Honours and Awards
AWARDS OF BATTLE HONOURS
28 February 2006
In June 2005, Her Majesty The Queen graciously approved the award of a Theatre Honour, IRAQ 2003, and two Battle Honours, AL BASRAH and WESTERN IRAQ 2003, for units of the British Army. Subsequently, individual Regiments and Corps applied to the Army Honours and Distinctions Committee for the award of these Honours. Following receipt of the Committee’s recommendations, the Executive Committee of the Army Board has sought, and obtained, Her Majesty’s gracious permission for the awards to be made.
The following Regiments and Corps are to be awarded the Theatre Honour IRAQ 2003:
The Life Guards
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
The Queen’s Royal Lancers
Royal Tank Regiment
Irish Guards (already awarded1)
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Light Infantry
The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment)
The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
The Parachute Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment
Army Air Corps
The Royal Yeomanry
The following Regiments and Corps are to be awarded the Battle Honour AL BASRAH:
The Life Guards
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
The Queen’s Royal Lancers
Royal Tank Regiment
Irish Guards (already awarded1)
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Light Infantry
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
The Parachute Regiment
Army Air Corps
The Special Air Service Regiment is to be awarded the Battle Honour WESTERN IRAQ 2003.
1 Her Majesty granted early permission, in June 2005, for the Irish Guards to be awarded the Theatre Honour IRAQ 2003 and the Battle Honour AL BASRAH. This early award allowed the Irish Guards to Troop their Colour, with the new Theatre Honour emblazoned upon it, at the Queen’s Birthday Parade.