3-074-743 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Placing the old Scottish Regimental Colours in St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1883. 'Glenorchy Regiment of Breadalbane Fencibles; 74th Highland Light Infantry; 26th Cameronian Regiment...The fine old Cathedral Church...lately restored to architectural propriety and grandeur by the munificence of Mr. William Chambers, was the scene of an interesting military and religious ceremony on Wednesday week, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Commander-in-Chief, accompanied by his staff officers, and by Major-General Macdonald, commanding the forces in Scotland, formally delivered to the custody of the Cathedral Board seventeen stand of old colours, which in times past were carried by various Scottish regiments...Some of the colours are in a very decayed and fragmentary condition, being little more than a few shreds of silk adhering to the pole, but the majority are in a fair state of preservation...The Rev. Dr. Lees and other Presbyterian clergy of St. Giles's performed a religious service; after which, the colours being arranged in the transept, where a numerous assembly was collected, with representatives of the Corporation of Edinburgh, the Court of Session, and the University, the presentation ceremony took place'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.