Regimental Colours
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Over the years the Colours (flags) of various Armed Forces'units associated with the County have been laid up in this church.
The Northamptonshire Regiment
The Colours of the 1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment
(formerly the 48th Regiment of Foot )
were laid up on 14 July 1962 in the presence of
Her Royal Highness, The Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment.
These Colours were originally presented to the Regiment in 1889
and they remain on display, behind glass, in the Warriors' Chapel.
A painting of the
Queen's and Regimental
Colours of the 1st Bn
the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th Foot)
(1889-1962)
The following 10 flags once hung in the chancel, as can be seen in the photograph below (copies can be purchased in the church) :
48th Queen's and Regimental Colour (1838-1889)
48th Queen's and Regimental Colour (1889-1962)
3rd (Militia) Bn. Queen's and Regimental Colour (1887-1925)
5th (Service) Bn. King's Colour (1919)
6th (Service) Bn. King's Colour (1919)
7th (Service) Bn. King's Colour (1919)
1st (Garrison) Bn. King's Colour (1919)
Through age, or having been carried into battles, some were in poor condition
and so, more recently, most have been preserved under a suitably inscribed stone slab
in front of the altar in the Warriors' Chapel.
Contact
Office: Church Lane
Northampton, NN1 3NL
Tel: 01604 627988
Vicar: 01604 230316
Restoration Trust:
Tel: 01604 754782