|
| |
|
The ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BERKSHIRE and
WILTSHIRE REGIMENT
|
THE REGIMENTS BATTLE HONOURS AND COLOURS
|
| A quick reference point for anybody making a study of any
Regiments history is to examine the colours of that Regiment paying
particular attention to the Battle Honours. This will give the researcher a good starting point in establishing the Regiments involvement in
battles and campaigns of yesteryear.
The whole question of the award of Battle Honours abounds in anomalies.
Paltry skirmishes have been immortalized, and many gallant fights have
been left unrecorded. In some cases certain corps have been singled out
for honour, others which bore an equal share in the same days doings have been
denied the privilege of assuming the Battle Honour. In some campaigns every skirmish has been handed down to posterity, in others one word has
covered long years of fighting. A good example of years of sustained campaigning
and hardship is the American War of Independence which all of our former
Regiments participated in, and which resulted in no Battle Honors being awarded.
The Battle Honours carried today come from all the previous component
parts of our Regimental family, The numbered Regiments, The named
Regiments that followed, The Territorial
Army, Service Battalions of Kitcheners War raised Battalions, and War
raised units, disbanded on completion of hostilities. The Colours are a
living memorial to all the Soldiers who served, fought and died.
Our objective on this page is to draw the historical threads together
from all the participating units and to tell the story of our Regiments involvement
in these battles and Campaigns.
This site will take some time to construct as we are
also putting together a Battle honour time line which will be inserted
when near completion. |
|
QUEENS COLOUR |
REGIMENTAL COLOUR |
|
 |
 |
| The Queens colour contains 42 combined Battle
honours awarded to the Gloucestershire, Royal Berkshire and Wiltshire
Regiments in the Great War and the Second World War |
The
Regimental Colour carries 47 combined Battle honours from the three
Regiments. These are all Pre first World War and Korea. |
| 1st
Bn The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment |
|
 |
- Front row: Cpl Moodey, 2Lt Hellier, 2Lt Franklin,
W01 (RSM) Rowley, CSgt Pavitt, CSgt Chimeczeski, WO2 Zimmer.
- Rear row: Cpl Coyle, Cpl Wilkes, Cpl Allen, Sgt
Ingram, Sgt Macfarlane.
FEROZESHAH PARADE 1st Bn R.G.B.W. 2001
with 'THE COLOURS' which carry the Battle honours listed below |
Over a period of time we intend to display a Regimental Battle Honour
Timeline. All Battle Honours carried on the colours, and in the following
timeline are shown in Bold
Type. Further research is required into which Battalions from the Regiment
fought in some of the major battles of the 'Great War'
| REGIMENTAL
BATTLE HONOUR TIMELINE |
| Battle/Campagain Honour |
Relevant date |
Units Engaged |
Miscellaneous Information |
| Ramilles |
23rd May
1706 |
De Lalos
Regt |
Regts 1st
Battle Honour |
| Louisburg |
8th-23rd
June 1758 |
28th Foot
62nd Foot |
|
| Guadaloupe
1759 |
24th Jan-1st
May 1759 |
61st Foot |
|
| Quebec
1759 |
13th Sept
1759 |
28th Foot |
Wolfe killed
in front of 28th Foot |
| Martinique
1762 |
16th Jan -
12th Feb 1762 |
28th Foot |
|
| Havannah |
7th
June-14th Aug 1762 |
28th Foot |
|
| St Lucia
1778 |
13th-18th
Dec 1778 |
49th Foot |
|
| Egmont-op-Zee |
2nd Oct 1799 |
49th Foot |
|
| Copenhagen |
2nd April
1801 |
49th Foot |
Fought under
Nelson |
| Maida |
4th July
1806 |
61st Foot |
|
| Corunna |
16th January
1809 |
28th Foot |
|
| Douro |
12th
May 1809 |
66th
Foot |
|
| Talavera |
27th
- 28th July 1809 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot
66th Foot |
|
| Buasco |
27th
Sept 1810 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot |
|
| Barrosa |
5th
March 1811 |
28th
Foot |
|
| Albuhera |
16th
May 1811 |
28th
Foot
66th Foot |
2/66th
Colours lost |
| Queenstown |
13th
Oct 1812 |
49th
Foot |
General
Brock Killed |
| Salamanca |
22nd
July 1812 |
61st
Foot |
|
| Vittoria |
21st
June 1813 |
28th
Foot
66th Foot |
|
| Pyrenees |
25th
July-2nd Aug 1813 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot
66th Foot |
|
| Nivelle |
10th
Nov 1813 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot
66th Foot |
|
| Nive |
9th-13th
Dec 1813 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot
62nd Foot
66th Foot |
|
| Orthez |
27th
Feb 1814 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot
66th Foot |
|
| Toulouse |
10th
April 1814 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot |
|
| Peninsula |
17th
Aug 1808
14th April 1814 |
28th
Foot
61st Foot
62nd Foot
66th Foot |
|
| Waterloo |
16th-18th
June 1815 |
28th
Foot |
|
| New
Zealand |
3rd
May 1845 July1847 |
99th
Foot |
|
| Ferozeshah |
21st
- 22nd Dec 1845 |
62nd
Foot |
|
| Sobraon |
10th
Feb 1846 |
62nd
Foot |
|
| Chillianwallah |
13th
Jan 1849 |
61st
Foot |
|
| Goojerat |
21st
Feb 1849 |
61st
Foot |
|
| Punjaub |
1848-1849 |
61st
Foot |
|
| Alma |
20th
Sept 1854 |
28th
Foot
49th Foot |
|
| Inkerman |
5th
November 1854 |
28th
Foot
49th Foot |
Three
Victoria Crosses won by the 49th.
CONNOLLY, OWEN & WALTERS
|
| Sevastapol |
19th
Sept 1854 - 8th Sept 1855 |
28th
Foot
49th Foot
62nd Foot |
|
| Delhi
1857 |
30th
May - 20th Sept 1857 |
61st
Foot |
Surgeon
READE wins the Victoria Cross |
| Pekin
1860 |
18th
Sept -13th Oct 1860 |
99th
Foot |
|
| Kandahar |
5th
Aug - 1st Sept 1880 |
66th
Foot |
|
| Afghanistan
1879-80 |
20th
Nov 1878 - 27th April 1881 |
66th
Foot |
Includes
Maiwand colours lost |
| Egypt
1882 |
11th
July -23rd Sept 1882 |
1st
Bn Berkshire Regt |
|
| Tofrek |
23rd
March 1885 |
1st
Bn Berkshire Regt |
Regt
gains prefix of 'Royal' for this engagement from Queen Victoria |
| Suakin
1885 |
1st
March - 14th May 1885 |
1st
Bn Berkshire Regt |
Includes
Hasheen |
| Defence
of Ladysmith |
29th
Oct 1899 - 27th Feb 1900 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt |
|
| Relief
of Kimberly |
15th
Feb 1900 |
2nd
Bn Gloucestershire Regt |
|
| Paardeberg |
17th
- 27th Feb 1900 |
2nd
Bn Gloucestershire Regt |
|
| South
Africa 1879, 1899 - 1902 |
12th Oct 1899 -31st May 1902 |
99th
Foot (1879 )
1st Bn Gloucestershire Regt
2nd Bn Gloucestershire Regt
2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
2nd Bn Wiltshire Regt |
Victoria
Cross won by Pte HOUSE, 2nd Bn Royal Berkshires |
| FIRST
WORLD WAR
(France and Flanders)
(note) In this section the Battalion engaged
in the action leading to the award will only be shown if positively
identified. |
| 1914 |
| Mons |
23rd
-24th Aug 1914 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt |
|
| Retreat
from Mons |
24th
Aug -5th Sept 1914 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
|
| Le
Cateau |
26th
August 1914 |
1st
Bn Wiltshire Regt |
|
| Marne
1914 |
7th
- 10th Sept 1914 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
|
| Aisne
1914,18 |
12th
- 15th Sept 1914
2th May - 6th June 19187
|
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
The 8th Glosters won the 1918
Honour |
| Messines
1914,17,18 |
12th
Oct - 2nd Nov 1914
7th - 14th June 1917
10th -11th April 1918
|
1st
Bn Wiltshire Regt
Gloucestershire Regt
Wiltshire Regt |
Note,
Only the 1st Wilts took part in the 1914 action.
Both the Glosters and the Wilts took part in the 1917
& 18 Battles, at this stage Battalions not known
|
| Armentieres
1914 |
13th
Oct -2nd Nov 1914 |
1st
Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
|
| Ypres
1914,15,17 |
19th Oct -22nd
Nov 1914
22nd April -4th May 1915
31st July - 10th November 1917
|
2nd Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
Note,
The 1st Bns of each Regt took part in the 1914 action.
The 2nd Bn Glosters took part in the 1915 action
and all three Regiments took part in the 1917 actions. Bns not known at
this stage
|
| Langemarck
1914,17 |
21st
- 24th Oct 1914
16th - 18th August 1917
|
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
Note, All three
1st Battalions took part in the 1914 action.
The 2nd & 1st/4th
Bn Royal Berks took part in
the 1917 action, together with the 1st/4th, 1st/5th, 1st/6th, 2nd/4th,
2nd/5th and 2nd/6th Glosters
|
| Gheluvelt |
29th
- 31st Oct 1914 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
|
|
| La
Basse |
10th
Oct -2nd Nov 1914 |
1st
Bn Wiltshire Regt |
|
| Nonne
Bosschen |
11th
Nov 1914 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
|
| Givenchy
1914 |
20th
-21st Dec 1914 to 25th Jan 1915 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
|
|
| 1915 |
| Neuve
Chapelle |
10th
- 13th March 1915 |
2nd
Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt
|
|
| Gravenstafel |
22nd
- 23rd April 1915 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt |
|
| St
Julien |
24th
Apr -4th May 1915 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
|
|
| Frezenberg |
8th
- 13th May 1915 |
2nd
Bn Gloucestershire Regt |
|
| Bellewaarde |
24th
- 25th May 1915 |
2nd
Bn Gloucestershire Regt |
|
| Aubers |
9th
May 1915 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire Regt
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt |
|
| Festubert
1915 |
15th
- 25th May 1915 |
1st
Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
1st Bn Wiltshire Regt |
|
| Loos |
25th
sept - 8th Oct 1915 |
1st
& 10th Bns Gloucestershire Regt
1st, 2nd, 5th & 8th Bns Royal Berkshire Regt
1st, 2nd & 6th Bns Wiltshire Regt
|
Victoria Cross won by 2nd Lt TURNER, 1st
Bn Royal Berkshires
|
| 1916 |
| Somme
1916, 18 |
1st July
-18th Nov 1916
21st March - 5th April 1918
21st August - 3rd Sept 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st,2nd, 1st/4th,2nd/4th, 5th,6th &8th Bns Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment |
NOTE, In 1918 the Royal Berkshire
Bns were the 1st, 2nd/4th,5th & 8th. The Gloster Bns were the
2nd/5th,8th & 13th
|
| Albert
1916,18 |
1st -13th
July 1916
21st - 23rd August 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st & 2nd Bns Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
NOTE, In 1918 the Royal Berkshire
Bns were the 1st, 5th & 8th Bns and the 12th Glosters
The 1916 dates Includes actions of
Montauban, Mametz, Fricourt, Contalmaison and La Boiselle |
| Bazentin |
14th - 17th
July 1916 |
1st Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
2nd/4th, 6th & 8th Bns Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Delville
Wood |
15th July -
3rd Sept 1916 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Pozieres |
23rd July -
3rd Sept 1916 |
1st,1st/4th,1st/5th,
1st/6th 8th & 10th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st/4th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
Includes
action of Mouquet Farm |
| Guillemont |
3rd - 6th
Sept 1916 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
|
| Flers -
Courcelette |
15th - 22nd
Sept 1916 |
1st,10th
& 12th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
8th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
Includes
Action of Martinpuich |
| Morval |
25th - 28th
Sept 1916 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
8th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
Includes
actions of Combles, Les Boeufs and Guedecort |
| Thiepval |
2nd - 28th
Sept 1916 |
8th Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Le Transloy |
1st - 18th
October 1916 |
8th Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
Includes
actions of Eaucourt L'Abbaye, Le Sars, and Butte de Warlencourt |
| Ancre
Heights |
1st October
- 11th Nov 1916 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st/4th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
Includes
actions of Schwaben and stuff redoubts and Regina Trench |
| Ancre 1916,
18 |
13th - 18th
Nov 1916
5th April 1918 |
8th &
13th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
NOTE, Only the 5th Bn Royal
Berkshires took part in the 1918 Battle
The 1916
date Includes capture of Beaumont Hamel.
1918 Royal Berkshire Regiment Only |
| 1917 |
| Arras
1917,18 |
19th
April -4th May 1917
28th March 1918
26th Aug - 3rd Sept 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
The
1917 date includes the Battles of Vimy, Scarpe (Three Battles) and Arleux
(All seperatly honoured)
Only the 8th Bn Glosters and the Royal Berkshires carried the
Battle honour for 1918 |
| Vimy
1917 |
9th
- 14th April 1917 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
|
|
Scarpe 1917,18 |
A) 9th - 14th April
1917
B) 23rd -24th April
1917
C) 3rd - 4th May 1917
26th - 30th Aug 1918 |
12th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
The 1918 action includes the capture of
Monchy - Le - Preux and involved only the Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Messines
1917, 18 |
7th
- 14th June 1917
10th - 11th April 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
The
1917 action includes the action of Wytschaete
The 8th Bn Glosters won the 1918 honour
|
| Arleux |
28th
- 29th April 1917 |
Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Pilckem |
31st
July - 2nd Aug 1917 |
1st Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Menin
Road |
20th
- 25th Sept 1917 |
8th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Polygon
Wood |
26th
Sept - 3rd Oct 1917 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Broodseinde |
4th
October 1917 |
1st/4th,1st/5th,1st/6th, 8th & 12th
Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Poelcappelle |
9th
October 1917 |
1st/4th,1st/5th,1st/6th & 12th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Passchendaele |
A) 1st - 12th Oct 1917
B) 26th Oct -10th Nov 1917 |
1st,8th & 12th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
|
Cambrai 1917, 18 |
20th Nov - 3rd
Dec 1917
8th - 9th Oct 1918 |
2nd/4th,2nd/5th & 2nd/6th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
NOTE, Only the Glosters and Royal
Berks took part in the 1917 action
The 1917 action Includes the Tank attack
and acvtions of Bourlon Wood and the German counterattacks |
| 1918 |
| St
Quentin |
21st
-23rd March 1918 |
2nd/5th & 13th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Bapaume
1918 |
24th
- 25th March 1918
31st Aug -3rd Sept 1918 |
8th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Rosieres |
26th
- 27th March 1918 |
2nd/5th & 13th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Avre |
4th
April 1918 |
2nd/5th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Villers
Bretonneax |
24th
- 25th April 1918 |
2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
|
Lys |
9th
-29th April 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
Includes all battles from Estaires to
Scherpenberg
(All separately honoured)
|
| Estaires |
9th
-11th April 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
|
| Hazebrouck |
12th
- 15th April 1918 |
2nd/5th & 12th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Bailleul |
13th
- 15th April 1918 |
8th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
Includes action of Neuve Eglise |
| Kemmel |
17th
- 19th April 1918
25th - 26th April 1918 |
8th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Bethune |
18th
April 1918 |
1st & 2nd/5th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Scherpenberg |
29th
April 1918 |
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Amiens |
8th
- 11th Aug 1918 |
Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Drocourt
Queant |
2nd
- 3rd Sept 1918 |
1st Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
|
| Hindenburg
Line |
12th
Sept - 9th Oct 1918 |
1st,1st/5th,8th,9th & 12th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Havrincourt |
12th
Sept 1918 |
Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Ephey |
18th
Sept 1918 |
1st & 12th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Canal
du Nord |
27th
Sept -1st Oct 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| St
Quentin canal |
29th
Sept - 2nd Oct 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Beaurevoir |
3rd
- 6th Oct 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Selle |
17th
- 25th October 1918 |
1st,1st/5th,2nd/5th8th & 9th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Valenciennes |
1st
- 2nd Nov 1918 |
2nd/5th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Sambre |
4th
Nov 1918 |
1st/5th & 8th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| France
and Flanders 1914 - 1918 |
4th
Aug 1914 - November 1918 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| ITALY |
| Paive |
15th - 24th June 1918 |
1st/4th/1st/5th/1st/6th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st/4th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Vittorio
Veneto |
24th Oct -4th Nov 1918 |
1st/4th & 1st/6th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st/4th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| Italy 1917 -
18 |
12th May 1917 - 4th Nov 1918 |
1st/4th/1st/5th/1st/6th/12th Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st/4th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
|
| MACEDONIA |
| Struma |
30th Sept -31st Oct 1916 |
2nd and 9th
Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
Includes
actions of Karajaloi'a, Yenikoi and Baraklui Zuna'a |
| Doiran
1917 -18 |
24th - 25th
April and 8th -9th May 1917
18th -19th Sept 1918 |
2nd and 9th
Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
7th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment |
Both the
Glosters and Royal Berkshires fought in 1917. But only the Royal Berkshires
can claim the 1918 engagement. This was applied for by the Glosters but
refused. |
| Macedonia
1915- 1918 |
5th October
1915 - 30th Sept 1918 |
2nd and 9th
Bns Gloucestershire
Regiment
7th Bn RoyalBerkshire Regiment |
|
| GALLIPOLI |
| Sulva |
6th - 21st
August 1915 |
7th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
Wiltshire Regiment |
Includes
battles at Sari Bair, Landing at Sulva and Scimitar hill (All separately
honoured) |
| Sari Bair |
6th - 10th
August 1915 |
7th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
5th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
Includes
actions of lone pine and Russells top. |
| Scimitar
Hill |
21st August
1915 |
7th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
|
| Gallipoli
1915 -1916 |
25th April -
7th January 1916 |
7th Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
5th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| EGYPT |
| Egypt 1916 |
26th Jan 1915 - 8th Feb 1917 |
7th Bn
Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
|
| PALESTINE |
| Gaza |
27th Oct - 7th Nov 1917 |
1st/4th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
The 3rd Battle of Gaza
included the capture of Beersheba and action of Sheria |
| Nebi Samwil |
17th - 24th Nov 1917 |
1st/4th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Jerusalem |
Capture
7th - 9th Dec 1917
Defence
26th - 30th Dec 1917
|
1st/4th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Megiddo |
19th - 25th
Sept 1918 |
1st/4th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
Includes
Battles of Sharon and Nablus (Both separately honoured) |
| Sharon |
19th - 25th
Sept 1918 |
1st/4th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Palestine 1917 -1918 |
26th March
1917 - 31st October 1918 |
1st/4th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Mesopotamia |
| Tigris 1916 |
14th Jan -
24th April 1916 |
7th Bn
Gloucestershire
Regiment
5th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
Awarded for
the three attempts to Relieve Kut al Amara |
| Kut al Amara
1917 |
16th Dec
1916 - 25th Feb 1917 |
7th Bn
Gloucestershire
Regiment
5th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Baghdad |
25th Feb -
30th April 1917 |
7th Bn
Gloucestershire
Regiment
5th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Mesopotamia
1916,1918 |
6th Nov 1914
- 5th Nov 1918 |
7th Bn
Gloucestershire
Regiment
5th Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| PERSIA |
| Persia 1918 |
11th April
1916 - 8th Aug 1919 |
7th Bn
Gloucestershire
Regiment
|
Includes
operations in South Persia, Persian Gulf, East Persia, Trans - Caspia, NW
Persia and the Caspian |
| SECOND
WORLD WAR |
| Europe |
| Dyle |
10th - 16th May
1940 |
1st Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Defence of
Escaut |
19th - 22nd May
1940 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Defence of
Arras |
19th - 24th May
1940 |
2nd Bn Wiltshire
Regiment |
|
| St Omer-La Bassee |
23rd - 29th May
1940 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Wormhoudt |
28th May 1940 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Cassel |
27th - 29th May
1940 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Ypres-Comines
Canal |
26th - 28th May
1940 |
2nd Bn Wiltshire
Regiment |
|
| Dunkirk 1940 |
26th May 3rd June
1940 |
Royal Berkshire
Regiment |
Note. This Battle honour was only
awarded to those units that held the Dunkirk bridgehead |
| Normandy
Landing |
6th June 1944 |
5th bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
Beach group
Battalion for Canadian landing |
| Villers Bocage |
8th - 15th June
1944 |
2nd Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Oden |
25th June - 2nd
July 1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Caen |
4th - 18th July
1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Hill 112 |
10th - 11th July
1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Bourgeubus Ridge |
18th - 23rd July
1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Maltot |
22nd - 23rd July
1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Mont Pincon |
30th July - 9th
August 1944 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment
4th & 5th Bns Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| La Variniere |
4th - 9th August
1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Falaise |
7th - 22nd August
1944 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Risle Crossing |
25th - 27th August
1944 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Seine 1944 |
25th - 28th August
1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Le Havre |
10th - 12th
September 1944 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Nederrijn |
17th - 27th
September 1944 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Roer |
16th - 31st
January 1945 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Zetten |
18th - 21st
January 1945 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Cleve |
9th - 11th
February 1945 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Goch |
12th 21st February
1945 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Xanten |
8th - 9th March
1945 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Rhine |
25th March - 1st
April 1945 |
5th bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment
|
|
| Bremen |
18th - 26th April
1945 |
4th & 5th Bns
Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| North West
Europe 1940, 44,45 |
19th
May 1940 - 19th August 1942
6th June 1944 -
5th May 1945
|
Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st & 5th Bns Royal Berkshire Regiment
4th & 5th Bns Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| SICILY |
| Solarino |
11th
- 13th July 1943 |
2nd
Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Simeto
Bridgehead |
18th
- 21st July 1943 |
2nd
Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Pursuit
to Messina |
2nd
- 17th august 1943 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Sicily
1943 |
9th
July - 17th August 1943 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| ITALY |
| Monte
Camino |
5th
November - 9th December 1943 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Calabritto |
5th
- 6th December 1943 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Carigiano
Crossing |
17th
- 31st January 1944 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Minturno |
17th
- 25th January 1944 |
2nd
Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Damiano |
18th
- 30th January 1944 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Anzio |
22nd
January - 22nd May 1944 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Corroceto |
7th
- 10th February 1944 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Rome |
22nd
May - 4th June 1944 |
2nd
Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Advance
to Tiber |
22nd
may - 4th June 1944 |
2nd
Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Italy
1943-45 |
3rd
Sept 1943 - 22nd April 1945 |
10th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Middle
East 1942 |
20th
May 1941 - 21st November 1944 |
2nd
Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
Honour covers operations not falling within
land campaigns in the area separately honoured, ie North Africa, Greece,
Syria,, Iraq, British Somaliland and Abyssinia |
| BURMA |
| Taukyan |
7th
- 8th march 1942 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Paungde |
28th
- 30th March 1942 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Monywa
1942 |
30th
April - 2nd may 1942 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Donbaik |
8th
January - 18th march 1943 |
1st
Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| North
Arakan |
1st
jan - 12th June 1944 |
10th
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Point
551 |
3rd
April - 22nd may 1944 |
1st
Bn Wiltshire
Regiment |
|
| Mayu
Tunnels |
15th
March - 20th April 1944 |
10th
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment
1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| Ngakyedauk
Pass |
4th
February - 4th march 1944 |
1st
Bn Wiltshire
Regiment |
|
| Kohima |
27th
march - 22nd june 1944 |
1st
Bn Royal Berkshire Regint |
|
| Mao
Songsang |
15th
- 19th June 1944 |
Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Pinwe |
11th
- 30th November 1944 |
10th
Bn Gloucestershire
Regt |
|
| Shweli |
1st
January - 12th February 1945 |
Gloucestershire
Reg |
|
| Schwebo |
6th
- 9th January 1945 |
1st
bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Kyaukmyaung
Bridgehead |
9th
- 12th February 1945 |
2nd
Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Mandalay |
12th
feb - 21st march 1945 |
2nd
Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Fort
Dufferin |
9th
- 20th march 1945 |
2nd
Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Rangoon
Road |
1st
April - 6th may 1945 |
1st
Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Myitson |
13th
Feb - 9th march 1945 |
10th
Bn Gloucestershire
Regt |
|
| Toungoo |
22nd
April - 6th may 1945 |
2nd
Bn Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
|
| Burma
1942 - 45 |
20th
January -15th August 1945 |
1st
and 10th Bns Gloucestershire
Reg
1st and 2nd Bns Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment |
|
| KOREAN
WAR |
| Hill
327 |
16th
- 20th February 1951 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Imjin |
22nd
- 25th April 1951 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| Korea
1950 - 51 |
1st
August 1950 - 26th July 1953 |
1st
Bn Gloucestershire
Regiment |
|
| SOURCES |
| Battle Honours of the
British and Commonwealth Armies by Anthony BAKER |
| Battle honours of the
British Army, by C.B. NORMAN |
| Cap of Honour by David Scott
DANIELL |
| History of the Royal
Berkshire Regiment by PETRE (Vols 1 & 2) |
| History of the Royal
Berkshire Regiment 1920 - 1947 by Gordon BLIGHT |
| Story of the Wiltshire
Regiment by Col KENRICK |
| Regimental Journal of the
Gloucestershire Regiment 'The Back Badge |
| Regimental Journal of the
Royal Berkshire Regiment 'The China Dragon' |
| Regimental Journal of the
Wiltshire Regiment |
| Regimental Journal of the
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment |
| Regimental Journal of the
Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment 'Sphinx &
Dragon' |
| Further investigations into the identity of some of the
participating Battalions in some of the actions, in particular the first
world war are still continuing. If anyone can assist please contact 'Mac'
the 'Farmersboys' historian. Any mistakes or errors listed above will solely
be within the remit of Mac who will action any information. |
TO BE CONTINUED
|
