An officer of the Regiment holds the staffs of the King’s Colour and Regimental Colour of the 2nd Battalion. The King’s crown on both Colours indicate that these are post-1902, the year that King Edward VII acceded to the throne. The same crown was used for Colours issued after the accession of King George V in 1910.
The King’s Colour has the Regimental title THE KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS on a red circle with a gold Roman numeral II in the centre. ‘Scottish’ had been added in 1887. There were no battle honours emblazoned on the King’s Colour until after WW1.
The blue Regimental Colour had changed from the 1882 design in that there was no longer a small Union in the upper canton. There are now two Royal Crests and two White Horses occupying the four corners, with mottos.
By 1914 the KOSB had acquired ten battle honours, including the Sphinx of EGYPT which retained its place at the lower middle of the Colour. The other nine battle honours were:
NAMUR 1695 (authorised in 1909)
MINDEN
EGMONT OP ZEE
MARTINIQUE 1809
AFGHANISTAN 1878-80
CHITRAL
TIRAH
PAARDEBURG
SOUTH AFRICA 1900-02
