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Guards Colours arrive at Cologne, 7 January 1919

Guards Colours arrive at Cologne, 7 January 1919
Here we see the Colours of the British Guard's regiments arriving at Cologne on 7 January 1919. Cologne was at the centre of one of three Allied bridgeheads across the Rhine created by the armistice of 11 November 1918, and was the base of the British occupation forces (soon to become the British Army of the Rhine).
Those Must be the Guards – the Household division in peace and war, 1969-2023, Paul de Zulueta and Simon Doughty. A sequel to Julian Paget’s The Story of the Guards taking the story from 1969 to the coronation of King Charles III, and giving us a good cross-section of British military history in that period, as the seven Guards regiments between them served in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, with the British Army of the Rhine, in both Gulf Wars, the invasion of Afghanistan and the counter-insurgency campaigns that followed. Also covers their ceremonial role, in particular at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the coronation of King Charles III. (Read Full Review)
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (19 March 2026), Guards Colours arrive at Cologne, 7 January 1919 , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_guards_colours_arrive_cologne.html

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