The correct title for "Battle Honours" is Honorary Distinctions. The Regiment has been awarded seventy-eight Honorary Distinctions of which forty-five appear on the Colours of the Regiment. These are in chronological order, by Year and Date:
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1680 |
Tangier |
1899-1901 |
South Africa |
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1695 |
Namur |
1914 - 4 Aug |
France & Flanders 1914-1918 |
|
1704-05 |
Gibraltar |
1914 - 8 Sep |
Marne |
|
1704 - 11 Aug |
Blenheim |
1914 - 14 Sep |
Aisne |
|
1706 - 23 May |
Ramillies |
1915 -27 Sep |
Loos |
|
1708 - 11 Jul |
Oudenarde |
1916-1918 |
Somme 1916-1918 |
|
1709 - 11 Sep |
Malplaquet |
1917-31 Jul |
Ypres 1914-1917 |
|
1743 - 16 Jun |
Dettingen |
1918 - 12 Apr |
Hazebrouck |
|
1793 - 18 Aug |
Lincelles |
1918 - 27 Aug |
Arras (Scarpe) |
|
1799 - 2 Oct |
Egmont-op-Zee |
1918 - 12 Sep |
Hindenburg Line (Havrincourt) |
|
1809 - 16 Jan |
Corunna |
1918 - 8 Oct |
Cambrai |
|
1808-09 |
Penninsular |
1940 - 3 Jun |
Dunkirk |
|
1811 - 5 Mar |
Barrosa |
1943 - 16 Mar |
Mareth |
|
1813 - 13 Dec |
Nive |
1943 - 23 Apr |
Medjez Plain |
|
1815 - 18 Jun |
Waterloo |
1943 - 10 Sep |
Salerno |
|
1854 - 20 Sep |
Alma |
1943 - 6 Nov |
Monte Camino |
|
1854 - 5 Nov |
Inkerman |
1944 - 22 Jan |
Anzio |
|
1855 - 9 Sep |
Sevastopol |
1944 - 30 Jul |
Mont Pincon |
|
1882 - 13 Sep |
Tel-el-Kebir |
1944 - 25 Aug |
Gothic Line |
|
1882 |
Egypt |
1944 - 19 Sep |
Nijmegen |
|
1885 |
Suakin |
1945 - 30 Mar |
Rhine |
|
1898 - 2 Sep |
Khartoum |
1991 - 28 Feb |
Gulf 1991 |
|
1899 - 28 Nov |
Modder River |
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