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Regimental 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 in the following December, to allow each Infantry 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.   Battle Honours earned by Battalions of the Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War (87 Battle Honours)   France and Flanders 1914-18 (1st)       France and Flanders 1914-15 (2nd)       France and Flanders 1915-17 (1/4th)(1/6th)       France and Flanders 1915-18 (1/5th)(8th)(10th)(12th)(13th) France and Flanders 1915 (9th)       France and Flanders 1916-18 (2/4th)(2/5th)(2/6th)(14th)       France and Flanders 1918 (9th)(18th)       Mons (1st)       Retreat from Mons (1st) Marne 1914 (1st)       Aisne (1st)       Ypres (1914-17) (1st)       Langemarck 1914 (1st)       Gheluvelt (1st)       Nonne Boschen (1st)       Givenchy 1914 (1st)       Ypres 1915 (2nd) Gravenstafel (2nd)       St Julien (2nd)       Frezenberg (2nd)       Bellewaarde (2nd)       Aubers (1st)       Loos (1st)(10th)       Macedonia 1915-18 (2nd)(9th)       Gallipoli 1915-16 (7th) Suvla (7th)       Sari Bair (7th)       Scimitar Hill (7th)       Egypt 1916 (7th)       Mesopotamia 1916-18 (7th)       Tigris 1916 (7th)       Somme 1916 (1st)(14th)(1/5th)(1/6th)(8th)(10th)(12th)(13th)(14th) Albert 1916 (1st)(14th)(1/5th)(1/6th)(8th)(10th)       Bazentin (1st)(1/4th)(10th)(14th)       Pozieres (1st)(1/4th)(1/5th)(1/6th)(8th)(10th)       Flers-Courcelette (1st)(10th)(12th)       Morval (1st)(10th)(12th) Ancre Heights (8th)(13th)       Ancre 1916 (8th)(13th)       Delville Wood (12th)       Guillemont (12th)       Arras 1917 (12th)       Vimy 1917 (12th)       Scarpe 1917 (12th)       Messines 1917 (1st)(8th) Ypres 1917 (1st)(1/4th)(1/5th)(1/6th)(2/4th)(2/5th)(2/6th)(8th)(12th)(13th)(14th)       Broodseinde (1/4th)(1/5th)(1/6th)(8th)(12th)       Poelcapelle (1/4th)(1/5th)(1/6th)(12th)       Pilckem (13th) Polygon Wood (12th)(1/5th)(8th)       Langemarck (1/4th)(1/5th)(1/6th)(2/4th)(2/5th)(2/6th)       Menin Road (8th)       Passchendaele (1st)(8th)(12th)(14th)       Cambrai 1917 (2/4th)(2/5th)(2/6th) Italy 1917-18 (1/4th)(1/5th)(12th)       Piave (1/4th)(1/5th)(1/6th)       Vittorio-Veneto (1/4th)(1/6th)       Kut 1917 (7th)       Baghdad (7th)       Doiran 1917 (9th)       Struma (2nd)       Arras 1918 (1st)(8th)(12th) Somme 1918 (1st)(2/5th)(8th)(12th)(13th)       St Quentin (2/5th)(8th)(13th)       Rosieres (2/5th)(13th)       Albert 1918 (12th)       Avre (2/5th)       Lys (1st)(1/6th)(8th)(12th)       Estaires (1st) Hazebrouck (2/5th)(12th)       Bailleul (8th)       Bethune (1st)(2/5th)       Kemmel (8th)(13th)       Messines 1918 (8th)       Aisne 1918 (8th)         Bapaume 1918 (8th)(12th)       Cambrai 1918 (1/5th)(8th)(9th)       Drocourt-Queant (1st)       Hindenburg Line (1st)(1/5th)(8th)(9th)(12th)       Epehy (1st)(12th)       St Quentin Canal (1st)       Canal du Nord (12th)       Beaurevoir (1st)(1/5th)       Selle (1st)(1/5th)(2/5th)(8th)(9th) Sambre (1st)(1/5th)(8th)       Valenciennes (2/5th)       Persia 1918 (7th)

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