From mud, through blood to the green fields beyond! The colours of the Royal Tank Regiment are red, brown and green.
By all accounts Major General Hugh Elles went into a haberdashery on the eve of the battle of Cambrai (20 Nov 1917) and chose these colours. Rumour has it they were the only ones they had left! He had a flag knocked up and in the early hours the next morning he appeared in H Bn RTC's (later 8 RTR) area and climbed aboard a tank called "Hilda".
The crew hoisted the flag on top and off into battle they went.
"Fear Naught"
