Whereabouts of Colours

The Queen's Royal Regiment

1st Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment

Presented

Retired

Whereabouts

Tangier (not known)

not known

Not preserved

1686

1751

Not preserved, except Colonel’s Colour at Kilmainham

1751 (Green facings)

1768

Not preserved

1768 (Blue facings)

1772

Not preserved

1772

1806

Regimental Museum

1806

1820

Reduced to rags in the Peninsula

1820

1847

Reduced to rags in Afghanistan

1847

1947

Regimental Museum

1947

1960

Guildford Cathedral

2nd Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment

Presented

Retired

Whereabouts

1859

1948

Guildford Cathedral

Third Colour of The Queen’s

Presented

Retired

Whereabouts

1686 (Donkin)

1750

Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, and re-worked into Torrens Colour.

1825 (Torrens)

1854

Centre used for Burns Colour, remainder not preserved

1853 (Burns)

1893

Regimental Museum

1894 (1st Malta)

1930

Regimental Museum

1930 (2nd Malta)

1977

Regimental Museum

1977 (Davidson)

In Service

In Service

2nd Royal Surrey Militia/3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion

Presented

Retired

Whereabouts

1759

1798

Not preserved

1798

1841

Destroyed by fire

1854

1953

Regimental Museum

Territorial Battalions

Battalion

Presented

Retired

Whereabouts

4th

1909

1938

Croydon Parish Church

4th

1938

1964

Croydon Parish Church

5th

1926

1964

Regimental Museum

22nd London and 6th

1909

1964

Bermondsey Parish Church

24th London and 7th

1909

1961

St Mary’s, Newington

Service Battalions

Battalion

Presented

Retired

Whereabouts

6th

1919

1920

Holy Trinity, Guildford, and later Regimental Museum

7th

1919

1920

Holy Trinity, Guildford, and later Regimental Museum

8th

1919

1920

Holy Trinity, Guildford, and later Regimental Museum

10th (Battersea)

1919

1920

St Mary’s, Battersea, and later Regimental Museum

11th (Lambeth)

1919

1921

Lambeth Town Hall

2nd/4th

1919

1920

Croydon Town Hall

3rd/4th

1919

1920

Croydon Parish Church

2nd/22nd London

1921

1921

Bermondsey initially, now not known

2nd/24th London

1919

1920

Not known

 

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