Queens and Regimental Colours

[Rog Ball 01]

Have the Regiment been presented with new Colours yet?

This is not a question that should cause problems, like those that have been asked in the past regarding the colours. A straight answer will do - Yes or No.

If the answer is No, when will the colours be presented?

I llok forward to see the resulting comments for members.

[BennytheBall]

No

[Minden3]

You mention the Colours What will happen to the last colour of The Royal Welch Fusilier,will it go the same way as the rest ,laid up in a church to rot and eventually disappear for ever.Out of sight ,out of mind.these colours should be kept in a safe place so that our chidrens children can see them in all their glory.

[Thom15]

The museum would be the ideal place. Are they not there?

[Minden3]

Thom 15.I realy dont know,I was lead to believe that they were laid up in the parish church in Wrexham

[jungle1810]

Hello,
A vast difference will be most obvious when the "new colours" are trotted out. To the best of my knowledge they will bear little or no resemblance to the colours we knew in past years. I believe "Pekin" will be on them and this battle honour was unique to the 2nd battalion RWF from the Boxer rebellion days.Being the only "British" (Welsh) regiment to serve in this battle. They will also be "A sea of green". the 2nd battalion colours from our involvement in Malaya were laid up in December 1957. I believe they are in the Council offices (Llwyn isaf) Logically as one correspondent put it the museum would appear to be a natural home for the old colours to be kept in.
Regards RBD aka Don

[BennytheBall]

Minden, Thom 15, I do believe that there old 1st Bn RWF colours laid up in St Giles Church Wrexham, in the RWF Chapel.

As VC in the RWF Museum there are are Colours laid up and on display there and I believe they are the old 4th Bn RWF Colours. So it would be very nice for the last 1st Bn RWF Colours to be laid up at the museum as it the RWF Regimental Museum.

Best Regards
BennytheBall

[Minden3]

Benny.I agree with you wholeheartedly ,colours should be seen and not hidden away in some church or council office where the general public cant view them,after all, they are our colours but for the men of this great regiment,their deeds of bravery they whould blank sheets of silk

[nasher546]

Thom, Minden & Benny,

I can also remember some old Colors laid up in the Church in Crickhowell. I wonder what happened to those. Or perhaps they are still there. This thread poses a question as to what has actually happened to some of our Colors. I would hate to think as Minden put it they are just rotting away.

[Smokeyjoe]

I am aware that there are Regimental Colours housed in the Regimental Museum and in St Giles church in Wrexham, both are open for anyone to view.
There must be some SOP somewhere which dictates where Colurs are laid up, to be fair the ones at the museum and St Giles do not appear to be rotting away.
Joe.