Ferozeshah 80


	DERR

1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment

(Berkshire and Wiltshire)

Ferozeshah Parade 1980

Officers Colour Party

Lt J. C. WORT

2^nd Lt C. G. HIGGS

Cpl COX

Cpl CHRISTIAN

Cpl DECARTERET

Senior Non Commissioned Officers

WO 2 LONG

Colour Sgt MORTIMER

Colour Sgt GODWIN

Sgt WATERS

Sgt CHAPMAN

No 1 Coy	No 2 Coy
Major A. C. KENWAY Captain S. E. BOWKETT Lt T J. CARR WO 2 (CSM) MINTY Colour Sgt (CQMS) PAZ	Major M. CORNWALL Captian A. F. R. STEEVENSON Lt J. M.C. RYLANDS WO 2 (CSM) MORGAN Colour Sgt BALEIMATUKU
No 3 Coy	No 4 Coy
Major C. J. PARSLOW Captain J. L. SILVESTER Lt G. P. BARLOW WO 2 (CSM) SHERMAN Colour Sgt (CQMS) FEDRICK	WO 1 (RSM) S J VENUS WO 2 (CSM) LUCKWELL Colour Sgt (CQMS) MEHRLICH

Regimental Band and Corps of Drums

WO 1 (Bandmaster) R. C. NOTHER

Sgt (Drum Major) HARRILL

ORDER OF PARADE 1980

ORDER	MUSIC
Inspecting officer Brigadier JR RODEN CBE Colonel, DERR arrives	“Cavalry Brigade”
Inspecting officer inspects the front ranks Escorted by the CO	Steadfast and True" "V.P." “Ein Prosit”
March Past	"Under the double Eagle" "Farmersboy"
CO Delivers the charge to the Sgts
“Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment, I am about to hand over to your custody for a period, the colours of the 1^st Battalion. This honour is bestowed on you in commemoration of the gallant services rendered by your predecessors at the battle of FEROZESHAH, the anniversary of which we celebrate today. Safeguard and these colours as your officers have ever done and let the fact that our colours are entrusted to your keeping be not only a reminder of past services but also a visible expression of the confidence and trust which today your officers justly place in you. Hand over the Colours”
Handover Ceremony	“British Grenadiers”
No 1 Coy takes post as No 4 Coy	“Rule Britannia”
Queens colour takes post	“The Wiltshire”
Troop the Regimental Colour	“Auld Robin Grey”
Queens colour rejoins Escort Coy	“The Wiltshire”
March Past	"San Lorenzo" "Farmersboy"
Commanding Officer asks permission to march off	"The Dashing White Sgt"

Midnight hand back of Colours to Officers 1980

R.S.M. VENUS prepares to hand back the Colours to the Officers	RSM VENUS salutes the Colours prior to receiving them from the Drum Major prior to the handover

VIEWS OF THE FEROZESHAH PARADE OSNABRUCK 1978

The Inspecting Officer, Major General BOSWELL, takes the Salute on arrival

Inspecting Officer salutes the Colours	Battalion on Parade

Hand over of the Colours	C.O. requests permission to march off

FEROZESHAH PARADE 1981

Major General FARNDALE inspects the parade 1981

March Past 1981 (L to R) Capt SILVESTER (Adj), Lt Col COXON (C.O.), Cpl ANNEAR, Sgt ROSE,Cpl IRVING (Assault Pioneers)