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Regimental Colour of the 18th Regiment of Foot showing the earliest battle honour (for Namur) and the badges later awarded for Egypt and China.. The first battle honour was the motto Virtutis Namurcensis Præmium (Reward for valour at Namur), [3] ordered by King William III to be emblazoned on the colour of the 18th Regiment of Foot, later the Royal Irish Regiment, for their part in the Siege ...
The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...
This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The regimental colours of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, displaying the battle honours awarded to the regiment.. A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
The British and Commonwealth system of battle honours recognised participation in fighting at Arnhem in 1956, 1957 and 1958 by the award of the battle honour Arnhem 1944 to six units. [218] After the liberation of the Netherlands, the Grave Registration units of 2nd Army began the task of identifying the British dead. [219]
World War II 1939–45 Star: July 1943: 3 September 1939 – 2 September 1945: Issued with clasps Battle of Britain or Bomber Command where appropriate. Atlantic Star: May 1945: 3 September 1939 – 8 May 1945: Issued with clasps Air Crew Europe or France and Germany where appropriate. Arctic Star: December 2012: 3 September 1939 – 8 May 1945
To be awarded after World War II to Germany's 12 greatest war heroes. Actually awarded only once, to Hans-Ulrich Rudel for continuous outstanding achievements and heroism [5] 1 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten: 28 September 1941 – 8 ...
In World War II, the Germans granted the honours of war to the defeated French garrison at the Siege of Lille (1940), [11] [12] and the British granted the honours of war to the defeated Italian army at the Battle of Amba Alagi (1941) [13] and the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942. [14]