The Colours of a battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 1916 (c)
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1989-09-76-21
Description
Photograph, possibly of Capt L F Machin, and men of Kings Own Scottish Borderers holding the Colours, France 1917. One of 96 photographs collected by Capt Grant, MC, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, France and Italy, 1916 (c)-1918. In British and Indian infantry units the King's Colour was usually a union flag trimmed with gold fabric, and with the regiment's insignia placed in the centre. The Regimental Colour was a flag of a single colour, usually the colour of the uniform facings (collar, lapels and cuffs) of the regiment, again often trimmed and with the insignia in the centre.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
