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The distinction MALTA 1940, a Theatre Honour, is emblazoned on the King's Colour of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The Battle Honour MARNE 1914 is emblazoned on the King's Colour of The Royal Irish Regiment. The Battle of the Marne was the counterattack by the French Army and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) along the line of the River Marne from 6-12 September 1914.
MARTINIQUE 1762 is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment and is the earliest distinction awarded to our forebears.
'And if perchance we do advance
To Wytschaete and Messines
They'll know the guns that strafed the Huns
Were wearing o' the green,'
(Sung by troops of the Irish Division as they attacked round Petit Bois.)
The Battle Honour MESSINES 1914,'17,'18 is emblazoned on the King's Colour of The Royal Irish Regiment. The following is an account of the action in 1917.
The Battle Honour MINTURNO was an entitled distinction that was not selected to be emblazoned on the Queen's Colours of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and therefore does not appear on the Queen's Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The First World War Battle Honour is emblazoned on the King's Colour of the Royal Irish Regiment. NEUVE CHAPELLE was awarded to The Royal Irish Rifles for the actions of its 1st Battalion at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915. The distinction was borne for the first time on a Queen's Colour in 1968 when the antecedent Regiments formed The Royal Irish Rangers, one of our founding Regiments.
The distinction NORTH AFRICA1942-43 is emblazoned on The King's Colour of The Royal Irish Regiment. It is a Theatre Honour and was awarded to our antecedent regiments for their actions during the Second World War with 38 (Irish) Brigade.
The Battle Honour ORTHES is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
Towards the end of the Peninsular war, on the morning of 27 February 1814, 23,000 Allied troops commanded by the Duke of Wellington faced Marshal Soult's 37,000 strong French Army of Spain, posted on a line of heights across the Gave de Pau river close to the town of Orthez.
PENINSULA is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment.
The distinction, a Theatre Honour, was awarded to those regiments engaged in the principal actions of the Peninsular War during the period 17 August 1808 - 10 April 1814. It was awarded to the 27th, the 83rd, and the 87th Regiment of Foot for their various actions during this period and to read about the distinctions they were awarded, you may click on any of the following Battle Honours:
The Battle Honour RELIEF OF LADYSMITH is emblazoned on the Regimental Colours of The Royal Irish Regiment. It is one of only six such distinctions that were authorized for the two and a half years' fighting in South Africa.
