Colour postcard: Presentation of the Colours to the Bank of England Volunteers Corps, 1799
From The Bank of England Museum of a painting attributed to Thomas Stothard, and shows Mrs Thornton, wife of the Governor of the Bank, presenting the Colours to the Corps on Lord's Cricket Ground, 1799.
From a collection of documents and research notes compiled by Col Sainsbury on the Bank of England Volunteers, K Coy, 25th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1798 (c)-1915 (c).
A regiment of the Bank of England Volunteers was first formed in 1798 to protect the Bank during the Napoleonic Wars, but was disbanded in 1814.
In 1860, four Corps of Civil Service Volunteers were raised and in 1866 four more were added, including the Bank of England Company.