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	Military Colours - LoveToKnow 1911
		The colour has a gold fringe and gold and crimson tassels, and bears various devices and "battle honours." Both colours are carried by subaltern officers, and an escort of selected non-commissioned officers forms the rest of the colour party.
		Regiments which have taken an enemy's colour or standard in battle have their own colours "decorated," that is, the cross of the Legion of Honour is affixed to the stave near the point.
		The colour is fastened to the stave by silver nails, and the ceremony of driving the first nail into the stake of a new colour is one of great solemnity.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Military_Colours (1559 words)

	Colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The colours of the five regiments of Foot Guards have the pattern of the line infantry reversed, with the Queen's Colour being crimson and the Regimental Colour a variation of the Union Flag.
		Canadian Forces Maritime Command (the 'navy'): The Queen's Colour of Maritime Command is a variation of the Canadian Naval Jack - it is white, with the Canadian flag in the canton, the Royal Cypher for Canada in the centre and the symbol of the navy in the lower fly.
		Both the Standard and the Guidon are usually of crimson trimmed in gold and with the regiment's insignia in the centre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colours,_standards_and_guidons (5489 words)

	Colours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colours is conducted at 0800 (eight bells in the morning watch) from 15 February to 31 October inclusive, and at 0900 (two bells in the forenoon watch) during the winter.
		Colours represent the pride of a regimental unit, whether in the army, air force or navy.
		The concept was carried over into the British Army, where regimental colours were done in the same hue and shade as the "facing colour" (the colour in which uniform jackets were lined, which differed from regiment to regiment) to aid in recognition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colours (905 words)

	Guidons, the 'Colours' of the Mounted Units
		A GUIDON is an heraldic banner carried by cavalry regiments, the equivalent of the colours borne by regiments of line infantry.
		This was the standard Cavalry guidon of that era, 1876.
		The Guidons were carried with a mounted escort of 16 riders from the QMI historical troop and the 2ic and the Adjutant of the Regiment.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/guidons.htm (592 words)

	President of India : President's Bodyguards
		The Regimental Standard, whenever uncased and carried on Parade, is always accorded a mounted armed escort and is saluted by the Regiment when it first comes 'On Parade' to occupy the pride of place at the head of the mounted Corps.
		Colours of the Regiment are sky blue and maroon same as those for airborne troops.
		They are require to be of a minimum height of 157.5cms, measured at the shoulder, and are the only horses in the Indian Army, permitted to wear full manes, like their counterparts of the household Cavalry in Britain.
	presidentofindia.nic.in /presidentsbodyguards.html (825 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 (1704 words)

	regimental colours - colors - army flags - military vexillology
		Bills for 1729 record the cost of embroidering the new of Standard as £28, and also mention 'numbers of distinction’ (that is, Company numerals) on the Captains' colours, but, as we have said, it is improbable that their use had ever been discontinued.
		The Standard is crimson, with the Crown and the Royal Cypher 'GR' Reversed and Interlaced, in gold in the centre.
		The remaining colours are in the form of the Union flag, and have crimson cords- and tassels.
	footguards.tripod.com /01ABOUT/01_colours.htm (2838 words)

	Colours > What's What > Artillery Heritage > New Zealand Artillery : Southern Gunners : Live Firing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Colours (Guidon for Cavalry) are the distinguishing mark of the Regiment.
		Colours (and Guidons) are a battle flag and are carried by "fighting" Units.
		The "Sovereigns Colour" symbolises loyalty to the Crown, the "Regimental Colour" the duty owed by members to the Regiment and its traditions.
	livefiring.ashst.com /artillery_heritage/whatswhat/colours.htm (1161 words)

	Standards and Flags of the Napoleonic Era: A Bibliography
		Colours, standards and guidons of France and her allies -- v.
		Colours, standards and guidons of Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia -- v.
		The Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Household Division, 1660-1973.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/c_flags.html (1168 words)

	Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen - Heraldica - Regimental colours of the Sw. Armed forces
		Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen - Heraldica - Regimental colours of the Sw.
		This Colour was handed over to the Army Museum upon the disbandment of the Regiment as the Chief of the Army had decreed that the Traditions of P1 was not to be carried on.
		This Colour was presented by HM the King at the regimental Barracks in Östersund on 24th august 1996.
	www.heraldik.se /forum/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=932 (1075 words)

	Colour (flag) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A colour is a name for certain kinds of flags.
		On land, it usually refers to regimental colours, but the term is also used outside military situations - for example, Scout and Girl Guide flags are known as colours.
		At sea, the term "flying the colours" refers to a warship sailing on the high seas and flying its national ensign, thereby making its presence (and therefore its nation's military influence) known to other naval powers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colour_(flag) (107 words)

	The Royal Clothing Warrant, 1751
		The camp Colours to be of the colour of the facing of the regiment, with the rank of the regiment in the centre - those of the Horse to be square, and those of the Dragoon Guards, or Dragoons, to be swallow-tailed.
		The Housings and Holster Caps of the Officers to be of the colour of the facing of the Regiment, laced with one gold or silver lace, and a Stripe of velvet in the middle of the colour of that on the Men's.
		The Standard belts to be the colour of the facing of the Regiment and laced as the housings.
	www.fifedrum.org /crfd/1751-2.htm (724 words)

	Informat.io on Colours Standards And Guidons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is why that, whenever the colours are paraded, they are always escorted.
		The Duke of Wellington's Regiment: The 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment carries the honorary Queen's and Regimental Colours that were given to the 76th Regiment of Foot by the Honourable East India Company following their actions at Delhi and Allyghur.
		The Royal Highland Fusiliers: The 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers carries the Assaye Colour awarded as an honorary colour to the 74th Regiment of Foot following the Battle of Assaye, which is paraded every year on Assaye Day.
	www.informat.io /?title=colours-standards-and-guidons (5344 words)

	2 Cav. 2nd Cavalry Regiment RAAC
		In ancient days, rallying signs or standards were introduced to distinguish families, tribes and races and to show the position of the commander amid the confusion of the battlefield.
		The Regiment's current Guidon was presented to the Regiment on 20 November 1990, on a Regimental Parade on the 1st Brigade Parade Ground, Holsworthy, by Lieutenant General Coates, who was the CGS at the time.
		The design and colour of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment colour patch is based on that of the 4th Light Horse and is light blue over dark blue, divided diagonally from lower to higher, on a rectangular patch.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-army-today/rar-sasr/2cav.htm (2299 words)

	Osprey Men-at-Arms 115 : Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (3) : Colours, Standards and the Guidons of Anhalt, Kleve-Berg, ...
		Osprey Men-at-Arms 115 : Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (3) : Colours, Standards and the Guidons of Anhalt, Kleve-Berg, Brunswick, Denmark, Finland, Hanover, Hesse, The Netherlands, Mecklenburg, Nassau, Portugal, Reuss, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland & Westphalia
		Men-at-Arms 78 : Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (2) : Colours, Standards and Guidons of Austria, Britain, Prussia, & Russia
		Men-at-Arms 115 : Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (3) : Colours, Standards and the Guidons of Anhalt, Kleve-Berg, Brunswick, Denmark, Finland, Hanover, Hesse, The Netherlands, Mecklenburg, Nassau, Portugal, Reuss, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland & Westphalia
	www.militaryfocus.com /osprey/men-at-arms/115.htm (159 words)

	HÄT 8005 1815 Prussian Uhlans
		Besides the cavalry of the guard and the landwehr cavalry formations the line cavalry during the 1815 campaign comprised but 4 regiments of cuirassiers, 6 regiments of dragoons, 8 regiments of uhlans and 12 regiments of hussars.
		Cuirassiers as well as uhlans carried the older standards that had predominantly been issued during the reigns of king Frederik II and Frederic William I, a confusing and colourful mixture of different patterns.
		The combination of colours not only differed from regiment to regiment, but often lance pennons were coloured differently for each squadron within the same regiment.
	www.rofur-flags.de /hat_info/hat_8005_flags.htm (596 words)

	Are the artillery pieces considered your colours and if so...
		Artillery Pieces as monuments are like Regimental Colours, Standards and Guidons that have been 'retired' and put on public display until they disintergrate, and the same rules do not apply to them as do to the current Colours, Standard or Guidon.
		Traditionally, the colours of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are its guns.
		colours of the artillery as gunners in battle rallied to their guns in the same fashion as regiments
	army.ca /forums/index.php/topic,18995.0.html (1869 words)

	RevWar--American Colonial Reenactment Units
		British Colours and Standards 1747-1881 (1) Cavalry (Elite 77) by Ian Sumner -- In this first of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the standards and guidons carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Yeomanry and Volunteer cavalry units.
		British Colours and Standards 1747-1881 (2) Infantry (Elite 81) by Ian Sumner -- In this second of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the King's and Regimental colours carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Militia and Volunteer infantry regiments.
		The successive regulations between 1747 and 1881 - when the carrying of colours in the field ceased - are supported by comprehensive tables of 'ancient badges' and battle honours; many careful drawings; and by ten dazzling plates by Richard Hook, detailing some 35 flags in full colour, as well as a number of famous colour-bearers.
	www.reenactor.net /colonial/rev_war/revwar_read.html (3311 words)

	Australian Light Horse Association Forum - Flags and Guidons
		A Guidon is the equivalent of an infantry "Colour" and as such the Australian Army has never carried them into battle, nor were they carried in WWI.
		I agree that Guidons were originally established for Cavalry units, and also Artillery units did not receive them BUT it was my understanding is that as Mounted Infantry the L.H received a Guidon post WW1 containing each regiments 'Battle honours' for their Great War service.
		A King's Banner is not a "colour" and it is not a guidon as it is the wrong shape (not a swallowtail).
	www.lighthorse.org.au /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1502 (1203 words)

	President's Bodyguards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The President's Bodyguard has the unique distinction of being the only military unit in the Indian Army, privileged to carry the President's Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner.
		Horses of the President's Bodyguards are bay in colour, except that for the Regimental Trumpeter, who traditionally is always mounted on a Grey Charger.
		They are require to be of a minimum height of 157.5 cms, measured at the shoulder, and are the only horses in the Indian Army, permitted to wear full manes, like their counterparts of the household cavalry in Britain.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Regiments2/PBG.html (827 words)

	Kingdom of Hanover: Royal Office of Arms - Guidelines
		The badge or the badge and crest are shown repeated along the length of the remainder of the standard, usually with the motto shown on two diagonal stripes across it.
		The standards of esquires and gentlemen have a curved, undivided end, whereas those of the rank of knight and above have split, swallow-tailed ends.
		As the Army's heraldic adviser he is responsible for approving all new designs for Colours, Guidons, Standards, Cap Badges, Defence Agencies etc. The artwork is signed by the Inspector, and then submitted to the King, for formal approval.
	www.kingdomofhanover.com /kingofarms/guidelines.html (1780 words)

	Queen's & Regimental Colours, Guidons & Standards of the Commonwealth
		Queen's and Regimental Colours, Guidons and Standards of the Commonwealth
		Standard of Ligonier's Regiment of Horse (afterwards 7th Dragoon Guards) carried at the Battle of Dettingen, 27th June (or 16th June, old style), 1743.
		Guidons, Queen's and Regimental Colours and Standatrds of the British Commonwealth:
	www.diggerhistory3.info /colours (134 words)

	Conditions of Award of Battle Honours for the Great War 1914-1919 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		If, however, none of the honours so earned are available for the Colours, that battle in which the largest number of lI1en were present shall be emblazoned on the Colours, subject to the restriction to the use of the group name when the battle falls within a group.
		Such honour shall be carried on the Colours of the Militia regiment, except that in the case of battles falling within a group such honour shall be restricted to the group name only.
		For the purpose of selecting from these lists the honours to be borne on the Standards, Guidons or Colours, District Officers Comu1anding shall issue instructions for the formation of Regimental Committees of not less than five members for each Cavalry, Mounted Rifles, and Infantry Regiment concerned within their District.
	members.tripod.com /RegimentalRogue/battlehonours/firstworldwar-btlhnrs.htm (1499 words)

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