§ Lieutenant-Colonel ARCHER-SHEEasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that Colours have recently been presented to Service battalions in the British Expeditionary Force, some of which have only recently been formed, Colours may also be given for those Service battalions which were formed at the beginning of the War and which were only recently disbanded; and whether he is aware that the 12th (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, after serving in France from November, 1915, was disbanded on 5th October, 1918, that this battalion had heavy casualties, over 700 of all ranks having been killed, and that no Colours have been granted to this battalion?
Captain GUESTThe Colours referred to are merely silk Union Flags given to Service Battalions now serving with the British Armies in France for ceremonial purposes, and are not being issued to disbanded units.