"Waterloo Coldstream guards" Topic

Hello,
I am recreating the 1st division of wellingtons army at Waterloo and was wondering can anyone help me out? I have found mixed information about he flour parties of the 4 regiments of foot guards that made up this division. We're normal battalions carried a kings colour (union flag) and a regimental colour, the guards regiments had more.

One account I found tell that he Coldstream guards carried the colonels colour, lieutenant colonels colour and majors colour at Waterloo.

I would be very grateful for any information or references that will help me out.

While the Guards *had* more, I think the practise was to only *carry* a pair in battle. I can't find specifics on the Coldstream Guards offhand, but there's a good article on the 3rd Foot Guards' colours at Waterloo here, which may help:

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Thanks for your link, my sourse for the Coldstream guards is Ian gales four days in June

Paul,

You should also bear in mind that Foot Guards, then and now, reverse the normal British pattern of colours, so that a Guards King's (or today's Queen's) Colour is crimson and their Regimental Colours are Union Flags.

Rod

So I believe, after reading ospreys wellingtons foot guards, it give a graphic description of each colour.

I hope that I'm not too late to assist with this. At Waterloo the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards carried the following:

Major's Colour
Gules (Crimson): in the centre the star of the order of the Garter proper, ensigned with the Crown: in the dexter canton, the Union, in issuing there from in bend a pile wavy.

XIII Company
A rose gules, surmounted by another argent, barbed and seeded proper, empaled with a Pomegranite or, stalked also proper. (This Company Colour was first issued by Queen Mary.)

I hope that this helps.

John