Battle Honours
- Field of Stoke, 1487
- Boulogne, 1492
- Blackheath, 1497
- Tournai, 1514
- Boulogne, 1544
- Boyne, 1690
- Dettingen, 1743
- Honours in bold are displayed on the corps' standard.
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