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")...
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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...
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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...
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Operation Plunder (redirect from The Rhine (battle honour))
United States Ninth Army under Lieutenant General William H. Simpson. The Battle of the Rhine was crucial for the Allied advance into Germany, and was planned...
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First Anglo-Afghan War (redirect from Afghanistan 1839 (Battle honour))
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Fall of Singapore (redirect from Singapore Island (battle honour))
The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War. The Empire of Japan captured...
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Anglo-Persian War (redirect from Persia 1856-57 (Battle honour))
four battle honours were awarded for this campaign, namely, 'Persia', 'Reshire', and 'Koosh-Ab' in 1858, and 'Bushire' in 1861. The battle honour 'Persia'...
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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...
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Scarpe 1917 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...
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The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known...
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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...
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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...
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Hindoostan was a battle honour awarded to the following regiments of the British Army for their service during the conquest of British India between 1780...
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Second Anglo-Sikh War (redirect from Punjaub (1848-49) (Battle honour))
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...
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Siege of Seringapatam (1799) (redirect from Seringapatam (Battle honour))
indirect control (British paramountcy) of the kingdom's external affairs. The battle consisted of a series of encounters around Seringapatam (the anglicised...
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Kemmel 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 World...
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Canada in World War I (redirect from The Great War (battle honour))
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...
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Operation Michael (redirect from St. Quentin (battle honour))
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...
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Second Boer War (redirect from South Africa 1900 (battle honour))
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...
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Passchendaele is a battle honour that was awarded to units of the British and Imperial armies that took part in one or more of the following engagements...
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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...
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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...
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St Helena was a battle honour awarded to the following Militia battalions of the British Army for guarding Boer prisoners on the island of Saint Helena...
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Central Indian campaign of 1858 (redirect from Central India (1858) (Battle honour))
campaign. (see List of Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipients) Battle honour The battle honour was awarded to the bulk of regiments of the British Indian...
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Third Anglo-Mysore War (redirect from Mysore (Battle honour))
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...
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Siege of Kalat (1839) (redirect from Khelat (1839) (Battle Honour))
stormed the fortress on 13 November 1839 on its way back to India. The honour was awarded vide GOGG dated 15 February 1840 and Bombay Government Order...
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