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Battle Honour
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Description
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No Units
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Acroma Keep
|
|
1 |
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Alamein Box
|
|
3 |
|
Alamein Defence
|
|
12 |
|
Alem el Halfa
|
|
1 |
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Alem Hamza
|
|
2 |
|
Alem Hamza
|
|
1 |
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Allerona
|
|
2 |
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Amba Alagi
|
|
3 |
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Arras
|
|
1 |
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Bagno Regio
|
|
1 |
|
Bardia
|
|
6 |
|
Basutoland 1880-81
|
A campaign, conducted against the Basotho in Basutoland (now Lesotho) from September 1880 to June 1881. The Cape transferred the Basutoland protectorate to Britain in 1884. Burgher force ("commando") units which served in this campaign were granted separate honours in 1938 |
4 |
|
Bechuanaland 1896-97
|
Cape military and police operations against the Batswana ("Bechuana") from December 1896 to August 1897. Most of the fighting took place in the Langberg mountains. The battle honour was:
Bechuanaland 1896-97 (or 1897)
Burgher force units which took part were granted their own honours in 1938:
Betsjoeanaland 1896 ? Langberg 1897. |
2 |
|
Bechuanaland 1897
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|
4 |
|
Behobeho
|
|
4 |
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Best Post
|
|
2 |
|
Best Post
|
|
0 |
|
Campo Santo Bridge
|
|
2 |
|
Casino II
|
|
8 |
|
Catarelto Ridge
|
|
1 |
|
Celleno
|
|
5 |
|
Chiusi
|
|
2 |
|
Combolcia
|
|
3 |
|
Commonwealth Keep
|
|
1 |
|
Dadaba
|
|
1 |
|
Defence of Kimberley
|
From October 1899 until May 1902, British, Cape and Natal forces fought the neighbouring Boer republics, which eventually capitulated. Battle honours were authorised by the British government |
1 |
|
Defence of Ladysmith
|
From October 1899 until May 1902, British, Cape and Natal forces fought the neighbouring Boer republics, which eventually capitulated. Battle honours were authorised by the British government |
4 |
|
Delville Wood
|
|
1 |
|
Diredawa
|
|
1 |
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East Africa 1916-18
|
|
21 |
|
East Africa 1940-41
|
|
7 |
|
Egypt 1916
|
|
1 |
|
El Alamein
|
|
12 |
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El Mughar
|
|
3 |
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El Wak
|
|
3 |
|
Florence
|
|
12 |
|
France and Flanders 1916-18
|
|
1 |
|
Gaika Gcaleka 1877
|
Operations by British and Cape Colony forces against the Ngqika ("Gaika") and Gcaleka nations on the colony's eastern frontier, from September 1877 to June 1878. |
5 |
|
Gaza
|
|
3 |
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Gazala
|
|
13 |
|
German East Africa 1916-18
|
|
1 |
|
Gibeon
|
|
5 |
|
Gothic Line
|
|
13 |
|
Griqualand West 1878
|
A campaign by Cape Colony forces against the Koranna on the colony's northern border (the Orange River) in 1878. |
1 |
|
Halfaya
|
|
1 |
|
Italy 1944-45
|
|
12 |
|
Kilimanjaro
|
|
15 |
|
Kunene
|
|
1 |
|
La Foce
|
|
1 |
|
Madagascar
|
|
2 |
|
Madagascar 1942
|
|
1 |
|
Mega
|
|
2 |
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Megiddo
|
|
2 |
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Menin Road
|
|
1 |
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MerSouth Africa Belafarit
|
|
1 |
|
Monte Fili
|
|
2 |
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Monte Pezza
|
|
4 |
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Monte Porro del Bagno
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|
2 |
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Monte Querciabella
|
|
2 |
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Monte Salvaro
|
|
4 |
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Monte Stanco
|
|
6 |
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Monte Vigese
|
|
3 |
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Nablus
|
|
2 |
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Narungombe
|
|
2 |
|
Natal 1906
|
Natal operations (with Transvaal support) against the Zulu and Zondi between February and August 1906. The Natal government authorised a battle honour in 1908 |
9 |
|
Nebi Samwil
|
|
3 |
|
Nyangao
|
|
5 |
|
Palestine 1918
|
|
7 |
|
Paliano
|
|
1 |
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Po Valley
|
|
12 |
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Point 204
|
|
2 |
|
Relief of Ladysmith
|
From October 1899 until May 1902, British, Cape and Natal forces fought the neighbouring Boer republics, which eventually capitulated. Battle honours were authorised by the British government |
4 |
|
Rhodesia 1967-75
|
|
1 |
|
Rome
|
|
0 |
|
Sambre
|
|
1 |
|
Sarteano
|
|
1 |
|
Scarpe 1917
|
|
1 |
|
Selle
|
|
1 |
|
Sharon
|
|
5 |
|
Sidi Rezegh
|
|
7 |
|
Sole/Caprara
|
|
5 |
|
Sollum
|
|
2 |
|
Somme 1916
|
|
1 |
|
South Africa 1879
|
British and Natal forces invaded Zululand in January 1879 and conquered it after a hard 6-month campaign. The Natal government authorised a battle honour in 1909. |
5 |
|
South Africa 1899-1902
|
From October 1899 until May 1902, British, Cape and Natal forces fought the neighbouring Boer republics, which eventually capitulated. Battle honours were authorised by the British government |
16 |
|
South West Africa 1914-1915
|
|
33 |
|
South West Africa 1915
|
|
5 |
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South West Africa/Angola 1975-1976
|
|
2 |
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South West Africa/Angola 1976-1989
|
|
2 |
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South West Africa/Zambia 1979
|
|
1 |
|
Tel Asur
|
|
5 |
|
The Greve
|
|
10 |
|
The Juba
|
|
3 |
|
The Tiber
|
|
1 |
|
The Tiber
|
|
0 |
|
Tobruk
|
|
1 |
|
Transkei 1877-78
|
Operations by British and Cape Colony forces against the Ngqika ("Gaika") and Gcaleka nations on the colony's eastern frontier, from September 1877 to June 1878. |
1 |
|
Transkei 1879
|
A Cape unit, which was stationed in the Transkei to release a British regiment for active service, has this, its own honour for this period |
1 |
|
Transkei 1880-81
|
One of two concurrent campaigns by Cape Colony forces against African subjects who resisted a government police outlawing ownership of firearms. This was conducted against the Xhosa in the Transkei from October 1880 until April 1881. |
1 |
|
Umzintzani
|
Operations by British and Cape Colony forces against the Ngqika ("Gaika") and Gcaleka nations on the colony's eastern frontier, from September 1877 to June 1878. |
1 |
|
Western Desert 1941-43
|
|
16 |
|
Yonte
|
|
1 |
|
Ypres 1917
|
|
1 |
|
Number of Battle Honours
|
103
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