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The Battle Honour BUSACO is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The Battle Honour CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1806 is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The Battle Honour CENTRAL INDIA is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The Battle Honour CENTURIPE is emblazoned on the King's Colour of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The German fighting in Sicily aimed to slow the Allied advance and not to defeat it, as escaping intact across the Strait of Messina to mainland Italy was the enemy's main objective. A vital German position to the west of Mt Etna that controlled the road around the volcanic mountain was the village of Centuripe. The 78th Division assaulted the area but met stiff resistance from the Hermann Göring (Parachute Panzer) Division.
The Battle Honour CIUDAD RODRIGO is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
On this day in 1802, King George III granted the distinction EGYPT (With the Sphinx) to six Irish infantry Regiments of Foot including the 27th, 86th, 87th and 89th*. The Honour is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The distinction was conferred on regiments ‘as a distinguished mark of His Majesty’s royal approbation, and as a lasting memorial to the glory acquired to His Majesty’s arms by the zeal, discipline, and intrepidity of his troops in that arduous and important campaign’.
The Battle Honour FUENTES D'ONOR is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The Battle Honour GALLIPOLI 1915-16, a First World War Theatre Honour, is emblazoned on the King's Colour of The Royal Irish Regiment and was awarded to our forebears for their various actions in the Gallipoli theatre. Land operations were concluded when the evacuation was completed in January 1916.
The distinction INDIA was the first awarded to the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment and is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment. It can be described as a 'Theatre Honour' as it was awarded for service in India for the period 1799 to 1819.
The distinction IRAQ 2003 is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The Battle Honour* for operations during the Iraq War (Operation TELIC) was announced by Mr Adam Ingram, Minister of State (Armed Forces) Ministry of Defence, in a Defence Written Statement released on 10 November 2005:
