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The
Battle Honours in Heavy type are entitled to be borne on the Colours
A
dragon superimposed upon a cross pattee
A
Dragon superscribed 'China'
A
Naval Crown, superscribed '2nd April 1801'
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Duke
of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Battle
Honours |
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(See
RGBW page for in depth examination of Battle honours) |
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Pre First World War |
| ‘Louisburg’
‘St Lucia 1778’ ‘Egmont-op-Zee’ ‘Copenhagen’ ‘Douro’
‘Talavera’ ‘Albuhera’ ‘Queenstown’‘Vittoria’
‘Pyrenees’ ‘Nivelle’ ‘Nive’ ‘Orthes’ ‘Peninsula’
‘New Zealand’ ‘Ferozeshah’ ‘Sobraon’ ‘Alma’‘Inkerman’
‘Sevastopol’ ‘Pekin 1860’ ‘Kandahar 1880’ ‘Afghanistan’
1879-80’ ‘Egypt 1882’ ‘Tofrek’‘Suakin 1885’ ‘South Africa
1879, 1899-1902’ |
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The Great War |
| 28 Battalions—‘Mons’ ‘Le Cateau’ ‘Retreat
from Mons’ ‘Marne 1914’ ‘Aisne 1914, 1918’ ‘La Bassee 1914’ ‘Messines
1914, 1917, 1918’ ‘Armentieres 1914’ ‘Ypres 1914, 1917’
‘Langemarck 1914, 1917’ ‘Gheluvelt’ ‘NonneBosschen’ ‘Neuve
Chapelle’ ‘Aubers’ ‘Festubert 1915’ ‘Loos’‘Somme
1916, 1918’
‘Albert 1916, 1918’ ‘Bazentin’ ‘Delville Wood’ ‘Pozieres’
‘Flers-Courcelette’ ‘Morval’ ‘Thiepval’ ‘LeTransloy’
‘Ancre Heights’ ‘Ancre 1916,1918’ ‘Arras 1917, 1918’
‘Scarpe 1917, 1918’ ‘Arleux’ ‘Pilkem’ ‘’Menin Road’
‘’Polygon Wood’ ‘Broodseinde’ ‘Poelcappelle’
‘Passchendaele’ ‘Cambrai 1917, 1918’ ‘St Quentin’ ‘Bapaume
1918’ ‘Rosieres’ ‘Avre’ ‘Villers Bretonneux’ ‘Lys’
‘Hazebrouck’ ‘Bailleul’ ‘Kemmel’ ‘Bethune’
‘Scherpenberg’ ‘Amiens’ ‘Hindenburg Line’ ‘Havrincourt’
‘Epehy’ ‘ Canal du Nord’ ‘St Quentin Canal’ ‘Beaurevoir’ ‘Selle’
‘Valenciennes’ ‘Sambre’ ‘France and Flanders 1914 –1918’
‘Paiave’ ‘Vittorio Vento’ ‘Italy 1917 –1918’ ‘Dorian
1917, 1918’ ‘Macedonia 1915 -1918’ ‘Sulva’ ‘Saria Bair’ ‘Gallipoli’
1915 -1916‘
‘Gaza’ ‘Nebi Samwil’ ‘Jeruslem’ ‘Megiddo’ ‘Sharon’ ‘Palestine
1917 –1918’ ‘Tigris 1916’ ‘Kut al Amara 1917’ ‘Bagdad’
‘Mesopotamia 1916 –1918’
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The Second World War |
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‘Dyle’ ‘Defence of Arras’ ‘St Omer
La Bassee’ ‘Ypres-Comines Canal’ ‘Dunkirk
1940’ ‘Normandy Landing’ ‘Odon’ ‘Caen’ ‘Hill 112’ ‘Bourguebus Ridge’ ‘Malot’
‘Mount Pincon’ ‘La
Varinere’ ‘Seine 1944’ ‘Nederrijn’ ‘Roer’
‘Rhineland’ ‘Cleve’ ‘Goch’ ‘Xanten’ ‘Rhine’
‘Bremen’ ‘North West Europe 1940, 1944 –1945’ ‘Solarino’
‘Simeto Bridgehead’ ‘Pursuit to Messina‘ ‘Sicily 1943’
‘Monte Camino’ ‘Calabritto’ ‘Garigliano Crossing’
‘Minturno’ ‘Damiano’ ‘Anzio’ ‘Carroceto’ ‘Rome’
‘Advance to Tiber’ ‘Italy 1943-1945’ ‘ Middle East 1942’
‘Donbaik’ ‘North Arakan’ ‘Point 531’ ‘Mayu Tunnels’
‘Ngakyedauk Pass’ ‘Kohima’ ‘Mao Songsang’ ‘Shwebo’
‘Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead’ ‘Mandalay’ ‘Fort Dufferin’
‘Rangoon Road’ ‘Toungoo’ ‘Burma 1942 –1945’
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All the battle
honours shown in bold type were carried forward to be displayed on
the colours of the R.G.B.W. with the exception of DYLE,
DAMIANO and CLEVE
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Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
(Berkshire
and Wiltshire)
Briefing Board
THE AIM :- Of this section is to cover the history of the
1st Battalion Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment from its formation on the 9th June 1959 through to its
eventual amalgamation with the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in 1994.
Full details of all the Regiments postings, both operational and
otherwise will be included, together with Awards/Decorations, and
Regimental Customs. This
is not intended to be a replacement for the Regimental History 'Cold
War Warriors' but to compliment it. Any
soldier who served in, or who was attached to this Battalion are invited
by the 'Farmersboys' Website team to contribute any information both
written or photographic they feel will assist |
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