OY Battle Honours

Battle Honours of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Battle honours are awarded as official acknowledgement of a regiment's achievements in specific wars or operations of a military campaign.

The battle honours below were awarded to the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars whilst they were cavalry. However, after they converted to artillery after the Great War, they were not awarded more. However, the battles and campaigns in which they participated in the Second World War are shown below.

The honours are shown chronologically.

South Africa 1900-1901

World War I

Messines 1914, Armentieres 1914, Ypres 1915, St Julien, Bellewaarde, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Cambrai 1917-18, Somme 1918, St Quentin, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-1918

World War II

Italy: Salerno, St Lucia, Salerno Hills, Teano, Monte Camino, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Anzio, Coriano, Gemmano Ridge, Italy 1943-45

Far East: Arakan Beaches, Tamandu, Burma 1943-45