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/Queen's Colour, Honours from other conflicts continuing to be displayed on the Regimental Colour.

Regimental Battle Honours earned during the Great War (60 Battle Honours)

(Battle honours in bold were selected for display on the King's/Queen's Colours)

Le Cateau     Retreat from Mons     Marne 1914 '18     Aisne 1914     Armentières 1914     Ypres 1915 '17 '18     St. Julien     Frezenberg     Bellewaarde     Hooge 1915     Loos     Mount Sorrel     Somme 1916 '18     Albert 1916 '18     Delville Wood     Guillemont     Flers-Courcelette     Morval     Le Transloy     Ancre 1916 '18     Arras 1917'18     Vimy 1917     Scarpe 1917 '18     Arleux     Langemarck 1917     Menin Road     Polygon Wood     Broodseinde     Poelcappelle     Passchendaele     Cambrai 1917 '18     St. Quentin     Bapaume 1918     Rosières     Avre     Lys     Hazebrouck     Béthune     Soissonais-Ourq     Drocourt-Quéant     Hindenburg Line     Havrincourt     Épehy     Canal du Nord     Courtrai     Selle     Valenciennes     Sambre     France and Flanders 1914–18     Gaza     El Mughar     Nebi Samwil     Jerusalem     Megiddo     Palestine 1917 '18     Tigris 1916     Sharqat     Mesopotamia 1916 '18      N.W. Frontier India 1915

Regimental Officers Roll of Honour