The South Wales Borderers have obtained the authority of the Chancel-Jor of the Coventry Diocese for the removal of the Chillianwallah Colours of the 24th Foot—the former name of the regiment—trom St. Mary's Church, Warwick, to the chapel in Brecon Cathedral where, except for those colours, all the relies and colours of! the Regiment are now placed. The proposed removal was strongly sisted by the Parochial Church Coun-ell of St. Mary's, Warwick, on the ground that in 1868 when the Regiment was given new colours the old colours were presented to the Church by the then Colonel whose property they had become. The colours in question were borne at Chillianwallah on January 17, 1848 when the Sikhs were defeated by the British forces after a Merce engagement They were rescued by Sergeant Parry, @ native of Warwick, whose body actually les in }St. Mary's Churchyard. On those and. other grounds Warwick tried hard to retain the Colours, which _emerged from the barile with the regimental colour complete but the Queen's [colour bereft of all but the pole. The Chaneellor's decision was accompanied by a graceful expression of sympathy with the Warwick view but the conclusion that the regimental sentiment demanded preferential treatment.
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