Editing Colour guard (section)

====United Kingdom====
As the British Army, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Marines and the Royal Navy have several types of colours, there are also colour guards for these colours and these colours and their colour guards are as follows:

=====British Army (infantry)=====
[[File:Colour Sergeant, Welsh Guards, with pace stick.jpg|thumb|upright|Colour Sergeant of the [[Welsh Guards]]. Note the distinctive shoulder insignia on the upper arm.]]
* King's Colour – [[Union Flag]] (Crimson with insignia and the honours for the [[Guards Division]])
*: Colour Sergeants and Ensign
* State Colour – Crimson with insignia and the honours and the [[royal cypher]] at the corners, used only for the [[Guards Division]] in ceremonies in the presence of the monarch
*:Colour Sergeants and Ensign
* Regimental colour – Union Flag on the canton with the regimental arms and honours
** [[Foot Guards]] regiments (Union Flag)
** Royal regiments (navy blue)
** [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]] (green)
** other regimental colours
*: same as in the King's Colour
* Combined Colour Guards (units)
*: Colour Sergeants, Ensign, Guard Sergeant of the Colours, Colour Sergeant Major

=====Royal Air Force=====
[[File:London the mall - Queen's Colour Squadron - 14.JPG|thumb|Colour guard for the [[Royal Air Force]].]]
* King's Colour – [[Royal Air Force Ensign]] with the sovereign's cypher and the RAF roundel
*: Ensign and armed escorts
* RAF Ensign
*: Same as King's Colour
* Squadron Colour – Air force blue with the unit insignia and honours
*: same as King's Colour
* Combined Colour Guards (units)
*: Colour Sgts., Ensigns, Guard Sergeant of the Colours, CSM

=====British Army (cavalry)=====
In the cavalry, the King's Standard or Guidon and the regimental/squadron standard or guidon (for the light cavalry only) are the equivalents to the King's and regimental colours.
* King's Standard – Crimson with the royal coat of arms, the [[royal cypher]] and the regimental honours
*: Colour Sergeant/Corporal of Horse, Warrant Officers
* Regimental/squadron standard/guidon – Crimson or scarlet or other colours with the royal cypher, the Union Badge, regimental insignia and honours (only guidons are swallow tailed)
*: same as in the King's Standard/Guidon
* Combined Colour Guards (units)
*: Colour Corporals/Sergeants, Warrant Officers, Guard Corporal/Sergeant of the Colours, Colours Corporal Major (Household Cavalry), Colours Sergeant Major (other cavalry and armour units)

Colour guards in the artillery units are technically the lead gun's crew and leader (except in the Honourable Artillery Company which uses both guns and colours) and there are no colour guards in the rifle regiments (nowadays [[The Rifles]]), the [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] (which use the King's Truncheon) and in the Royal Hospital in Chelsea.

=====Royal Navy=====
All of the RN's King's Colours are identical. Within the RN a colour guard unit consists of:

* King's Colour – [[White Ensign]] defaced with the sovereign's cypher and inscribed with honours
*: Ensigns and escorts
* White Ensign
*: Same as King's Colour
* Combined Colour Guards
*: Escorts, Ensigns, Guard Sergeant of the Colours, CSM

======Royal Marines======
* King's Colour – Union Jack with the sovereign's cypher and the RM emblem and motto with the "Gibraltar" battle honour
*: Ensigns and escorts
* Regimental colour – Union Jack on the canton and dark blue with HM King George IV's cypher and the unit name, and the sovereign's cypher on the other corners
*: Ensigns and escorts
* Combined Colour Guards for the RM
*: Escorts, Ensigns, Guard Sergeant of the Colours, CSM