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
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| |_Officers._| _Men._ |
| _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | K. | W. | K. | W. |
+---------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|4th K.'s Own | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 |
|15th E. Yorks | - | - | 4 | 15 |
|17th Leicesters | - | - | 4 | 17 |
|22nd Cheshires | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|27th Inniskilling Fusiliers| - | 2 | 4 | 19 |
|28th Gloucs. | - | 2 | 5 | 9 |
|35th R. Sussex | - | 2 | 4 | 19 |
|38th S. Staffs | - | - | 2 | 13 |
|41st Welsh | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
|42nd Royal Highlanders | 2 | 11 | 12 | 76 |
|43rd Oxford L.I. | - | - | - | - |
|48th N'hampton | - | 2 | 9 | 15 |
|60th K.R.R. | - | 3 | 12 | 42 |
|65th York and Lancaster | - | - | - | 3 |
|69th Welsh | - | - | 2 | 6 |
|75th W. Riding Regiment | - | - | - | 3 |
|77th Middlesex | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
|90th Scot. R. | - | - | 3 | 17 |
|91st Argyll Highlanders | - | - | - | - |
|98th N. Staffs | - | - | 2 | 5 |
|100th Royal Canadians | - | 1 | 4 | 8 |
+---------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
It will be seen from the above list, copied from the _London
Gazette_ (in which the 42nd are styled "Royal Hunters"!), that many
regiments suffered casualties which have not been authorized to
assume the honour "Martinique, 1762."
HAVANA.
The regiments authorized by the Army Order of November, 1909, to
bear this battle honour are:
Royal Scots.
Norfolk.
East Yorkshire.
Leicester.
Cheshire.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Gloucester.
Border.
Royal Sussex.
South Lancashire.
Royal Highlanders.
Oxford Light Infantry.
Essex.
Northampton.
King's Royal Rifles.
A perusal of the following brief account of the campaign will show
that, if the ruling holds good under which the 5th Lancers, 18th,
19th, and 20th Hussars, together with many infantry regiments, are
permitted to bear the battle honours won by their predecessors,
there are other regiments equally entitled to inscribe "Havana" on
their colours and appointments than the fifteen above mentioned,
and three at least which have more claim to the battle honour
"Moro" than the Essex.
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