Chapter I: Front Matter

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BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH ARMY

BATTLE HONOURS OF
THE BRITISH ARMY

FROM TANGIER, 1662, TO THE COMMENCEMENT
OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD VII

BY C. B. NORMAN

(LATE 90TH LIGHT INFANTRY AND INDIAN STAFF CORPS)

AUTHOR OF "ARMENIA AND THE CAMPAIGN OF 1877," "TONQUIN; OR, FRANCE IN
THE FAR EAST," "COLONIAL FRANCE," "THE CORSAIRS OF FRANCE," ETC.

WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1911

TO
THE HONOURED MEMORY
OF

THE OFFICERS AND MEN

WHO HAVE FALLEN IN DEFENCE OF
THEIR COUNTRY

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS

PAGE
Abu Klea 135
Abyssinia 370
Aden 235
Afghanistan 252
Afghanistan, 1879-80 378
Ahmad Khel 389
Albuera 172
Ali Masjid 381
Aliwal 281
Ally Ghur 147
Alma 297
Almaraz 173
Amboor 458
Amboyna 221
Arabia 224
Arcot 50
Arracan 245
Arrah, Defence of 332
Arroyos dos Molinos 174
Ashantee 372
Ashanti, 1900 376
Assaye 144
Atbara 141
Ava 240

Badajos 177
Badara 57
Balaclava 300
Banda 224
Barrosa 170
Beaumont 92
Behar 332
Beni Boo Alli 233
Bhurtpore 211
Bladensburg 46
Blenheim 16
Bourbon 226
British East Africa 376
Burmah, 1885-1887 249
Busaco 168
Bushire 237
Buxar 63

Cabool, 1842 263
Candahar, 1842 261
Canton 339
Cape of Good Hope, 1806 248
Carnatic 67
Central India 329
Charasiah 386
Chillianwallah 289
China (with the Dragon) 336
China, 1858-1862 340
China, 1900 344
Chitral, Defence of 393
Chitral 394
Ciudad Rodrigo 176
Cochin 154
Condore 55
Copenhagen 364
Corunna 162
Corygaum 208
Cutchee 265

Deig 151
Delhi, 1803 148
Delhi 312
Detroit 44
Dettingen 24
Dominica 116
Douro 266

Egmont-op-Zee 95
Egypt (with the Sphinx) 122
Egypt, 1882 129
Egypt, 1884 454
Emsdorff 28

Ferozeshah 277
Fishguard 363
Fuentes d'Onor 171

Ghuznee, 1839 254
Ghuznee, 1842 262
Gibraltar, 1704 3
Gibraltar, 1778-1783 8
Goojerat 292
Guadeloupe, 1759 99
Guadeloupe, 1810 120
Guzerat 69

Hafir 139
Havana 104
Hindoostan 214
Hyderabad 268

India 218
Inkerman 302

Java 228
Jelalabad 260
Jersey, 1781 360

Kabul, 1879 387
Kahun 257
Kandahar, 1880 392
Kemmendine 242
Khartoum 141
Khelat 255
Khelat-i-Ghilzai, 1842 261
Kimberley, Defence of 456
Kimberley, Relief of 422
Kirbekan 135
Kirkee 203
Koosh-ab 239

Ladysmith, Defence of 426
Ladysmith, Relief of 425
Laswarree 150
Lincelles 90
Louisburg 36
Lucknow 316

Maharajpore 270
Maheidpore 207
Maida 10
Malakand 398
Malplaquet 21
Mandora 125
Mangalore 73
Marabout 127
Martinique, 1762 102
Martinique, 1794 111
Martinique, 1809 118
Masulipatam 56
Mediterranean 11
Mediterranean, 1900-01 11
Meeanee 266
Miami 45
Minden 26
Modder River 417
Monte Video 40
Moodkee 276
Mooltan 291
Moro 108
Mysore 77

Nagpore 206
Namur 12
Naval Crown, April 12, 1782 362
Naval Crown, June 1, 1794 362
New Zealand 368
Niagara 45
Nieuport 91
Nile, 1884-85 133
Nive 186
Nivelle 184
Nowah 209
Nundy Droog 79

Orthes 187
Oudenarde 19

Paardeburg 423
Pegu 247
Peiwar Kotal 382
Pekin 343
Pekin, 1900 346
Peninsula 190
Persia 236
Persian Gulf 230
Plassey 52
Pondicherry 60
Punjab Frontier 396
Punjaub 286
Punniar 272
Pyrenees 182

Quebec 38
Queenstown 44

Ramillies 18
Reshire 238
Rohilcund, 1774 66
Rohilcund, 1794 81
Roleia 157

Sahagun 161
St. Helena 410
St. Lucia, 1778 109
St. Lucia, 1796 114
St. Lucia, 1803 115
St. Sebastian 184
St. Vincent 362
Salamanca 178
Samana 403
Scinde 266
Seedaseer 82
Seetabuldee 205
Seringapatam 84
Sevastopol 306
Sholinghur 71
Sierra Leone, 1898 373
Sobraon 283
South Africa, 1835 351
South Africa, 1846-47 352
South Africa, 1852-53 353
South Africa, 1879-80 355
South Africa, 1899-1902 408
Suakin, 1885 136
Surinam 115

Taku Forts 342
Talavera 167
Tangier 1
Tarifa 176
Tel-el-Kebir 130
Ternate 223
Tirah 404
Tofrek 138
Toulouse 188
Tournay 93

Villers-en-Couche 91
Vimiera 159
Vittoria 180

Wandewash 59
Warburg 29
Waterloo 192
West Africa, 1887, 1892-93-94 374
Wilhelmstahl 32
Willems 93

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS

1662-80. Tangier.
1695. Namur.
1704. Gibraltar.
" Blenheim.
1706. Ramillies.
1708. Oudenarde.
1709. Malplaquet.
1743. Dettingen.
1751. Arcot.
1757. Plassey.
1758. Louisburg.
" Condore.
1759. Masulipatam.
" Guadeloupe.
" Minden.
" Quebec.
" Badara.
1760. Carnatic.
" Wandewash.
" Emsdorff.
" Warburg.
1762. Martinique.
" Wilhelmstahl.
" Havana.
" Moro.
1764. Buxar.
1774. Rohilcund.
1778. St. Lucia.
1779-83. Gibraltar.
1778-82. Guzerat.
1781. Sholinghur.
" Jersey.
1782. Naval Victory.
1783. Mangalore.
1791. Nundy Droog.
1792-99. Mysore.
1793. Lincelles.
" Nieuport.
1794. Martinique.
" Lord Howe's Naval Victory.
" Villers-en-Couche.
" Beaumont.
" Willems.
" Tournay.
" Rohilcund.
1796. St. Lucia.
1797. St. Vincent.
" Fishguard.
1798. Seedaseer.
" Seringapatam.
" Mysore.
" Egmont-op-Zee.
1800. "1800" Defence of Malta.
1801. Egypt.
" Mandora.
" Copenhagen.
1803. St. Lucia.
" Ally Ghur.
" Delhi.
" Assaye.
" Laswarree.
" Deig.
1804. Surinam.
1806. Monte Video.
1806. Cape of Good Hope.
" Maida.
1808. Roleia.
" Vimiera.
" Sahagun.
1808-14. Peninsula.
1809. Arabia.
" Corunna.
" Cochin.
" Douro.
" Talavera.
" Bourbon.
" Martinique.
1810. Amboyna.
" Guadeloupe.
" Ternate.
" Banda.
1811. Java.
" Barrosa
" Fuentes d'Onor.
" Albuera.
" Almaraz.
" Busaco.
" Arroyos dos Molinos.
" Tarifa.
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
" Badajos.
" Detroit.
" Salamanca.
1813. Vittoria.
" Miami.
" Pyrenees.
" St. Sebastian.
" Nivelle.
" Nive.
" Niagara.
1814. Orthes.
" Toulouse.
" Bladensburg.
1815. Waterloo.
1817. Kirkee.
1817. Seetabuldee.
" Nagpore.
" Maheidpore.
1818. Corygaum.
1819. Nowah.
" Persian Gulf.
1821. Arabia.
1823. Beni Boo Alli.
1824. Ava.
" Kemmendine.
1825. Arracan.
1826. Bhurtpore.
1835. South Africa.
1839-42. Afghanistan.
1839. Ghuznee.
" Kelat.
" Aden.
1840. Kahun.
1842. Jelalabad.
" Khelat-i-Ghilzai.
" Candahar.
" Cabool.
" Cutchee.
" China.
1843. Scinde.
" Meeanee.
" Hyderabad.
" Maharajpore.
" Punniar.
1845. Moodkee.
" Ferozeshah.
1846. Aliwal.
" Sobraon.
1846-47. South Africa.
1846. New Zealand.
1849. Chillianwallah.
" Mooltan.
" Goojerat.
" Punjaub.
1851-53. South Africa.
1852. Pegu.
1854. Alma.
" Balaclava.
" Inkerman.
" Sevastopol.
1856. Reshire.
" Bushire.
1856-57. Persia.
1857. Koosh-ab.
1857. Delhi.
" Lucknow.
" Central India.
" Defence of Arrah.
" Behar.
" Canton.
1858-60. China.
1860. Taku Forts.
" Pekin.
1861-65. New Zealand.
1867. Abyssinia.
1873-74. Ashantee.
1877-79. South Africa.
1878-80. Afghanistan.
1878. Ali Masjid.
" Peiwar Kotal.
" Charasia.
1879. Kabul.
" Ahmed Khel.
1880. Kandahar.
1882. Egypt.
" Tel-el-Kebir.
1884. Egypt.
1884-85. Nile.
1885. Abu Klea.
" Kirbekan.
1885. Suakin.
" Tofrek.
1885-87. Burmah.
1887. West Africa.
1892-1894. West Africa.
1895. Defence of Chitral.
" Chitral.
1897-98. Punjab Frontier.
1897. Malakand.
" Samana.
" Tirah.
" Hafir.
1898. Atbara.
" Khartoum.
" Sierra Leone.
1899-1902. South Africa.
1899. Modder River.
1900. China.
" Pekin.
" Ashanti.
" Defence of Kimberley.
" Relief of Kimberley.
" Paardeburg.
" Defence of Ladysmith.
" Relief of Ladysmith.

CONTENTS

PAGES

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS vii

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS xi

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxi

INTRODUCTION xxiii

CHAPTER I

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1662-1900

Tangier, 1662-1680--Gibraltar, 1704--Gibraltar, 1779-1783
--Maida, 1806--Mediterranean--Mediterranean, 1901-02 1-11

CHAPTER II

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN NORTHERN EUROPE, 1695-1709

Namur, 1695--Blenheim, 1704--Ramillies, 1706--Oudenarde,
1708--Malplaquet, 1709 12-23

CHAPTER III

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN NORTHERN EUROPE, 1743-1762

Dettingen--Minden--Emsdorff--Warburg--Wilhelmstahl 24-35

CHAPTER IV

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

Louisburg, 1758--Quebec, 1759--Monte Video, 1807--Detroit,
August 12, 1812--Miami, April 23, 1813--Niagara,
July 25, 1814--Bladensburg, October 24, 1814 36-48

CHAPTER V

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1751-1764

Arcot--Plassey--Condore--Masulipatam--Badara--Wandewash
--Pondicherry--Buxar 49-65

CHAPTER VI

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1774-1799

Rohilcund, 1774--Carnatic--Guzerat, 1778-1782--Sholinghur,
1781--Mangalore, 1783--Mysore--Nundy Droog, 1791--Rohilcund,
1794--Seedaseer, 1799--Seringapatam, 1799 66-87

CHAPTER VII

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN FLANDERS, 1793-1799

Lincelles--Nieuport--Villers-en-Couche--Beaumont--Willems
--Tournay--Egmont-op-Zee 88-96

CHAPTER VIII

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN THE WEST INDIES, 1759-1810

West Indies, 1759-1810--Guadeloupe, 1759--Martinique,
1762--Havana--St. Lucia, 1778--Martinique, 1794--St.
Lucia, 1796--St. Lucia, 1803--Surinam--Dominica--Martinique,
1809--Guadeloupe, 1810 97-121

CHAPTER IX

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN

Egypt (with the Sphinx)--Mandora, 1802--Marabout, 1802--Egypt,
1882--Tel-el-Kebir, 1882--The Nile, 1884-85--Abu Klea,
1885--Kirbekan, 1885--Suakin, 1885--Tofrek, 1885--Hafir,
1896--Atbara, 1898--Khartoum, 1898 122-143

CHAPTER X

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1803-1809

Ally Ghur, 1803--Delhi, 1803-04--Assaye, 1803--Laswarree,
1803--Deig, 1803-04--Cochin, 1809 144-155

CHAPTER XI

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN THE PENINSULAR WAR, 1808-1814

Roleia--Vimiera--Sahagun--Corunna--The Douro--Talavera--Busaco
--Barrosa--Fuentes d'Onor--Albuera--Almaraz--Arroyos dos Molinos
--Tarifa--Ciudad Rodrigo--Badajos--Salamanca--Vittoria--Pyrenees
--San Sebastian--Nivelle--Nive--Orthes--Toulouse 156-191

CHAPTER XII

WATERLOO AND THE ORDER OF THE BATH FOR THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

Waterloo, June 18, 1815 192-199

CHAPTER XIII

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1818-1826

Kirkee--Seetabuldee--Nagpore--Maheidpore--Corygaum--Nowah
--Bhurtpore--Hindoostan--India 200-220

CHAPTER XIV

BATTLE HONOURS FOR MINOR CAMPAIGNS IN THE EAST, 1796-1857

Amboyna--Ternate--Banda--Arabia--Bourbon--Java,
1811--Persian Gulf--Beni Boo Alli--Aden--Persia--Bushire--Reshire
--Koosh-ab 221-239

CHAPTER XV

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN BURMAH, 1885-1887

Ava--Kemmendine--Arracan--Pegu--Burmah, 1885-1887 240-251

CHAPTER XVI

BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR, 1839-1842

Afghanistan, 1839-1842--Ghuznee, 1839--Khelat--Kahun,
1840--Jelalabad--Khelat-i-Ghilzai--Candahar, 1842--Ghuznee,
1842--Cabool, 1842--Cutchee 252-265

CHAPTER XVII

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1843

Scinde--Meeanee--Hyderabad--Maharajpore--Punniar 266-272

CHAPTER XVIII

BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE CONQUEST OF THE PUNJAB

Moodkee--Ferozeshah--Aliwal--Sobraon--Chillianwallah--Mooltan
--Goojerat--Punjab 273-294

CHAPTER XIX

BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE CRIMEAN WAR, 1854-55

Alma--Balaclava--Inkerman--Sevastopol 295-310

CHAPTER XX

BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE INDIAN MUTINY, 1857-1859

India--Delhi--Lucknow--Central India--Defence of
Arrah--Behar 311-335

CHAPTER XXI

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN CHINA, 1842-1900

Chinese War of 1840-1842--Canton--China, 1858-1860--Taku
Forts, Pekin--China, 1900--Pekin, 1900 336-347

CHAPTER XXII

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1806-1879

Cape of Good Hope, 1806--South Africa, 1835--South Africa,
1846-47--South Africa, 1851-1853--South Africa,
1877-1880 348-359

CHAPTER XXIII

BATTLE HONOURS FOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS

Jersey, 1781--Rodney's Victory of April 12, 1782--The
Glorious First of June, 1794--St. Vincent--Fishguard
--Copenhagen--New Zealand--Abyssinia--Ashantee 360-377

CHAPTER XXIV

BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR

Afghanistan, 1878-1880--Ali Masjid--Peiwar Kotal--Charasiah
--Kabul, 1879--Ahmad Khel--Kandahar, 1880 378-392

CHAPTER XXV

BATTLE HONOURS FOR OPERATIONS ON THE NORTH-WEST INDIAN FRONTIER,
1895-1897

Defence of Chitral--Chitral--Malakand--Samana--Punjab
Frontier--Tirah 393-407

CHAPTER XXVI

BATTLE HONOURS FOR SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1902

Modder River--Defence of Ladysmith--Defence of Kimberley--Relief
of Kimberley--Paardeburg--Relief of Ladysmith--Medals granted
for the campaign--Decorations won regimentally--Casualties by
regiments 408-432