Mediterranean (battle honour)

Mediterranean was a battle honour awarded to the following Militia battalions of the British Army for their service during the Crimean War of 1854-56, when they volunteered for garrison duty and relieved the regular battalions of their respective regiments for active service:[1]

(The 35th, or Royal Buckinghamshire Militia (King's Own) (later 3rd Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry) was apparently ordered to the Ionian Islands in November–December 1855, but even if it actually set out the order was soon cancelled and it was stationed in England again in February 1856.[2][3][4][5] It was not awarded the battle honour.[1])

This honour should not be confused with the honours Mediterranean 1900–1901, Mediterranean 1901 and Mediterranean 1901–02 which were awarded to militia battalions for service in the Second Boer War.[6]

The honours awarded to militia battalions lapsed under Army Order 251 issued in October 1910 after they had transferred to the Special Reserve. This stated that battle honours awarded to former militia battalions were to cease to be borne: special reserve battalions would carry the same honours as the regular battalions of their regiments.[7] They could continue to carry colours with the old honours "as a temporary measure" if they chose, but only until they were presented with replacement colours.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Leslie, pp. 51–2.
  2. ^ Edinburgh Gazette, 6 November 1855.
  3. ^ Edinburgh Gazette, 11 December 1855.
  4. ^ Edinburgh Gazette, 8 January 1856.
  5. ^ Edinburgh Gazette, 12 February 1856.
  6. ^ Leslie, p. 124.
  7. ^ Leslie, p. xiii.
  8. ^ "Colours of the Special Reserve". The Times. 27 February 1911. p. 7.

References

  • N.B. Leslie, Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, ISBN 0-85052-004-5.
  • Norman, C.B.: Battle Honours Of The British Army, From Tangier, 1662, To The Commencement Of The Reign Of King Edward VII. John Murray 1911, p. 11
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