"50th Foot Colours" Topic

Hi
Could anyone tell me what the regimental colours for the West Kent's were during the Napoleonic era? They had black facings and their regimental colours had a red St George cross but what was the back field? Black, White or Buff?
Cheers
Maturin

I thought it had white round the cross to act as a border/avoid the heradic no-no of colour on colour (white=silver so is a metal)

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The "Dirty Half-Hundred" would have the black field illustrated above. Not that I could read the tiny print.

Red cuffed regiments like the 41st would have a white field to avoid the red on red syndrome.

Last Hussar:
This is an interesting and rather logical observation but one I have not seen before, do you have any sort of reference for this?
Extra Crispy:
Thanks for the illustration (Victrix I suppose)
However GMB flags gives this colour as red cross on buff.

"However GMB flags gives this colour as red cross on buff"
Sorry – actually it is red cross on white

I think I can help clarify. Yes, during SYW, the color was a red cross on a white or buff background. However, the 1768 Regulations, although they had only a few new provisions, one of them applied to the four regiments raised since 1751, the 50th, 58th, 64th and 70th,that had black facings. Like their counterparts with white or red facings; these regiments were ordered to adopt a red cross, but on a field of black, instead of white. My source is Osprey, "British Colours & Standards 1741-1881 (2)", by Ian Sumner, Illustrated by Richard Hook. Hope this helps.