Honorary Distinctions or Battle Honours
'Honorary Distinctions' is the correct description of the Honour awarded in commemmoration of Service. Of the many wars and battles it has fought in, the Regiment has been awarded seventy-seven Honorary Distinctions, up to the present day.
Fourty-five of these Honorary Distinctions are borne on the Colours of the Regiment, and these are shown below in embolded text:
| Campaign | Dates | War/Battle/Battle Honour |
| Tangier 1662-1680 | 1680 | Tangier 1680 |
| War of the League of Augsburg | 3 Aug1692 | Steenkirk |
| 2 Jul 1693 | Landen | |
| 3-15 Jul 1695 | Namur 1695 | |
| August 1689-1697 | Flanders 1689-1697 | |
| War of the Spanish Succession | 1704-1705 | Gibraltar 1704-1705 |
| 2 July 1704 | Schellenberg | |
| 13 Aug 1704 | Blenheim | |
| 18 Jul 1705 | Elixheim | |
| Sep-Oct 1705 | Barcelona 1705 | |
| 3 Apr 1706 | Barcelona 1706 | |
| 23 May 1706 | Ramillies | |
| 25 Apr 1707 | Almanza | |
| 11 Jul1708 | Oudenarde | |
| Aug-Sep 1708 | Siege of Lille | |
| 11 May 1709 | Malplaquet | |
| Jul-Sep 1709 | The Siege of Tournay | |
| Aug-Sep 1711 | Bouchain | |
| 1702-1713 | Flanders 1702-13 | |
| 1702-1713 | Peninsula 1702-13 | |
| War with Spain | 21 Sep 1719 | Vigo 1719 |
| 22 Feb - 23 Jun 1727 | Gibraltar 1727 | |
| War of the Austrian Succession | 17 Jun 1743 | Dettingen |
| 11 May 1745 | Fontenay | |
| 2 Jul1747 | Lauffeld | |
| 1742-1748 | Flanders 1742-48 | |
| Seven Years War | 8 Aug- 11 Sep 1758 | Cherbourg -St. Cast |
| 15-16 Jul 1761 | Vellinghausen (Kirsh Denkern) | |
| 24 Jun1762 | Wilhelmsthal | |
| 1758-1763 | Westphalia 1758-1763 | |
| American War of Independence | 27 Aug 1776 | Brooklyn |
| 28 Oct 1776 | White Plains | |
| 16 Nov 1776 | Fort Washington | |
| 12 Apr-9 May 1780 | Charleston | |
| 28 Sep-19 Oct 1781 | Yorktown | |
| 19 Apr 1775-1782 | North America 1775-82 | |
| Napoleonic Wars | 23 May 1793 | Famars |
| 18 Aug 1793 | Lincelles | |
| 24 Aug 1793 | Rosendahl | |
| 17-18 May 1794 | Turcoing | |
| 27 Aug 1799 | Landing at the Helder | |
| 19 Sep 1799 | Schoorl-Oudkarspel | |
| 2 Oct 1799 | Egmont-op-Zee | |
| 2 Oct 1799 | Bergen | |
| 6 Oct 1799 | Akersloot | |
| 27 Aug-6 Oct 1799 | North Holland/Helder | |
| May 1793-Oct 1799 | Flanders 1793-99 | |
| 16 Jan 1809 | Corunna | |
| 30 Jul-16 Aug 1809 | Walcheren | |
| 14 Dec 1904 | Cadiz 1820 | |
| 5 Mar 1811 | Barossa | |
| 25 Jul 31 Aug 1813 | San Sebastian | |
| 7 Oct 1813 | Bidassoa | |
| 9-13 Dec 1813 | Nive | |
| 13 Dec 1813 | St. Pierre | |
| Feb 1814 | St. Etienne(I) | |
| 8-9 Mar 1814 | Bergen-op-Zoom | |
| 14 Apr 1814 | St Etienne(II) | |
| 17 Aug 1808-14 Apr 1814 | Peninsula | |
| 16 Jun 1814 | Quatre Bras | |
| 18 Jun 1815 | Waterloo | |
| Crimean War | 20 Sep 1854 | Alma |
| 5 Nov 1854 | Inkerman | |
| 16 Jun-8 Sep 1855 | The Redan | |
| 19 Jun 1854-8 Sep 1855 | Sevastopol | |
| Egypt 1882 | 13 Sep 1882 | Tel-el-Kebir |
| 11 Jul-23 Sep 1882 | Egypt 1882 | |
| 1st Sudan War | 17-18 Jan 1885 | Abu Klea |
| 1 Mar-14 May 1885 | Suakin 1885 | |
| 20 Mar 1885 | Hasheen | |
| 2nd Sudan War | 5 Sep 1898 | Khartoum |
| 2nd Boer War | 23 Nov 1899 | Belmont |
| 28 Nov 1899 | Modder River | |
| 11 Dec 1899 | Magersfontein | |
| 29 May 2000 | Biddulphsberg | |
| 31 May 1900 | Johannesberg | |
| 11-12 Jun1900 | Diamond Hill | |
| 26 Aug 1900 | Belfast | |
| 12 Oct 1899-31 May 1902 | South Africa 1899-1902 | |
| 1st World War | 23-24 Aug 1914 | Mons |
| 24 Aug-5 Sep 1914 | Retreat from Mons | |
| 7-10 Sep 1914 | Marne 1914 | |
| 12-15 Sep 1914 | Aisne 1914 | |
| 19 Oct-22 Nov 1914 | Ypres 1914 | |
| 21-24 Oct 1914 | Gheluvelt | |
| 11 Nov 1914 | Nonne Boschen | |
| 10-13 Mar 1915 | Neuve Chapelle | |
| 09 May 1915 | Aubers | |
| 15-25 May 1915 | Fesubert 1915 | |
| 25 Sep-8 Oct 1915 | Loos | |
| 1 July-18 Nov 1916 | Somme 1916 1918 | |
| 09 Sep 1916 | Ginchy | |
| 15-22 Sep 1916 | Flers-Courcelette | |
| 25-28 Sep 1916 | Morval | |
| 31 Jul-10 Nov 1917 | Ypres 1917 | |
| 31 Jul - 2 Aug 1917 | Pilckem | |
| 20-26 Sep 1917 | Menin Road | |
| 09 Oct 1917 | Poelcapelle | |
| 12 Oct -10 Nov 1917 | Passchendale | |
| 20 Nov-3 Dec 1917 | Cambrai 1917 1918 | |
| 20-21 Nov 1917 | Gouzeacourt | |
| 21-23 Mar 1918 | Somme 1918 | |
| 21-23 Mar 1918 | St Quentin | |
| 24 Mar-3 Sep 1918 | Bapaume 1918 | |
| 28 Mar-3 Sep 1918 | Arras 1918 | |
| 9-29 Apr 1918 | Lys | |
| 12-15 Apr 1918 | Hazebrouck | |
| 21-23 Aug 1918 | Albert 1918 | |
| 26-30 Aug 1918 | Scarpe 1918 | |
| 12 Sep-19 Oct 1918 | Hindenburg Line | |
| 12 Sep 1918 | Havrin Court | |
| 27 Sep-1 Oct 1918 | Canal du Nord | |
| 8-9 Oct 1918 | Cambrai 1918 | |
| 17-25 Oct 1918 | Selle | |
| 04 Nov 1918 | Sambre | |
| 4 Aug 1914-Nov 1918 | France & Flanders 1914-1918 | |
| 2nd World War | 10-16 May 1940 | The Dyle |
| 26 May-3 Jun 1940 | Dunkirk 1940 | |
| 19 May 1940-19 Aug 1942 | North West Europe 1940-42 | |
| 16-23 Mar 1943 | Mareth | |
| 23-30 Apr 1943 | Medjez Plain | |
| 12 Jun 1940-12 May 1943 | North Africa 1940-43 | |
| 9-18 Sep 1943 | Salerno | |
| 12-25 Oct 1943 | Volturno Crossing | |
| 5 Nov-9 Dec 1943 | Monte Camino | |
| 22 Jan-22 May 1944 | Anzio | |
| 18-19 Jul 1944 | Cagny | |
| 30 Jul-9 Aug 1944 | Mont Pincon | |
| 25 Aug-22 Sep 1944 | Gothic Line | |
| 10-20 Sep 1944 | Nijmegen | |
| 2-12 Oct 1944 | Battaglia | |
| 8-13 Sep 1945 | The Reichswald | |
| 25 Mar-1 Apr 1945 | The Rhine | |
| 3 Sep 1943-22 Apr 1945 | Italy 1943-45 | |
| 6 Jun 1944-5 May 1945 | North West Europe 1944-45 | |
| Palestine | Sep 1945-Jun 1948 | Palestine 1945-48 |
| Malaya | Jun 1948-Jul 1960 | Malaya 1948-60 |
| Cyprus | Apr 1955-Apr 1959 | Cyprus |
| Suez | Oct-Dec 1956 | Suez |
| Gulf War | 28 Sep 1991 | Wadi-al-Batin |
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