33. East Yorkshire Regiment (4th Battalion). |
34. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own [Yorkshire Regiment] (4th Battalion). |
35. The Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Battalion). |
36. The London Regiment (7th [City of London] Battalion). |
37. The Suffolk Regiment (4th Battalion). |
38. The King’s [Shropshire Light Infantry] (4th Battalion). |
39. Honourable Artillery Company, Infantry. |
40. The London Regiment, (Blackheath and Woolwich, 20th [County of London] Battalion). |
| Plate 5. Regimental Colours of the Territorial Force | |
The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).—Facings, blue.
R.C.—The motto, “Quo fas et gloria ducunt” (Where duty and glory lead). The Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt,” below the union wreath.
The battle honours are: Vimiera; Corunna; Almaraz; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nive; Orthes; Peninsula; Punniar; Moodkee; Ferozeshah; Aliwal; Sobraon; Alma; Inkerman; Sevastopol; Lucknow; New Zealand; Egypt, 1882; Nile, 1884–85; South Africa, 1900–02.
Before 1881, the facings of the regiment were black, but when, in this year, the force attained a royal dignity, they became blue. New colours to suit the change of hue were accordingly provided, and the old ones burned with solemn reverence, the ashes being collected and placed in a snuff box made from the wood of the flag pole.
A brave array of the retired colours of this regiment are to be seen in All Saints’ Church, Maidstone.
The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).—Facings, blue.
R.C.—The White Rose of the House of York. The motto, “Cede nullis” (Yield to nothing).
The battle honours are: Minden; Corunna; Fuentes d’Onor; Salamanca; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Orthes; Peninsula; Waterloo; Pegu; Ali Masjid; Afghanistan, 1878–80; Burma, 1885–87; South Africa, 1899–1902; Modder River.
The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry).—Facings, blue.