The flag was within the colors of the 2nd fifth Royal North Lancashire Regiment, which was raised in Lancashire in 1914 and fought at Ypres and Passchendaele.
The flag would have been carried by troopers into battle, giving it a particular significance, which means now that it has fallen, will probably be buried with full army honours in a ceremony happening on September 13 subsequent 12 months.
The colors shall be out there for public viewing on Saturday September 19 at Bolton Parish Church.
Bolton Parish Church Warden John Walsh stated: “When the regiment got here again to Bolton in 1919, the colors went into the parish church of Little Bolton, which was then St George’s church.
“They had been laid there till 1975 when the church closed, at which level they had been transferred right here, the place they’ve hung ever since.
“When army colors fall they’re collected collectively and buried with army honours if they have been carried into battle, as a result of they’re the colors of the regiment.
“So they’re a tangible hyperlink – maybe Bolton’s final tangible hyperlink – with the battlefields of the primary world struggle.”
The colors shall be buried on consecrated floor, probably which means they are going to be buried within the churchyard of Bolton Parish Church.
The Duke of Lancaster regiment is a direct descendent of the 2nd fifth North Lancashire regiment, which means an acceptable day to bury the stay can be the regiment’s commemorative day – Quebec Day.
Sadly, Quebec Day is on September 13, which means the prospect to inter the flag this 12 months has already handed, and the burial will probably happen in 2027.
The 2nd fifth North Lancashire regiment was raised in 1914 and comprised of 37 officers and 983 non-commissioned officers and males.
When the battalion returned house in 1919, it consisted of 37 officers and 660 males, with these killed in motion recorded on the Bolton Parish Church roll of honour.