This work derives from Battle honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces, 1662-1991, by Alexander Rodger, ISBN: 1861266375. A copy can be found at the Internet Archive (urn:oclc:record:1310595965).

Battle Honours for the Second World War

Operations based on Namsos

21 - 22 April 1940

Operations based on Andalsnes

25 - 28 April 1940

Operations leading to the capture of Narvik

17 - 26 May 1940

Raid on Fish-oil Factories and Shipping

27 December 1941

Service in Norway 1940-41

21 April 1940 - 27 December 1941

Withdrawal to Dunkirk

10 May - 3 June 1940

Fighting South of the Somme

24 May - 12 June 1940

Position Warfare in the Saar Region

24 May - 12 June 1940

Raiding Operations

27 February - 19 August 1942

The Assault

6 June 1944

The Expansion of the Bridgehead

6 - 19 June 1944

The Odon Bridgehead

25 June - 2 July 1944

The Capture of Caen

4 - 23 July 1944

The Holding Attack

25 July 1944

The Capture of Mont Pincon

30 July - 8 August 1944

The Advance beyond Falaise to Close the Gap

9 - 22 August 1944

Pursuit to the River Seine

17 - 30 August 1944

The Seine Crossing and Pursuit to Antwerp

25 August - 10 September 1944

From Brussels to the Nederrijn

7 - 27 September 1944

The Channel Ports

8 September - 1 October 1944

Operating the Port of Antwerp

13 September - 7 November 1944

Preparation for the Thrust to the Ruhr

1 October 1944 - 31 January 1945

The Ardennes

3 - 14 January 1945

The Rhineland

8 February - 10 March 1945

The Crossing of the River Rhine

23 March - 1 April 1945

Pursuit to the Baltic and North Sea

1 April - 5 May 1945

The Invasion of the South of France

15 - 28 August 1944

Service in North-West Europe 1940-42

1940 - 1942

Service in North-West Europe 1944-45

1944 - 1945

Sudan Border (Northern Campaign)

6 November 1940 - 10 January 1941

Eritrea (Northern Campaign)

21 January - 16 May 1941

Subsidiary Campaign in Western Abyssinia

9 - 22 March 1941

Subsidiary Campaign in Northern Abyssinia

13 April - 27 September 1941

Kenya Border (Southern Campaign)

1 July - 17 December 1940

Southern Abyssinia (Southern Campaign)

15 February - 31 March 1941

Juba River

4 February - 29 March 1941

Advance to Addis Ababa

16 March - 3 April 1941

Northern Battle of Lakes

1 - 19 May 1941

Southern Battle of Lakes

9 April - 10 May 1941

Galla Sidamo

31 May - 15 June 1941

NE Abyssinia

17 April - 11 June 1941

Gondar

15 October - 21 November 1941

Service in Abyssinia 1940-41

13 June 1940 - 28 November 1941

Enemy Invasion of British Somaliland

11 - 17 August 1940

Service in British Somaliland

4 - 17 August 1940

Operations against the Iraqi Rebels

2 - 31 May 1941

Service in Iraq

2 - 31 May 1941

Syria and Lebanon

7 June - 12 July 1941

Service in Syria 1941

7 June - 12 July 1941

Operations of Western Desert Force and 13th Corps

12 June 1940 - 4 May 1941

Relief of Tobruk

18 November - 9 December 1941

Pursuit to Agedabia

14 December 1941 - 12 January 1942

Enemy Counter Offensive

23 January - 5 February 1942

Resumption of Enemy Offensive

26 May - 28 June 1942

Enemy Offensive Halted

1 - 27 July 1942

Repulse of Final Enemy Offensive

30 August - 30 September 1942

The Offensive from Alamein to Tripoli

23 October 1942 - 23 January 1943

Repulse of Enemy Offensive in Tunisia

6 March 1943

Advance on Tunis

16 March - 9 May 1943

Allied Build-up and Enemy Counter Offensive

17 November 1942 - 22 February 1943

Communication Centres

26 February - 24 March 1943

Allied Counter Offensive

28 March - 11 May 1943

Service in North Africa 1940-43

12 June 1940 - 12 May 1943

Assault and Capture of Sicily

9 July - 17 August 1943

The Landings in Calabria

3 - 8 September 1943

The Landing in the "Heel"

9 - 22 September 1943

The Advance towards Ortona

19 September 1943 - 4 January 1944

The Salerno Landing and Bridgehead

9 - 18 September 1943

Operations leading to the Capture of Naples

22 September - 1 October 1943

The Advance to the Winter Line

12 October 1943 - 9 February 1944

The Anzio Landing and Bridgehead

22 January - 22 May 1944

The First Attacks on Cassino

20 January - 25 March 1944

The Liri Valley Operations

11 - 30 May 1944

The Capture of Rome

22 May - 8 June 1944

The Advance to the Arno

6 June - 18 July 1944

The Gothic Line Operations

27 August - 18 September 1944

Operations in 5th (British) Corps and 1st (Canadian) Corps Sectors

3 September 1944 - 5 January 1945

Operations by 13th (British) Corps

21 September - 16 December 1944

Operations by 6th South African Division

28 September - 23 October 1944

Final Operations

1 - 21 April 1945

Service in Italy 1943-45

1943 - 1945

The Defence and Withdrawal from Greece

10 - 29 April 1941

Operations in Greece in 1944-45

2 December 1944 - 15 January 1945

Service in Greece 1944-45

16 September 1944 - 15 January 1945

The Defence and Withdrawal from Crete

20 May - 1 June 1941

The Occupation of Madagascar

5 May - 6 November 1942

Operations in the Aegean Area

3 October - 16 November 1943

Operations in the Adriatic Area

18 March - 21 November 1944

Service in the Middle East 1941-44

21 May 1941 - 21 November 1944

The Defence of Malta

1940 - 1942

Operations in Malaya and Singapore Island

8 December 1941 - 15 February 1942

Defence of Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong

8 - 25 December 1941

Operations of Sarawak Force in Defence of British Borneo

16 December 1941 - 9 March 1942

Service in South-East Asia 1941-42

8 December 1941 - 9 March 1942

Enemy Invasion of Burma

16 February - 11 May 1942

Operations in Arakan and NW Burma

8 January 1943 - 27 June 1944

Operations to clear Arakan and Mayu Peninsula

1 January - 12 June 1944

Enemy Offensive across the Chinwin

12 March - 19 June 1944

Enemy Retreat to the Chinwin

24 June 1944 - 22 January 1945

Offensive Across the Irrawaddy

1 January - 12 February 1945

The Clearing of the Mandalay-Meiktila Plain

12 February - 10 April 1945

Advance through the Irrawaddy Valley

29 March - 30 May 1945

Advance and Capture of Rangoon

1 April - 6 May 1945

Attempted Enemy Breakout in Pengu Yomas

10 May - 15 August 1945

Operations in Arakan by 15th Corps

8 September 1944 - 29 April 1945

1st Wingate Expedition

January - June 1943

2nd Wingate Expedition

February - August 1944

Service in Burma 1942-45

20 January 1942 - 15 August 1945

Operations in the Outer Islands

20 February - 12 March 1942

Operations in Papua

22 July - 26 October 1942

Operations in Wau-Salamaua

8 March 1942 - 21 August 1943

Operations in New Guinea

4 September - 2 December 1943

Operations in Markam-Ramu Valleys and the Finisterres

18 September 1943 - 24 April 1944

The Coastal Advance

3 December 1943 - 19 June 1944

Aitape-Wewak Operations

17 December 1944 - 8 August 1945

Bougainville - Northern Sector

17 January - 11 June 1945

Bougainville - Central Sector

18 - 30 December 1944

Bougainville - Southern Sector

19 December 1944 - 9 July 1945

New Britain

5 - 7 March 1945

Operations in Borneo

1 May - 15 August 1945

Service in South West Pacific 1942-45

20 February 1942 - 15 August 1945

Operations in the South Pacific

7 August 1942 - 23 February 1944

Service in the South Pacific 1942-44

7 August 1942 - 25 June 1944