One of only a few stands of Volunteer Colours are those of the Newington Surrey Volunteers. This Corps had been one of many formed in 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars, when invasion was feared. On 4th June 1799, the King reviewed sixty-five volunteer Corps in Hyde Park on his birthday, the Newington Volunteers among them. The Corps consisted of two companies each of 120 men, wore scarlet coats with blue facings and bearskin caps, and were engaged to serve only in their local area. Their Colours were presented in September 1800 at Montpelier Gardens by Mrs Burne, presumably the wife of one of the officers.

The first Colour bore the Bridge House Mark, later to feature in the Colours of the 23rd London Regiment, which was the emblem of the borough of Southwark. The Second Colour bore the Garter star and the royal cipher.