59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot - Battle Honours

Battle Honours

The 59th Foot was awarded the following battle honours to be borne on the regimental colours. The year in brackets is the year of the award of the honour, not of the action it commemorates.

  • Cape of Good Hope 1806 (1836)
  • Corunna (1812)
  • Java (1820)
  • Vittoria (1818)
  • San Sebastian (1818)
  • Nive (1818)
  • Peninsula (1815 to 2nd battalion; to whole regiment 1816)
  • Bhurtpore (1826)
  • Canton (1861)
  • Ahmed Khel (1861)
  • Afghanistan 1878–80 (1881)

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