Ceremonial no.1 dress is worn by the Colour party in this illustration. They are saluting in various ways. The two ensigns lower their Colours which allows a view of the battle honours. The Regimental Colour has five honours on each side of the central device which indicates that these are the penultimate Colours that were presented in 1975. The battle honour ‘Gulf 1991’ would be added to the last Colours presented in 1996.
The Colour Belts worn by the two ensigns look similar but are distinguished by the silver White Horse on the Queen’s Colour Belt, and the embroidered Sphinx on the Regimental Colour Belt.
The Warrant Officer standing between the ensigns has an embroidered crown badge on his right sleeve, indicating that he is a Company Sergeant-Major (CSM). Behind him is the Regimental Sergeant-Major (RSM) dressed like an officer, having a crimson sash on his left shoulder. He and the ensigns are armed with broadswords.
Either side of the RSM are two Colour-Sergeants, who, like the CSM, have red sashes on their right shoulder. The RSM salutes with his white gloved hand raised to his head. Soldiers armed with a rifle salute by placing the right foot behind the left and smacking the rifle with the left hand. The SLRs indicate that this artwork is based on a photo taken some years earlier as the rifle was replaced by the SA80 from around 1990.
The illustration is artwork by Hiram Dunn who was a Warrant Officer in the KOSB (see Brigadier Bob Riddle). It comes from Hiram Dunn’s book, Borderers in Uniform from 1689 with the author’s kind permission.
