R.C.—The united Red and White Rose, also the motto, “Aucto splendore resurgo” (I arise with added splendour).
The battle honours are: Nieuport; Toumay; St. Lucia, 1796; Talavera; Fuentes d’Onor; Salamanca; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Toulouse; Peninsula; Bladensburg; Aliwal; Sobraon; Punjaub; Goojerat; Lucknow; Afghanistan, 1879–80; Egypt, 1882; Suakin, 1885; South Africa, 1899–1902; Paardeberg.
The colours of the 4th battalion are shown in Fig. 38.
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment).—Facings, lemon yellow.
R.C.—The Plume of the Prince of Wales, derived from the 2nd battalion, which was formerly the old 77th East Middlesex. In each of the four corners, the late Duke of Cambridge’s cypher and coronet, as figured on the colours of the old 57th West Middlesex.
The honorary distinctions are: Mysore; Seringapatam; Albuhera; Ciudad Rodrigo; Badajoz; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Peninsula; Alma; Inkerman; Sevastopol; New Zealand; South Africa, 1879; South Africa, 1900–02; Relief of Ladysmith.
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps.—Rifle regiments do not possess colours.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment).—Facings, buff for the first three battalions, and black for the 4th battalion.
R.C.—In each of the four corners, the late Duke of Edinburgh’s cypher and coronet.
The battle honours, on blue tablets, are: Louisburg; Nive; Peninsula; Ferozeshah; Sobraon; Sevastopol; Pekin, 1860; New Zealand; South Africa, 1879; South Africa, 1900–02.