This description seems somewhat involved, but the flag itself in no wise furthers this idea. The badge, which is placed in the centre of the flag, consists of a boar’s head, to represent the house of Campbell, and a cat, seated, to represent the house of Sutherland. The label, spoken of above, is merely a white bar, having three points projecting from it, downwards, one at each end and one in the middle. This bar is a sign of royalty, which figures in most of the royal arms.
The battle honours are: Cape of Good Hope, 1806; Roliça; Vimiera; Corunna; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Orthes; Toulouse; Peninsula; Alma; Balaklava; Sevastopol; Lucknow; South Africa, 1846–7, 1851–2–3, 1879; South Africa, 1899–1902; Modder River; Paardeberg. No other infantry regiment bears an honour for Balaklava.
Two old colours of this regiment are worth mentioning; one was burnt while reposing in Inverary Castle, where it had been placed by the Duke of Argyll; the other was used to enshroud the body, before burial, of a lieutenant who was killed at New Orleans.
The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).—Facings, blue.
R.C.—The Plume of the Prince of Wales, as the central badge. In each of the four corners, a maple leaf.
The battle honours are: Niagara; Central India; South Africa, 1900–02. They are arranged one on each side and one below the union wreath.
The first battalion of this regiment is of Canadian origin, whilst the 2nd battalion was raised in India. At a time when such valuable assistance has been proffered to the Empire by the Colonies, it is pleasant to recall that the Royal Canadians were the very first unit ever to come to the assistance of the Motherland; this it did during the Indian Mutiny.
A King’s colour of the 2nd battalion is exhibited in the Royal United Service Museum. “It forms one of a pair which was presented to the regiment at Aden on the 23rd January, 1866, by Mrs. Raines, wife of General Raines, C.B., who commanded the garrison. They were the first colours presented to the regiment as a British regiment, it having been before that time the Third Bombay European Regiment. The colours were used until 2nd April, 1906, when they were replaced by a new pair at Mauritius, the presentation being made by the Governor of the Island.”[[20]]
The Royal Munster Fusiliers.—Facings, blue.
R.C.—A Shamrock. The Royal Tiger. (These two devices are placed in the two lower corners of the colours.)