A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours")...

The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping...

spending had to be cut from 1 million pounds, to just 30,000. The battle honour of 'Afghanistan 1839' was awarded to all units of the presidency armies...

four battle honours were awarded for this campaign, namely, 'Persia', 'Reshire', and 'Koosh-Ab' in 1858, and 'Bushire' in 1861. The battle honour 'Persia'...

United States Ninth Army under Lieutenant General William H. Simpson. The Battle of the Rhine was crucial for the advancement of the Allied advance into...

The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War. The Japanese Empire captured...

added vide Gazette of India No 875 of 1907. The battle honour is not considered to be repugnant. The honour was awarded to all native Indian units which...

indirect control (British paramountcy) of the kingdom's external affairs. The battle consisted of a series of encounters around Seringapatam (the anglicised...

of Connaught's Own) The Battle of the Hochwald Gap was the topic of an episode of the documentary series Greatest Tank Battles. Veterans on both sides...

is a battle honour awarded to units of the British Army, Royal Air Force and British Empire forces which successfully participated in the Battle of Megiddo...

Passchendaele was a battle honour awarded to units of the British and Imperial Armies that took part in one or more of the following engagements in the...

choice of Bahadur Shah Zafar as a symbolic leader.[citation needed] The battle honour "Punjaub" was distributed with a free hand to all regiments employed...

Egypt was a battle honour awarded to units of the British and Indian armies that took part in the British expedition to Egypt under the command of General...

The Assaye battle honour was awarded by the Governor General of British India to all East India Company battalions and British Army regiments that took...

Somme 1918 was a battle honour awarded to units of the British and Imperial Armies that took part in one or more of the following engagements in the Great...

― The Battle for Caen (June to August 1944) was a military engagement between the British Second Army and the German Panzergruppe West in the Second World...

known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death". List of Canadian battles during World War I Ulster Tower Thiepval After the Battle of Flers–Courcelette...

India was a battle honour awarded to the following regiments of the British Army for their service during the conquest of British India between 1787 and...

The Second Battle of the Sambre (4 November 1918) (which included the Second Battle of Guise (French: 2ème Bataille de Guise) and the Battle of Thiérache...

Arras 1918 was a battle honour awarded to units of the British and Imperial Armies that took part in one or more of the following engagements in World...

The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (French: 3ème Bataille de Picardie), was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which...

The Battle of Arras (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) was a British offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. From 9 April to...

Operation Veritable (also known as the Battle of the Reichswald) was the northern part of an Allied pincer movement that took place between 8 February...

achievement during the Great War came during the Somme, Vimy, and Passchendaele battles and what later became known as "Canada's Hundred Days". Canada's total...

declared not long after signing the 1784 treaty that he intended to continue battle with them given the opportunity. He refused to free British prisoners taken...

bloody skirmishes in the Battle of Belmont on 23 November, the Battle of Graspan on 25 November, and at a larger engagement, the Battle of Modder River, on...

shotguns, grenades, ammunition and rations. 1st Chamar Regiment got Battle of honour in Battle of Kohima 1944. Chamar Regiment was in this war with 158 Indian...

Abyssinia is a battle honour awarded to units of the British Indian Army and the British Army which participated in the 1868 campaign to free Europeans...

by the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The action was therefore officially named by the British Battles Nomenclature Committee as The First Battles of the...

government control of the East India Company in political matters. A battle honour, Carnatic was awarded for two periods: 1780–1784, during the Second...