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	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)

	Colours, standards and guidons - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Royal Australian Navy: The Queen's Colour of the RAN is a variation of the Australian White Ensign - it is a reverse of the Australian flag (white with blue stars), with the Royal Cypher and Garter band positioned between the Commonwealth Star and the stars representing the Southern Cross.
		In cavalry and armoured regiments, the equivalents of the colours are the standard and the guidon (pronounced gee-don).
		Both the standard and the guidon are usually of crimson, again often trimmed in gold and with the regiment's insignia in the centre.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Colours_and_guidons (4477 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.
		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.
		Both the Standard and the Guidon are usually of crimson trimmed in gold and with the regiment's insignia in the centre.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colours_and_guidons (5187 words)

	The LV.Greyes Partnership, Textiles and Historic Furnishings Restoration
		Standards, solid objects atop a pole, made of carved wood and cast metal, often with streamers attached to them were carried in the ancient armies of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
		The Second Colour to be the colour of the Facings of the Regiment with the Union in the upper canton...
		Colours tend to be replaced about every 10 to 25 years, the old Colours being ceremonially 'laid-up' are never brought back into service again, destined to spend eternity venerated in the regiment's chapel or museum.
	members.shaw.ca /lvgreyes/SreportFlags.htm (3092 words)

	Historical colours, standards and guidons biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1812, a new pattern of colours was authorised; this used the French Tricolour, fringed in gold, and with various regimental and imperial devices forming a frame around the gold writing.
		Army: The pattern of the colours for the German Army of the Third Reich was instituted in 1936.
		This was a flag that adopted the national colours of red-yellow-red horizontal stripes, with a simplified royal coat of arms in the centre atop a small burgundy cross and the name of the regiment encircling it.
	www.biography.ms /Historical_colours,_standards_and_guidons.html (1162 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)

	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 remaining colours are in the form of the Union flag, and have crimson cords- and tassels.
		The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the 1600s when the colors of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle and were therefore trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognize those of his own regiment.
	footguards.tripod.com /01ABOUT/01_colours.htm (2838 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		The colours of all of the 2nd Battalions were identical to each other (except for the demi-brigade's number), while the 1st Battalions all received different colours.
		In 1812, a new pattern of colours was authorised; this used the Flag of France French Tricolour, fringed in gold, and with various regimental and imperial devices forming a frame around the gold writing.
		In the center of both colours was a circular tablet bearing the crowned Prussian eagle under a scroll inscribed ''Pro Gloria et Patria'' (For Glory and Fatherland), all within a wreath surmounted by the royal crown.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Historical_colours,_standards_and_guidons.html (1277 words)

	Jamaica Defence Force - Customs
		The origin of the customs of carrying Colours goes back to the days of early man, who fixed his family badge to a pole and held it aloft in battle for the dual purpose of indicating his position and acting as a rallying point should the occasion arise.
		The Standard (a square banner) was then carried by a knight; the Guidon (an ensign or standard ending with a tail or point, now swallow-tailed) being carried by a banneret.
		Colours have become the symbol of the spirit of a regiment, for they bear the battle honours and badges granted to the regiment in commemoration of the gallant deeds performed by its members from the time it was raised.
	www.jdfmil.org /overview/customs/customs_home11.html (1091 words)

	The Colour and Battle Honours of the Regiment
		By tradition, once a Standard has been replaced, the retired Colour are to be laid up and left to, in time, disintegrate (dust to dust) and are not to be reconditioned or refurbished.
		The historical explanation goes back to the days when the largest piece in an artillery train carried the equivalent of today's Queen's Colour and it was known as the 'Colour' or 'Flag Gun'.
		In the days when the infantry carried their Colours into battle they were to be found in the centre of the front rank, a position in which they were easily seen and recognised, for they acted as a rallying point for the soldiers.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /david.hart30/regiment/rgtcolour.htm (2484 words)

	Flags of National Defence
		When carried on parade, colours mark and identify the unit to all, but their principal function in modern times is as an embodiment of the soul of the unit.
		First, its dominant colours, red and white, were chosen in 1921 as the national colours of Canada, although the inspiration for these colours on the RMC flag was almost assuredly the ribbon of the general Service medal of 1899.
		For example: The colours of the 3rd Regiment York Militia which were defenders of York during the American capture on April 27, 1813, were made by the local ladies and had been consecrated in January, 1813, by Dr. Strachan and presented by Miss Powell, the daughter of the Honourable Mr.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Nation/NatDefence.html (11381 words)

	The Colour and Battle Honours of the Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Colours were held at SE London Sector headquarters at Blackheath for many years and only ever saw the light of day on Annual Camp.
		A Standard is a marching and identification flag carried on a staff for a minor unit.
		A Regimental Colour is a consecrated symbol for a Battalion of a Regiment of Foot (and some support arms, though not Artillery*).
	www.aued39.dsl.pipex.com /regiment/rgtcolour.htm (2602 words)

	United Kingdom: Royal Navy
		The Service Colour with the addition of a crown and royal cypher superimposed on the centre, was approved as a King's Colour by King George V on the 12th May 1925.
		New colours were needed after the death of King George V as it was not possible to alter the royal cypher from GVR to GVIR.
		The Plymouth Command Colour of 1937 was laid up in Liverpool Cathedral in 1953, but the Portsmouth Command Colour of 1937, which had been damaged in the blitz in 1941, was destroyed by burning in the presence of two officers holding sovereign's commissionson on 13th May 1961.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/gb-nav.html (4129 words)

	The War Room - Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colours, Standards and Guidons of Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia
		The text is packed with illustrations throughout, including colour plates, sketches and tables detailing flag variants, patterns and inspection colours.
		Colours, Standards and Guidons of Anhalt, Kleve-Berg, Brunswick, Denmark, Finland, Hanover, Hesse, The Netherlands, Mecklenburg, Nassau, Portugal, Reuss, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland & Westphalia
	www.thewarroom.com /products.asp?cat=3&pg=12 (588 words)

	Definition of political colours
		Colours are traditionally worn in or on scarves, ties, bl...
		The adoption of the Ethiopian national colours was a consequence of this.
		The colours of the five regiments of [[Foot Guards]] have the...
	www.wordiq.com /search/political+colours.html (615 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)

	United Kingdom: Ministry of Defence and army
		The flag is royal crimson (the dark red used in the Royal Standard) with the Union flag in the canton and the Army badge of the Royal Crest on Crossed Swords filling the fly.
		Lances for cavalry standards and guidons were nine feet long until 1873, when they were shortened to 8 ft 6 inches.
		Standards and guidons always had fringes, but colours have had them only since 1858, to offset the "poor effect on Parade" caused by the reduction in their size.
	www.fotw.us /flags/gb-def.html (3173 words)

	United Kingdom
		The warrant for Jersey was unusual in that it could not be issued under the provisions of the Order in Council 9 July 1864 which abolished Squadron Colours, since the States of Jersey were not a Public Department, nor under the Colonial Naval Defence Act of 1865, since Jersey was not a colony.
		the Royal Standard) in which the charges have to be distorted to fill the space, or in which (when this is not possible) they leave large spaces on either side unfilled; both resulting in bad heraldic design.
		The Pantone colours (186 for the red and 280 for blue) are the official ones for the Union Flag and all UK derivatives (Bartram 2004).
	flagspot.net /flags/gb.html (3414 words)

	Osprey Men-at-Arms: 100
		Old-style drill manuals, which still governed the training of the mass of British infantry, were set aside; and discipline was maintained, at least to some extent, by appeals to pride in self and unit rather than by the lash.
		With a variety of photographs, eight full-page colour plates by Angus McBride, accompanied by ten pages of commentaries, this is a first-class addition to Osprey's Men-at-Arms series.
		From their formation these troops were fashionable and treated as having a special character, and they became so useful that by 1759 it was decided to form complete regiments of light cavalry.
	www.atleest.com /en-us/dept_114.html (4119 words)

	Spain
		Rank flags as well as the king's and prince's standards are all 1:1.
		Of course most —if not all— military Colours, cavalry and armoured units' guidons etc. are 1:1.
		In Spain, the most frequent alternative to flying a flag half mast to indicate mourning is to stitch a small piece of fl material (either a short cravatte or a squarish piece of material — occasionally even a fl handkerchief) to the centre of the flag.
	flagspot.net /flags/es.html (1064 words)

	Osprey Publishing - British Colours & Standards 1747—1881 (1)
		Colours, Standards and Guidons of France and her Allies
		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.
		The successive regulations between 1747 and 1868 are supported by tables of 'ancient badges' and battle honours; by many examples of non-regulation practice (in the cavalier tradition of the British cavalry); and by ten dazzling plates by Richard Hook, detailing some 35 flags in full colour.
	www.ospreypublishing.com /title_detail.php/title=S2008~ser=ELI (173 words)

	Osprey Men-at-Arms: 1 -
		Both had existed as separate regiments even before their official incorporation into the British Army and on the face of it, this seemed a highly improbable union, Being separated both geographically and historically - they had never even served together in the same theatre.
		It details the soldiers who faced the difficulties of campaigning in America along with the gross inefficiency and corruption at home which, along with their generals' often blundering conduct, were as deadly enemies as the Americans.
		The King’s German Legion was born in sorrow, their tragedy being the occupation of their homeland, the electorate of Hanover, by a 13,000-strong French force under General Mortier in 1803.
	www.atleest.com /en-us/dept_112.html (2342 words)

	College of Arms
		The office of Inspector of Regimental Colours was instituted in 1806 in order to regulate the design of the various Colours, Guidons, and Standards of the Army.
		Regulations for these had been laid down in 1768, but were widely ignored and designs left to the whim of individual Colonels.
		Alternatively coloured photocopies of badges may be requested by letter after payment of a search fee of £20 (cheques to be made payable to The College of Arms).
	www.college-of-arms.gov.uk /About/15.htm (389 words)

	17hist
		Americans lay dead on the spot, two hundred were made prisoners, and three colours, two guns, and a number of waggons containing stores and baggage, were captured by the British, who had only five officers and soldiers killed, and twelve wounded; Lieutenant Matthew Pateshall, of the SEVENTEENTH, being among the wounded.
		His Majesty having been induced to concede the independence of the United States, the war was terminated by a treaty of peace, and in 1783 the SEVENTEENTH Light Dragoons embarked from New York, and returned to Ireland, where the Tegiment was stationed during the succeeding eleveh years.
		In 1784 the colour of the clothing was changed from scarlet to blue.
	www.replications.com /17LD/17hist.htm (4372 words)

	Armed Forces' Flags (Spain)
		Although it is primarily a book on Spanish army uniforms, it has more than 50 Spanish military flags mostly regimental standards or unit guidons, all in color, from 1600 to the present.
		A different question is that certain old regiments —such as the Inmemorial del Rey, one of the oldest continuously-existing units in the world— keep reproductions of their old coronela colours and use them in certain occasions in order to maintain their traditions, but unofficially and not subject to Regulations.
		The red-yellow-red colours were introduced in 1843, even if some units kept using the old coronela colours until the first years of the 20th century.
	www.fotw.net /flags/es^.html (965 words)

	Osprey Publishing - British Colours & Standards 1747—1881 (2)
		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.
		The colours of auxiliary units - militia, volunteers and fencibles
	www.ospreypublishing.com /title_detail.php/title=S2016~ser=WAR (183 words)

	Military Organisation and Insignia
		The cavalry guidons, standards etc are described from the regulations in force period by period, and bot typical and unusual designs are shown in very clear sketches.
		This second volume traces the evolution of the standards and flags carried by infantry and auxilliary troops.
		The simple ‘hata-jirushi’ coloured flags of the 12th century and the clan armies of the Kamakura and Muromachi periods are all covered.
	www.chrisevansbooks.com /org.html (3500 words)

	Embroidery
		In ultimate terms of delicate quality, grace and beauty there is no substitute for hand embroidery work when it comes to ceremonial parade King's/Queen's Colours, Banners, Standards, Guidons or Regalia etc. This applies particularly to Royal, Diplomatic, Military, Diocese, Civic, Lodge, Historical or Heraldic commissions.
		For intricate orders we have more than 450 different brilliant colour shades of acrylic silk yarns which to choose from in addition to a wide range of metallic threads.
		Unlike real gold and silver they are purposely made having special qualities of long lasting colour retention and lustre.
	www.newtonnewtonflags.com /embroidery.htm (164 words)

	wargame flags, wargame miniatures, flags, miniatures, historical miniatures, wargame, wargames flags, vexilology, ...
		Imperial cavalry used swallow-tailed guidons and standards, based on the Mexican colours.
		This is the guidon carried by the Hungarian cavalry in Mexican service.
		The colours are not in fact Mexican, it is merely a swallow-tailed version of the Hungarian flag.
	www.warflag.com /flags/max/max678.shtml (188 words)

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