Battle Honours

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:
1680Tangier1899-1901South Africa
1695Namur1914 – 4 AugFrance & Flanders 1914-1918
1704-05Gibraltar1914 – 8 SepMarne
1704 – 11 AugBlenheim1914 – 14 SepAisne
1706 – 23 MayRamillies1915 -27 SepLoos
1708 – 11 JulOudenarde1916-1918Somme 1916-1918
1709 – 11 SepMalplaquet1917-31 JulYpres 1914-1917
1743 – 16 JunDettingen1918 – 12 AprHazebrouck
1793 – 18 AugLincelles1918 – 27 AugArras (Scarpe)
1799 – 2 OctEgmont-op-Zee1918 – 12 SepHindenburg Line (Havrincourt)
1809 – 16 JanCorunna1918 – 8 OctCambrai
1808-09Penninsular1940 – 3 JunDunkirk
1811 – 5 MarBarrosa1943 – 16 MarMareth
1813 – 13 DecNive1943 – 23 AprMedjez Plain
1815 – 18 JunWaterloo1943 – 10 SepSalerno
1854 – 20 SepAlma1943 – 6 NovMonte Camino
1854 – 5 NovInkerman1944 – 22 JanAnzio
1855 – 9 SepSevastopol1944 – 30 JulMont Pincon
1882 – 13 SepTel-el-Kebir1944 – 25 AugGothic Line
1882Egypt1944 – 19 SepNijmegen
1885Suakin1945 – 30 MarRhine
1898 – 2 SepKhartoum1991 – 28 FebGulf 1991
1899 – 28 NovModder River
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