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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 The Welsh Guards during the Great War (20 Battle Honours) France and Flanders 1915-18        Loos        Somme 1916         Ginchy        Flers-Courcelette        Morval          Ypres 1917            Pilckem        Poelcapelle        Passchendaele Cambrai 1917        Bapaume 1918        Arras 1918         Albert 1918             Drocourt-Queant               Hindenburg Line         Havrincourt          Canal du Nord         Selle         Sambre

Regimental Officers Rolls of Honour