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Uniform and colonel’s flag of the Regiment of Hibernia in Spanish service, mid-eighteenth century. The Regimiento Hibernia ("Regiment of Hibernia") was one of the Spanish army's foreign regiments (Infantería de línea extranjera).
Also known as the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot: 1688–1791: Flag carried in different variations by the Irish Brigade of the French Army: red and green cross, with motto "In Hoc Signo Vinces" 1710–1815: Flag of the Regiment of Hibernia aka the "O'Neill's Regiment" of the Spanish Army ...
A red saltire on green appears on the flag of Berwick's regiment in the Irish Brigade of the French army. This was a brigade made up of Irish Jacobite exiles that formed in 1690. The Irish Brigade served as part of the French Army until 1792. Uniform and colonel's flag of the Regiment of Hibernia in Spanish service, mid-18th century
Flag Guard: Consists of 4 people. The flag bearer holding the flag, two flag guards and the Flag Guard Commander. There are selection criteria for the flag guard. The flag bearer, flag guard and flag officer must be distinguished among their peers with their education and discipline. The flag officer can be in the rank of lieutenant-captain.
The rest of the standard was depending on the regiment. Often, the Cross of France divided the flag in four equal quarters. The quarters could have the same colour (specially for the Marine troops's flags). Sometimes, there were two colours: the top-left and the bottom-right quarters of one colour, the top-right and the bottom-left of another.
The last British Army regiment to carry its regimental colours into battle was the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot in January 1881 at the Battle of Laing's Nek during the First Boer War. [2] Colours of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Only one British regiment carries more than two colours on parade.
Uniform and colonel's flag of the Regiment of Hibernia in Spanish service, mid-eighteenth century Portumna castle.Wild Geese heritage museum. The Flight of the Wild Geese was the departure of an Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on 3 October 1691, following the end of the Williamite War in Ireland.
The regiment's first company will then quick march, usually in Commonwealth realms, to the tune of The British Grenadiers (irrespective of the regiment), to which the ceremony proceeds in a similar fashion to the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in London, with the 'Escort to the Colour' receiving the old colour so that they can troop it through ...