The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13 00:00:00

'The COLGURS of the 77th REGIMENT.

An interesting ceremony took place in front of the
Mansion House, in London, on Monday morning. The
old colours of the 77th Regimept were brought up from
Woolwich, in charge of Irtk-eicort of one hundred hap;
being met at Cannon4treet Station by the City
Militia. At the Mansion House they were received
by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, with Major-
General, Willis, C. 8., and others. The colours were
handed by Colonel "Kent to the Lord Mayor, who, in
receiving them, said :--'-• • • • • -
It is a very high compliment which you and your regi-
ment pay to the Lord Mayor in handirg to him these
honoured though mueh-worn colour., which I believe went
through the wars of the Crimea. Your regiment has been
celebrated for many years, particularly in 1788 and 1799. At
Seringapatam, Ciudad, Rodrigo, Saragossa, Alma, Inkerman,
and Sebastopol, your regiment has at all times distin-
guished itself: .Noble, brave, and heroic as the English
army always is, your regiment has not been behind hi
any respect, and has added much to the honour of the
country. Her Majesty has presented the regiment with
new colours, but I have no doubt that in parting thus
with your old colours you look on them as old frierds,
and leave them with grief. But you are about to place
them over the monument of those who fell in the Crimea, and
of those who died in their defence. I and my successors
will take care of those colours, and there they will be an
object of interest to all who look upon them, helping, as they
will, to stimulate the men of the present day as they did in
the past. They will be a fitting memorial that the British
soldier at all times does his duty, and though many of the
men are gone who then held a place in your regiment, the
young blood that is there will maintain the honour of the
77th Regiment, and behave as, those have done who accom-
panied you in years goiae if
Colonel Kent thanked his lordship on behalf of the
regiment. The officers and men of the regiment were
then conducted tei the Egyptian Hall, where the bind
played several airs. At the conclusion the Lord Mayor
again addressed those present, and the party then
marched to St. Paul's Cathedral,/vaiere there .is a
monument to the memory of the men of the 77th who
fell in the Crimea. The colours were here placed upon
the altar, whilst the Dean and Chaplin-General ad-
dressed the regiment, and at the conclusion of the ser-
vice were hung up over the monument.

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. MA Yrz!.

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—From Fun.