The practice of tho British Array of leaving the colours boliind on taking the field dates from tho battlo of Isandlilwana in 1879, when two officers lost their lives in endeavouring to save the colours of the 24th Regiment.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2293, 29 October 1914, Page 7
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39Untitled Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2293, 29 October 1914, Page 7
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