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battle honours

n. (context naval English) The names of battles and actions in which a warship (or a previous namesake) has taken part, usually displayed on a board in a prominent position

Usage examples of "battle honours".

That fate decrees a death without battle honours is a foolishness I have no intention of perpetuating!

Gil and Kat said their Great Captain had already achieved many battle honours but it wanted one more significant honour to add to a career that had spanned over a hundred human-length years.

That fate decrees a deathwithout battle honours is a foolishness I have no intention ofperpetuating!

All their standards and battle honours were streaming out in a fluttering blaze of rainbow colours, a noble show that set the crowds cheering and waving their palm-fronds wildly.

He recited their battle honours and the valian deeds of his ancestors.

He worked on his scrolls for most of the afternoon, recording the campaign, describing the burning and the battle at the ford, listing the battle honours and the slaves taken, the booty and the glory - but he could not bring himself to describe Manatassi.

By this time the blood of both Ryker and Schreuder was a-boil, and they were vying for the opportunity to win battle honours.

The first, the King's Colour, was a British flag on which the regiment's battle honours were embroidered, while the second was the Regimental Colour and had the 33rd's badge displayed on a scarlet field, the same scarlet as the men's jacket facings.

The office walls were crowded with mementoes, but they were all battalion and division mementoes, war-game trophies, battle honours, old platoon photographs in faded monochrome.