Roll of Honour of Officers of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Who Died in the Great War

Copyright and source:  The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1914 - 1918 by Everard Wyrall

Battle Honours

The sheer scale of the Great War led to a previously unheard of number of Honours being awarded and it was simply impractical to emblazon every one of them on the Regimental Colour.   In September 1922 it was ordered that  Regiments should select up to 10 Honours to be emblazoned on their Regimental Colours along with previous awards, up to a total of  24.   This led to a storm of protest, since many Regiments would have had to remove previous Honours.    The order was therefore amended the following December, to allow each Regiment to select up to 10 Honours to be emblazoned on its King's/Queen's Colour, Honours from other conflicts continuing to be displayed on the Regimental Colour.   Honours in bold above are emblazoned on the Regimental Colours.