1st Anglo-Afghan War battle honours

NB The Native Cavalry and Infantry regiments of the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) are not listed here.

Ghuznee 1839

  • 4th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons
  • 16th (Queen’s) Lancers
  • Bengal Horse Artillery (HEIC)
  • Bombay Horse Artillery (HEIC)
  • Bombay Foot Artillery (HEIC)
  • 2nd (Queen’s Royal)
  • 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Light Infantry)
  • 17th (Leicestershire)
  • 1st Bengal European Light Infantry (HEIC)

Khelat

  • Bombay Horse Artillery (HEIC)
  • 2nd (Queen’s Royal)
  • 17th (Leicestershire)

Jellalabad

  • 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Light Infantry). Retitled (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert’s Light Infantry) after the seige of Jellalabad.

Candahar 1842

  • Bengal Foot Artillery (HEIC)
  • Bombay Horse Artillery (HEIC)
  • 40th (2nd Somersetshire)
  • 41st (Welch)

Ghuznee 1842

  • Bengal Foot Artillery (HEIC)
  • 40th (2nd Somersetshire)
  • 41st (Welch)

Cabool 1842

  • 3rd (King’s Own) Light Dragoons
  • Bengal Horse Artillery (HEIC)
  • Bengal Foot Artillery (HEIC)
  • 9th (East Norfolk)
  • 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert’s Light Infantry)
  • 31st (Huntingdonshire)
  • 40th (2nd Somersetshire)
  • 41st (Welch)

Afghanistan 1842

  • 4th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons
  • 16th (Queen’s) Lancers
  • Bengal Horse Artillery (HEIC)
  • Bengal Foot Artillery (HEIC)
  • Bombay Horse Artillery (HEIC)
  • Bombay Foot Artillery (HEIC)
  • 2nd (Queen’s Royal)
  • 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert’s Light Infantry)
  • 17th (Leicestershire)
  • 1st Bengal European Light Infantry (HEIC)
  • 44th Foot (East Sussex) (no battle honours awarded)

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