Battle Honours

Battle Honours are awarded to a Regiment for taking part in particular battles or campaigns. Items in italics below indicate that they are / were also featured on the Regimental Colours. 

Sherwood Foresters

Prior to World War 1:

Louisburg, Rolica, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Ava, South Africa 1846-47, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastapol, Central India, Abyssinia, Egypt (1882), Tirah, South Africa 1899 - 1902

World War 1:

Aisne 1914 & 18, Armentieres 1914, Neuve Chappelle, Aubers, Hooge 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 & 18, Albert 1916 & 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozieres, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 & 18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 & 18, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917 & 18, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 & 18, St Quentin, Baupaume 1917, Rosieres, Villers Brettaneux, Lys, Bailleul, Kemmel, Scherpenberg, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, Canal du Nord, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France & Flanders 1914 - 18, Piavé, Italy 1917 - 18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Schimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916

World War 2:

Norway 1940, St Omer-La Bassee, Ypres-Comines Canal, Dunkirk 1940, North West Europe 1940, Gazala, El Alemain, Djebel Guerba, Tamera, Medejez Plain, Tunis, North Africa 1942 -43, Salerno, Volturno Crossing, Monte Camino, Anzio, Campoleone, Advance to Tiber, Gothic Line, Coriano, Cosina Canal Crossing, Monte Ceco, Italy 1943 - 45, Singapore Island, Malaya 1942

Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters

Those shown underlined are celebrated on anniversary. The Glorious 1st of June, a naval battle, is also celebrated anually.

Prior to World War 1:

Ramillies, Belleisle, Mysore, Hindoostan, Louisburg, Rolica, Vimiera, Corunna, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Ava, Ferozeshah, Sobraon, South Africa 1846 - 47, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Central India, Abyssinia, Egypt 1882, Tirah, South Africa 1899 - 1902

World War 1:

Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 & 18, La Bassee 1914, Armentieres 1914, Ypres 1914 15 17 & 18, Langemarck 1914 & 17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Neuve Chappelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Hooge 1915, Loos, Somme 196 & 18, Albert 1916 & 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozieres, Ginchy, Flers-Courelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 197 & 18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 197 & 18, Arleux, Messines 1917 & 18, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendale, Cambrai 1917 & 18, St Quentin, Baupaume 1918, Rosieres, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Scherpenberg, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, Canal du Nord, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France & Flanders 1914 - 18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917 - 18, Doiran 1917 - 18, Macedonia 1915 - 18, Helles, Landing at Helles, Krithia, Suvla, Sari Bair, Landing at Suvla, Schimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915 - 16, Egypt 1916, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916 - 18, Baku, Persia 1918

World War 2:

Norway 1940, Defence of Escaut, St Omer-La Bassee, Ypres-Comines Canal, Wormhoudt, Dunkirk 1940, Odon, Bourgebus Ridge, Maltot, Mont Pincon, Jurques, La Variniere, Noireau Crossing, Seine 1944, Nederrijn, Geilenkirchen, Rhineland, Goch, Rhine, North West Europe 1940 & 44 -45, Gogni, Barentu, Keren, Amba Alagi, Abyssinia 1940 - 41, Gazala, Via Balbia, El Alemain, Djebel Guerba, Tamera, Medjez Plain, Tunis, North Africa 1941 -43, Salerno, Volturno Crossing, Monte Camino, Anzio, Campoleone, Advance to Tiber, Gothic Line, Coriano, CosinaCanal Crossing, Monte Ceco, Italy 1943 - 45, Singapore Island, Malaya 1942, Kohima, Releif of Kohima, Naga Village, Mao Songsang, Shwebo, Mandalay, Irrawaddy, Mt Popa, Burma 1944 - 45