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Friday, 27 June 2008

The Royal Tank Regiment

Fear Naught: "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."

Insight%20jun08%20gallery%20tank2%20largeThe Queen sits for an official photograph with the Royal Tank Regiment after presenting them with their new Standards, or flags, at Buckingham Palace, 25 June 2008. The Standards show the regiment's insignia and battle honours and act as a moving memorial to members of the regiment lost in service to their country, and to its ongoing work.

Insight%20jun08%20gallery%20tank1%20largeThe Queen meets soldiers from the Royal Tank Regiment in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, 25 June 2008. The regiment was awarded new Standards, or regimental flags, by Her Majesty who is their Colonel-in-Chief.

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