31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot - Battle Honours

Battle Honours

The 31st Foot were granted the following battle honours:

  • Talavera (27 July 1808: awarded 1823)
  • Albuhera (16 May 1811: awarded 1816)
  • Vittoria (21 June 1813: awarded 1823)
  • Pyrenees (28 July – 2 August 1813: awarded 1817)
  • Nivelle (10 November 1813: awarded 1823)
  • Nive (9 – 13 December 1813: awarded 1823)
  • Orthes (27 February 1814: awarded 1847)
  • Peninsula (1808 – 1814: awarded to 2nd Battalion in 1815, to whole regiment in 1825)
  • Cabool, 1842 (August – September 1842: awarded 1844)
  • Moodkee (18 December 1845: awarded 1847)
  • Ferozeshah (21 December 1845: awaded 1847)
  • Aliwal (28 January 1846: awarded 1847)
  • Sobraon (10 February 1846: awarded 1849)
  • Sevastopol (1854 – 1855: awarded 1855)
  • Taku Forts (12 August 1860: awarded 1861)

Two further honours were granted to the successor East Surrey Regiment for the services of the 31st Foot. In 1882 the battle honour "Dettingen" was allowed and in 1909 "Gibraltar 1704–1705" was awarded.

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