fell unconscious across the prostrate body of Lieutenant Hunt-Grubbe, who had been lying a prisoner and uninjured among the Boers in the sangar.
		The dead Boer, the wounded sergeant and the officer lay in one heap, and for the moment the soldiers thought all three of them were dead.
	www.btinternet.com /~coghlan/pryce.htm (236 words)

	Cleveland.com: Support the Troops Forum
		Colour Sergeant Christopher Charles McDonald, 39, was in Iraq but not on military duty when he was killed in the northern city of Mosul, the Ministry of Defence said.
		A spokeswoman for the MoD said Colour Sergeant McDonald, from Bangor, County Down, was attached to the Headquarters Northern Ireland Battalion at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn.
		Colour Sergeant McDonald was believed to have been working as a civilian security guard protecting foreign engineers at a power station east of Mosul.
	www.cleveland.com /forums/troops/index.ssf?artid=1184 (312 words)

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