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 BATTLE HONOURS
A battle honour is a token of the Sovereign’s recognition of a particularly gallant and distinguished action by a body of the Regiment. The Royal Highland Fusiliers possess more than two hundred such honours - a record which is unsurpassed by any other Regiment in the British Army.
The way a particular regiment executes an operation of war depends on many factors, amongst them the fighting spirit of its officers and men, the national characteristics of the individuals comprising it and its standards of efficiency and training. A regiment's personality is immediately discernable, whether in the barracks, in the field or on operations.
PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I (On the Regimental Colour) | BLENHEIM | RAMILLIES | OUDENARDE | MALPLAQUET | DETTINGEN | | BELLEISLE | CARNATIC | HINDOOSTAN | SHOLINGHUR | MYSORE | | MARTINIQUE 1794 | SERINGAPATAM | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1806 | ROLICA | VIMIERA | | CORUNNA | BUSACO | FUENTES D’ONOR | ALMARAZ | CUIDAD RODRIGO | | BADAJOZ | SALAMANCA | VITTORIA | PYRENEES | NIVELLE | | NIVE | ORTHES | TOULOUSE | PENINSULA | BLADENSBURG | | WATERLOO | SOUTH AFRICA 1851-53 | ALMA | INKERMAN | SEVASTOPOL | | CENTRAL INDIA | SOUTH AFRICA 1879 | TEL-EL-KEBIR | EGYPT 1882 | BURMA 1885-87 | | TIRAH | MODDER RIVER | RELIEF OF LADYSMITH | SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 | GIBRALTAR 1780-83 | | ASSAYE | GULF 1991 | | | |
World War I - (Those underlined are on the Queen’s Colour) 49 Battalions | MONS | LE CATEAU | RETREAT FROM MONS | MARNE 1914 | AISNE 1914 | | LA BASSEE 1914 | YPRES 1914,15,17,18 | LANGEMARCK 1914,17 | GHELUVELT | NONNE BOSSCHEN | | GIVENCHY 1914 | NEUVE CHAPELLE | ST JULIEN | AUBERS | FESTUBERT 1915 | | LOOS | SOMME 1916,18 | ALBERT 1916,18 | BAZENTIN | DELVILLE WOOD | | POZIERES | FLERS-COURCELLETTE | LE TRANSLOY | ANCRE HEIGHTS | ANCRE 1916,18 | | ARRAS 1917,18 | VIMY 1917 | SCARPE 1917,18 | ARLEUX | MESSINES 1917,18 | | PILCKEM | MENIN ROAD | POLYGON WOOD | PASSCHENDALE | CAMBRAI 1917,18 | | ST. QUENTIN | BAPAUME 1918 | ROSIERES | LYS | ESTAIRES | | HAZEBROUCK | BAILLEUL | KEMMEL | BETHUNE | SCHERPENBERG | | AMIENS | DROCOURT-QUEANT | HINDENBURG-LINE | HAVRINCOURT | CANAL DU NORD | | ST. QUENTIN CANAL | BEAUREVOIR | COURTRAI | SELLE | SAMBRE | | FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1914-18 | DOIRAN 1917,18 | MACEDONIA 1916-18 | HELLES | GALLIPOLI 1915-16 | | RUMANI | EGYPT 1916-17 | GAZA | EL MUGHAR | NEBI-SAMWIL | | JERUSALEM | JAFFA | TELL | ASUR | PALESTINE 1917-18 | | TIGRIS | KUT AL AMARA 1917 | SHARQAT | MESOPOTAMIA 1916-18 | MURMANSK 1919 | | ARCHANGEL 1919 | | | | |
World War II - (Those underlined are on the Queen’s Colour) 28 Battalions | DEFENCE OF ARRAS | YPRES-COMINES CANAL | SOMME 1940 | WITHDRAWAL TO SEINE | WITHDRAWAL TO CHERBOURG | | ODON | FONTENAY LE PESNIL | CHEUX | DEFENCE OF RAURAY | ESQUAY | | MONT PINCON | QUARRY HILL | ESTRY | FALAISE | LE VIE CROSSING | | LA TOUQUES CROSSING | SEINE 1944 | ARAT | NEDERRIJN | BREST | | LE HAVRE | ANTWERP-TURNHOUT CANAL | SCHELDT | SOUTH BEVELAND | WALCHEREN | | LOWER MAAS | MEIJEL | VENLO POCKET | ROER | OURTHE | | RHINELAND | REICHSWALD | CLEVE | GOCH | MOYLAND WOOD | | WEEZE | RHINE | IBBENBUREN | DREIRWALDE
| ALLER | | ULZEN | BREMEN | ARTLENBERG | N.W.EUROPE 1940,44,45 | JEBEL SHIBA | | KEREN | MASSAWA | ABYSSINIA 1941 | GAZALA | CAULDRON | | MERSA MATRUH | FUKA | NORTH AFRICA 1940-42 | LANDING IN SICILY 1943 | SANGRO | | GARIGLIANO CROSSING | MINTURNO | ANZIO | ADVANCE INTO TIBER | ITALY 1943-44,45 | | MADAGASCAR | ADRIATIC | MIDDLE EAST 1942,44 | ATHENS | GREECE 1944-45 | | NORTH ARAKAN | RAZABIL | PINWE | SHWELI | MANDALAY | | BURMA 1944-45 | | | | |
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Battle Honours 
