the centre of their colours was an image of St. George killing the dragon, this being their ancient badge, and in the three corners of their second colour, the rose and crown. The regiment wore a distinctively-coloured hackle or plume on the fusilier cap and later on the beret. The hackle was red over white, and was authorised in June 1829. This replaced the white feather plume the regiment had adopted following the Battle of St Lucia in 1778, supposedly taken from the headgear of fallen French troops. The 5th Foot was the only line regiment, since the introduction of the shako in 1800, to wear the white plume (other regiments having white over red) although the right to wear it was only officially granted in 1824. In 1829 a new model of shako was introduced and all infantry regiments were to wear a white plume, with the 5th Foot given a unique plume of red over white. This became a red over white 'ball tuft' in 1835 and later became a hackle in the same colours. Victoria Cross The following members of the regiment were recipients of the Victoria Cross. James Bulmer Johnson Patrick McHale Peter McManus Ernest Sykes Thomas Bryan Robert Henry Cain (Attached Staffordshire Regiment) James Joseph Bernard Jackman Wilfred Wood John Scott Youll George Cross Only one member of the regiment was the recipient of the George Cross: Derek Godfrey Kinne Amalgamation On 23 April 1968, following the publication of the following notice in the London Gazette: The regiment was amalgamated into the new Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Battle honours Early wars By 1881 the 5th foot had been awarded the following battle honours: Second Boer War The regiment received two battle honours for the conflict: "Modder River" and "South Africa, 1899–1902". First World War The regiment was awarded the following 67 battle honours: Mons Le Cateau Retreat from Mons Marne 1914 Aisne 1914 '18 La Bassée 1914 Messines 1914 '17 '18 Armentières 1914 Ypres 1914 '15 '17 '18 Nonne Bosschen Gravenstafel St. Julien Frezenburg Bellewaarde Loos Somme 1916 '18 Albert 1916 '18 Bazentin Delville Wood Pozières Flers-Courcelette Morval Thiepval Le Transloy Ancre Heights Ancre 1916 Arras 1917 '18 Scarpe 1917 '18 Arleux Pilckem Langemarck 1917 Menin Road Polygon Wood Broodseinde Passchendaele Cambrai 1917 '18 St. Quentin Bapaume 1918 Rosieres Lys Estaires Hazebrouck Bailleuil Kemmel Béthune Scherpenberg Drocourt Quéant Hindenburg Line Epéhy Canal du Nord St.