Grenadier Guards - Battle Honours

Battle Honours

The 1st Foot Guards have received 79 battle honours, which they gained for their involvement in the following conflicts:

  • various actions near the Strait of Gibraltar
  • the War of the Spanish Succession, including Oudenarde
  • the War of the Austrian Succession
  • the Peninsular War
  • the Napoleonic Wars, including Waterloo
  • the Crimean War
  • the Urabi Revolt
  • the Opium Wars
  • the Sudan Campaign
  • the Boer Wars
  • First World War (Western Front) and Second World War (North Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe)
  • the Persian Gulf War

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