REGIMENTAL STANDARDS

On 27 October 1960, Her Majesty The Queen presented Standards and Guidons at Buckingham Palace to the following regiments:
 
 
1 RTR - Retained
2 RTR - Retained
3 RTR - Laid up in St Peter-upon-Cornhill on 13 September 1992.
4 RTR - Laid up in St Peter-upon-Cornhill on 12 September 1993.
5 RTR - Laid up in St Peter-upon-Cornhill on 16 November 1969.
North Somerset Yeomanry /44 RTR - Laid up and subsequently retained by the National Army Museum in 1969.
Westminster Dragoons - Laid up in Westminster Abbey 23 October 1966
40/41 RTR - Laid up in Bootle Town Hall on 16 August 1975.
 
 


The two regular regiments retain their Standards, which are usually held in the Officers' Mess or in Regimental Headquarters.

Challenger 2 in Desert

 

 

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