The Colours of a battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1916 (c)

Photograph, World War One, 1916 (c).

In British and Indian infantry units the King's Colour was usually a union flag trimmed with gold fabric, and with the regiment's insignia placed in the centre. The Regimental Colour was a flag of a single colour, usually the colour of the uniform facings (collar, lapels and cuffs) of the regiment, again often trimmed and with the insignia in the centre.

One of 96 photographs collected by Capt Grant, MC, King's Own Scottish Borderers, France and Italy, 1916 (c).