page_title: Corps of drums
section_title: Drummer's Colour
hierarchical_section_title: Corps of drums / United Kingdom / Drummer's Colour
caption_attribution_description: English: A Drummer of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers holds the Drummer's Colour.
context_page_description: A Corps of Drums, also sometimes known as a Fife and Drum Corps, Fifes and Drums or simply Drums is a unit of several national armies. Drummers were originally established in European armies to act as signallers. The major historical distinction between a military band and a corps of drums, was that 'drummers' were not employed to play their instruments to entertain or delight, but rather they carried out a utilitarian battlefield role. This role was fulfilled by trumpeters or buglers in the cavalry and the artillery, who did not form into comparative formed bodies in the way that drummers did; therefore, an orthodox corps of drums will exist in the infantry arm.
context_section_description: The Drummer's Colour, also known as the Wilhelmsthal Colour, is a unique colour held by 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. A drummer, usually the youngest in the battalion, is detailed to carry it when it is on parade.
caption: A drummer of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers holds the Drummer's Colour.
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