Standard Bearer and Escort 1906


The photo from which the coloured illustration was taken. Two sergeants flank the Troop Sergeant Major. 'Although the infantry continued to employ a junior officer to carry the Colour, the cavalry, from 1796, gave that honour to a TSM. 'For some reason these NCOs all have their sword scabbards on the right side of the saddle.


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