War II in 1939, no officers remained listed for the 5th Bn. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953. Heritage & Ceremonial Uniforms & Insignia The 'Blewe Regiment' of Middlesex Militia got its name from the colour of its company flags rather than its uniform. When reformed as the Eastern Regiment in 1760 its regimental colour was white, carrying the Duke of Newcastle's coat of arms, and the facings of the red uniforms were also white. However, when they were embodied in 1778 all the regiments of the Middlesex Militia had blue facings (usually associated with 'Royal' regiments), long before the 'Royal' title was conferred in 1804. The regimental badge was based on the Coat of arms of Middlesex, with three Saxon Seaxes in pale, hilted and pommeled, surmounted by a five-pointed Saxon crown rather than the normal royal crown. This badge was carried on the shoulder-belt plate of both officers and men from at least 1800. Even after adopting the Middlesex Regiment's insignia in 1881 the officers of the 6th Bn continued to wear it as a collar badge on their mess uniform until 1914. The headgear of 1829-44 was a Bell-Top Shako. The shako plate plate bore a large crowned star mounted with facetted silver eight-pointed star bearing a gilt Garter Star with scroll inscribed ""Royal East Middx Militia"" across the tail of the Garter; the centre of the garter star was an enamel silver dome with red translucent Saint George's Cross. The version of the badge worn on the undress Glengarry cap in 1874–81 consisted of the seaxes surrounded by a circle bearing the title 'Royal East Middlesex Militia', the whole surmounted by the Saxon crown. In 1881 the battalion adopted the white facings and insignia of the new Middlesex Regiment. However, in 1902 the entire regiment adopted the lemon-yellow facings associated with the 77th Foot. Precedence During the War of American Independence the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year. For the Middlesex Militia the positions were: 6th on 1 June 1778 28th on 12 May 1779 7th on 6 May 1780 30th on 28 April 1781 14th on 7 May 1782 The order balloted for at the start of the French Revolutionary War in 1793 remained in force throughout the war. Middlesex's precedence of 22nd applied to all three regiments. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start