Follow the band: To belong to the creed of the majority of a battalion:- Church of England in an English regiment, Presbyterian in a Scottish, Roman Catholic in an Irish regiment (previous to the general disbandment of Irish regiments in 1922). See Band party. In Highland Regiments it is usual to march to church without music.[1]
References / notes
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.15.
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