The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.—Facings, white.
R.C.—The Red Rose.
The honorary distinctions are: Louisburg; Quebec, 1759; Maida; Corunna; Tarifa; Vittoria; St. Sebastian; Nive; Peninsula; Ava; Alma; Inkerman; Sevastopol; Ali Masjid; Afghanistan, 1878-79; South Africa, 1899-1902; Defence of Kimberley.
The Northamptonshire Regiment.—Facings, white.
R.C.—The Castle and Key, superscribed “Gibraltar, 1779-83,” with the motto, “Montis Insignia Calpe.” The Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt.”
The battle honours are: Louisburg; Quebec, 1759; Martinique, 1762, 1794; Havannah; Maida; Douro; Talavera; Albuhera; Badajoz; Salamanca; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula; Sevastopol; New Zealand; South Africa, 1879; Tirah; South Africa, 1899-1902; Modder River.
Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment).—Facings, blue.
R.C.—The Dragon, superscribed “China,” below the union wreath.
The battle honours are: St. Lucia, 1778; Egmont-op-Zee; Copenhagen; Douro; Talavera; Albuhera; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Orthes; Peninsula; Queenstown; Alma; Inkerman; Sevastopol; Kandahar, 1880; Afghanistan, 1879-80; Egypt, 1882; Suakin, 1885; Tofrek; South Africa, 1899-1902.
An old set of colours belonging to the 2nd battalion are exhibited in the Royal United Service Museum. “They have a peculiar history attached to them. The 2nd battalion of this regiment, with the 2nd battalion 48th, the Buffs, and 31st, were in Colborne’s brigade at Albuhera, which was nearly destroyed. The loss of the four battalions amounted to 1,413, of which the Berkshires reached 272, and so weak had they become that it was found necessary to form them into provisional battalions, when the 66th (Berkshire) and the 31st were formed into a unit commanded by Colonel Leith, of the 31st. It was necessary to supply the 66th with new colours after the war. They duly arrived early in 1812, but were not taken into use because the colours of the 31st, as the senior regiment, were carried by the provisional battalion. They were, therefore, sent home, and when the regiment arrived in England in the summer of 1814, were sent to Plymouth to meet the battalion. But they were lost, never reached their destination, and it was necessary to make another set for the battalion. Not long afterwards, they turned up again, but too late to be taken into use. They came into the possession of the commanding officer, and were presented to the Royal United Service Museum.”[[18]]