Mediterranean 1901 (Battle honour)

Mediterranean 1901 was a battle honour awarded to the following Militia battalion of the British Army for service during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902, when it performed garrison duty in the Mediterranean, relieving regular Army troops for active service:[1][2][3]

Personnel were awarded the Queen's Mediterranean Medal.

This honour should not be confused with the award Mediterranean which was granted for service in the Crimean War.

This award was rescinded in 1910 when the Militia (now Special Reserve) battalions assumed the same honours as their parent regiments.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Leslie, p. 124.
  2. ^ Norman, p. 11.
  3. ^ Monthly Army List, various dates.
  4. ^ Hay, pp. 429–30.
  5. ^ Leslie, p. xiii.

References

  • Col George Jackson Hay, An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force), London: United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987, ISBN 0-9508530-7-0/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1-78331-171-2.
  • N.B. Leslie, Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, ISBN 0-85052-004-5.
  • C.B. Norman, Battle Honours Of The British Army, From Tangier, 1662, To The Commencement Of The Reign Of King Edward VII, London: John Murray 1911.
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