Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell
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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Norman, Charles Boswell
Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History
It recognizes the services of these regiments at the action of
Koosh-ab, during the Persian campaign under Sir James Outram. The
Persian infantry, which had been trained by British officers,
were well handled, and actually threw themselves into square
when threatened by our cavalry. These squares were broken by the
3rd Bombay Cavalry (now the 33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry), and
two officers obtained the Victoria Cross for their conduct on
this occasion. Sir James Outram, who had a keen eye for personal
gallantry, recommended no less than ten members of the regiment for
this much-prized decoration, including some of the native ranks.
The casualties which I append below show that the Persians evinced
little determination, or else their shooting did not reflect much
credit on their training:
+------------------------+-----------+-----------+
| |_Officers._| _Men._ |
| _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | K. | W. | K. | W. |
+------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|Royal Artillery | - | - | 1 | 7 |
|64th N. Stafford | - | 2 | 2 | 10 |
|106th Durham L.I. | - | 1 | 2 | 9 |
|33rd Q.O. Light Cavalry | - | 1 | 1 | 14 |
|34th Poona H. | - | - | 3 | 8 |
|126th Baluchis | - | - | 1 | 5 |
+------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
The other regiments present suffered no loss.
CHAPTER XV
BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN BURMAH, 1824-1887
Ava--Kemmendine--Arracan--Pegu--Burmah.[20]
AVA, 1824-1826.
This distinction is borne by the following regiments:
Royal Scots.
South Staffords.
Somerset Light Infantry.
Essex.
Welsh.
North Lancashire.
Sherwood Foresters.
Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Dorsets.
Governor-General's Bodyguard.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners.
26th Light Cavalry.
61st Pioneers.
63rd Light Infantry.
67th Punjabis.
69th Punjabis.
72nd Punjabis.
76th Punjabis.
82nd Punjabis.
86th Carnatic Infantry.
88th Carnatic Infantry.
90th Punjabis.
92nd Punjabis.
It recognizes the services of these regiments in the long and
harassing campaign in Lower Burmah, between the years 1824 and 1826.
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