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Brass Plate for Fusiliers Colours
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Rectangular brass plate with relevant correspondence.
THESE COLOURS
were presented to the
4th BATTALION FIFTH FUSILIERS (TA)
by
Major General Sir Percival Wilkinson K.C.M.G. C.B.
at Newburn on 15th July 1920
They were lodged in this Abbey
on
18th NOVEMBER 1979
1985
The Diocese refused permission for the brass plate to be installed in the Abbey. The wording is on a page from a notebook filed with the service booklet [HEXAB9397.1.39]
Regimental Colour [HEXAB4122] and King's Colour [HEXAB4123] hang in the Nave aisle.
290 × 200
In storage