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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Monmouthshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War |
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Regimental Battle Honours of the Great War |
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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 Infantry Regiment to select up to 10 Honours to be
emblazoned on its King's Colour, Honours from other conflicts continuing to be
displayed on the Regimental Colour. Those Honours shown in bold type were selected for display on the King's/Queen's Colours. |
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Ypres 1915 '17 '18 Arras 1917 Messines 1918 |
Gravenstafel Scarpe 1917 Hindenburg Line |
St
Julien Pilckem St Quentin Canal |
Frezenberg Langemarck 1917 Beaurevoir |
Bellewaarde Poelcapelle Cortrai |
Somme
1916 Cambrai 1917 '18 Sambre |
Albert 1916 Lys France & Flanders 1914 - 18 |
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Regimental Battle Honours of the Great War |
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After John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" was published in 1915, the poppy became the international symbol for the remembrance of those who died in battle
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields
the poppies blow
We are the Dead.
Short days ago
Take up our quarrel
with the foe:
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