Eighteenth Company

The Union throughout. In the centre the royal badge of King Edward the. Third, viz. the trunk of a tree couped and erased, or; from the dexter and sinister sides three leaves sprouting, vert, ensigned with the impeiial crown. In the dexter canton the number of the company inscribed in Roman characters, gold.

King Edward the Third bore for his supporters a lion and a falcon, to signify his love for hawking. For a badge he assumed the rays of the sun, to betoken far-spread glory; and a tree, both root and branches, to signify flourishing issue. In this form the badge is now carried by the 18th company.

Nineteenth Company

The Union throughout. In the centre a sceptre in bend dexter, or, surmounted by a sword in bend sinister proper; pomel and hilt of the first ensigned with the imperial crown. In the dexter canton the number of the company inscribed in Roman characters, gold.

Of the seven badges assumed by James the First, Charles the Second granted six as badges of the House of Stuart, to be emblazoned on the colours of his Royal Regiment of Guards. The seventh was not selected, as it was the royal badge of Scotland, namely, a red lion sedant, holding the sword and sceptre in saltier. James, however, took the sword and sceptre in saltier, as a distinct badge of the House of Stuart, and in this form it is borne by the 19th company.