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The Colours: “The Soul of a Regiment”

The Colours: “The Soul of a Regiment”. Organization of Military Museums of Canada – 24 May 2013. Capt Michael O’Leary, CD, The RCR. Regimental Colours. What are they? Who receives Colours? Connections. Emotional – Social – Historical. Lifespan

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The Colours: “The Soul of a Regiment”

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  1. The Colours: “The Soul of a Regiment” Organization of Military Museums of Canada – 24 May 2013 Capt Michael O’Leary, CD, The RCR

  2. Regimental Colours • What are they? • Who receives Colours? • Connections. • Emotional – Social – Historical. • Lifespan • Presentation – Parades – Troopings – Laying Up. • Current regulations • Churches, Museums and Public Buildings? • Colours in London, Ontario • Who owns them after they are laid up?

  3. What are they? – A Stand of Colours

  4. What are they? – The Queen’s Colour

  5. What are they? – The Regimental Colour

  6. What are they? – Emblazonment

  7. Who receives Colours? • Single Colour: • Maritime Command (Queen’s Colour) • Armour Regiments • Horse guards and dragoon Guard (Standard) • Others (Guidon) • Operational flying squadrons (25 yrs service of Sovereign’s special appreciation) • Stands of Colours: • Air Command • Royal Military College • Infantry and airborne battalions.

  8. Who carries them? – Infantry Regiments PPCLI Calg Highrs R 22e R Rocky Mtn Rgrs Fus de Sher Lorne Scots

  9. Who carries them? – Armoured Regiments 1st Hussars GGHG Windsor R

  10. Who carries them? – Operational flying squadrons • 434 Tactical Fighter Squadron • Presented 1977 • Laid Up 1988 • Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, NS

  11. Connections • Emotional • Social • Regimental families • Family Regiments • Community • Congregation • Historical • Wars and Battles • Recruiting and Reinforcements • Returning Troops and Legacies

  12. Lifespan – Presentation

  13. Lifespan - Parades

  14. Lifespan - Trooping

  15. Lifespan – Laying Up

  16. Current Regulations • The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces (A-AD-200-000/AG-000) Historical Reference • Old Colours Never Die, by Francis Dunbar and Joseph Harper, 1992 (out of print) – reprint projected for late 2013 by Service Publications

  17. Placement • Churches, e.g., St Paul’s Cathedral • Museums, e.g., The RCR Museum • Public Buildings, e.g., Hall of Colours, Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa

  18. Colours in London – St Paul’s Cathedral

  19. Colours in London – St Paul’s Cathedral

  20. Colours in London – St Paul’s Cathedral 7th Regiment, Fusiliers 26th Battalion, Middlesex Light Infantry

  21. Colours in London – St Paul’s Cathedral 1st Cdn Inf Bn, CEF 33rd Cdn Inf Bn, CEF 142nd Cdn Inf Bn, CEF

  22. Colours in London – St Paul’s Cathedral

  23. Colours in London – Bishop Cronyn Memorial Church

  24. Colours in London – The RCR Museum

  25. Colours in London – Wolseley Barracks Officers’ Mess

  26. Ownership • “All Colours which have been consecrated and presented to a unit of the Canadian Forces (CF), whether donated or provided at public expense, are and remain Crown property in perpetuity, and are controlled by the Department of National Defence on behalf of the Canadian government.” • “If deposited or laidup, they are the responsibility of the custodian and must remain accessible to the public.”

  27. Questions?

  28. The Regimental Rogue regimentalrogue.com The Minute Book - regimentalrogue.com/blog/

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