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Top left is the Queen's Colour and lower left is the Regimental Colour. Although the Queen's Colour is that of the 1st Battalion the design is very similar for the 2nd Battalion which has two II in the centre. The Colours of the 1st 2nd 3rd & 5th (Volunteer) Battalions were presented by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark at Armoury House, London on the 4th of May 1974. The Colours of the 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion were presented by Lavinia Duchess of Norfolk CBE at Ardingly, West Sussex on the 16th July 1981. The Colours embody the traditions and spirit of an Infantry Battalion and although no longer the rallying point, they remain revered as a symbol of the past as well as the future. In 1747 it was decided that one colour should be the Union Flag (Queen's Colour), being the symbol of the crown to which the soldiers loyalty is due; and the second a plain Colour with the Regimental Badge superimposed (Regimental Colour), representing the spirit and tradition of the Regiment. The Colours each carry forty battle honours won by our forebear Regiments. From "Tangier 1662-1680 (The oldest Battle Honour in the British Army) to Korea 1950-1951". Of pride to the territorials are the four battle honours on the Queen's Colour Longstop Hill On April 26th 1943 the 5th Battalion The Buffs sized the final peak of Longstop Hill, a formidable German position in Tunisia holding up the Allied advance on Tunis. Salerno Four two months in late 1943, after the landing at Salerno, six territorial battalions of the Queen's Royal Regiment fought side by side, in two Queen's Brigades, in the advance along the Italian coast. |
