Battle Honours
(First World War)
- Jutland 1916;
(Second World War)
- Atlantic 1939;
- Narvik 1940,Norway 1940;
- Calabria 1940, Mediterranean 1940-41-43,;
- Malta Convoys 1941, Matapan 1941, Crete 1941:
- Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943:
- English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944, Walcheren 1944, Biscay 1944.
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Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or honours:
“In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At this time the task of news-writers is easy, they have nothing to do but to tell that a battle is expected, and afterwards that a battle has been fought, in which we and our friends, whether conquering or conquered, did all, and our enemies did nothing.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelist honours the relationship in itself, it will be a great novel.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)