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'''North-West Europe 1944–1945''' is a [[battle honour]] (more properly known as an honorary distinction)<ref name=grenguards/> earned by regiments of the [[British Commonwealth]] forces during the Second World War that took part in the actions of the northern part of the war's [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]]. The battle honour ''North-West Europe'' is suffixed with the year, or years, in which the awarded unit took part in the action.<ref name=cansol>[http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/campaigns/northwesteurope/northwesteurope.htm North-West Europe], canadiansoldiers.com, retrieved and [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/campaigns/northwesteurope/northwesteurope.htm archived] 29 June 2019.</ref> |
'''North-West Europe 1944–1945''' is a [[battle honour]] (more properly known as an honorary distinction)<ref name=grenguards/> earned by regiments of the [[British Commonwealth]] forces during the Second World War that took part in the actions of the northern part of the war's [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]]. The battle honour ''North-West Europe'' is suffixed with the year, or years, in which the awarded unit took part in the action.<ref name=cansol>[http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/campaigns/northwesteurope/northwesteurope.htm North-West Europe], canadiansoldiers.com, retrieved and [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/campaigns/northwesteurope/northwesteurope.htm archived] 29 June 2019.</ref> |
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It refers to the land campaign starting with the [[Operation Overlord|6th June landings]] in [[invasion of Normandy|Normandy]] and ended with [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Field Marshal |
It refers to the land campaign starting with the [[Operation Overlord|6th June landings]] in [[invasion of Normandy|Normandy]] and ended with [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Field Marshal Montgomery]] taking the [[German surrender at Lüneburg Heath|German military surrender]] of all German forces in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany and Denmark on [[Lüneburg Heath]] in Northwest Germany. The campaign was conducted by [[Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force]], of which the [[British 21st Army Group]] was a component, along with the American [[American 12th Army Group|12th]] and [[American 6th Army Group|6th Army Groups]]. Together, the three army groups comprised the Allied effort on the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]] which at its longest stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland. |
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The battle honours for the Second World War were not awarded until 1957/58 by which point some units had amalgamated or been disbanded. |
The battle honours for the Second World War were not awarded until 1957/58 by which point some units had amalgamated or been disbanded. |
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* [[5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars)]] (1945)<ref name=cansol/> |
* [[5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars)]] (1945)<ref name=cansol/> |
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* [[9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)]] (1945)<ref name=cansol/> |
* [[9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)]] (1945)<ref name=cansol/> |
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* [[Prince Edward Island Regiment]] for actions of [[Prince Edward Island Light Horse]] (1944–1945)<ref name=cansol/> |
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===US-Canadian forces=== |
===US-Canadian forces=== |
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* [[Honourable Artillery Company]] (1944–1945)<ref>[https://www.hac.org.uk/home/about-the-hac/hac-traditions/regimental/battle-honours/ Battle Honours], Honourable Artillery Company, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190629213200/https://www.hac.org.uk/home/about-the-hac/hac-traditions/regimental/battle-honours/ archived] 29 June 2019.</ref> |
* [[Honourable Artillery Company]] (1944–1945)<ref>[https://www.hac.org.uk/home/about-the-hac/hac-traditions/regimental/battle-honours/ Battle Honours], Honourable Artillery Company, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190629213200/https://www.hac.org.uk/home/about-the-hac/hac-traditions/regimental/battle-honours/ archived] 29 June 2019.</ref> |
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*[[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] (1944-45) |
*[[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] (1944-45){{fact|date=September 2022}} |
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* [[East Lancashire Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref name=lancsmus>[http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk/984-2/ Battle Honours], Lancashire Infantry Museum, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190630103853/http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk/984-2/ archived] 30 June 2019.</ref> |
* [[East Lancashire Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref name=lancsmus>[http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk/984-2/ Battle Honours], Lancashire Infantry Museum, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190630103853/http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk/984-2/ archived] 30 June 2019.</ref> |
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* [[South Lancashire Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref name=lancsmus/> |
* [[South Lancashire Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref name=lancsmus/> |
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* [[Suffolk Regiment]] |
* [[Suffolk Regiment]]{{fact|date=September 2022}} |
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* [[Coldstream Guards]] (1944–1945)<ref>Lewis Pearce, "Battle honours", appx. A in, Julian Paget, ''Second to None: The History of the Coldstream Guards 1650 2000'', Pen and Sword, 2000 {{ISBN|9781783379392}}.</ref> |
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* [[Coldstream Guards]] |
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* [[Irish Guards]] |
* [[Irish Guards]]{{fact|date=September 2022}} |
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* [[Grenadier Guards]] (1944–1945)<ref name=grenguards>[http://www.ekb.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=58 Honorary Distinctions or Battle Honours], Grenadier Guards Association, East Kent Branch, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190721173713/http://www.ekb.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=58 archived] 21 July 2019.</ref> |
* [[Grenadier Guards]] (1944–1945)<ref name=grenguards>[http://www.ekb.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=58 Honorary Distinctions or Battle Honours], Grenadier Guards Association, East Kent Branch, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190721173713/http://www.ekb.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=58 archived] 21 July 2019.</ref> |
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* [[Welsh Guards]] |
* [[Welsh Guards]]{{fact|date=September 2022}} |
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* [[3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]] |
* [[3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]]{{fact|date=September 2022}} |
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* [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref>[http://www.dwr.org.uk/history/regimental-battle-honours/ Regimental Battle Honours], The Duke of |
* [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref>[http://www.dwr.org.uk/history/regimental-battle-honours/ Regimental Battle Honours], The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) Regimental Association, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190721171251/http://www.dwr.org.uk/history/regimental-battle-honours/ archived] 21 July 2019.</ref> |
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* [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref>[https://www.paradata.org.uk/article/battle-honours Battle Honours], Airborne Assault: ParaData, accessed 21 July 2019 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190629111154/https://www.paradata.org.uk/article/battle-honours archived] 29 June 2019.</ref> |
* [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref>[https://www.paradata.org.uk/article/battle-honours Battle Honours], Airborne Assault: ParaData, accessed 21 July 2019 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190629111154/https://www.paradata.org.uk/article/battle-honours archived] 29 June 2019.</ref> |
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* [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] (1944)<ref>[https://staffordshireregimentmuseum.com/battle-honours.html Battle honours of the Staffordshire Regiment], The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190722172607/https://staffordshireregimentmuseum.com/battle-honours.html archived] 22 July 2019.</ref> |
* [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] (1944)<ref>[https://staffordshireregimentmuseum.com/battle-honours.html Battle honours of the Staffordshire Regiment], The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190722172607/https://staffordshireregimentmuseum.com/battle-honours.html archived] 22 July 2019.</ref> |
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* [[Commandos (United Kingdom)|Army Commandos]] (1942–1944), in the form of honours granted to the Commandos Association.<ref>Major James Dunning, [https://soldierscharity.org/commandos-benevolent-fund/shall-glory-fade/ A brief history of the Army Commandos (1939-1945)], accessed and [ |
* [[Commandos (United Kingdom)|Army Commandos]] (1942–1944), in the form of honours granted to the Commandos Association.<ref>Major James Dunning, [https://soldierscharity.org/commandos-benevolent-fund/shall-glory-fade/ A brief history of the Army Commandos (1939-1945)], accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190722175100/https://soldierscharity.org/commandos-benevolent-fund/shall-glory-fade/ archived] 22 July 2019.</ref> |
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* [[Manchester Regiment]] (New 1st Battalion) (1944–1945)<ref>[https://www.tameside.gov.uk/MuseumsandGalleries/Battle-Honours Museum of the Manchester Regiment: Battle Honours of The Manchester Regiment], Tameside Metropolitan Borough, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190724165923/https://www.tameside.gov.uk/MuseumsandGalleries/Battle-Honours archived] 24 July 2019.</ref> |
* [[Manchester Regiment]] (New 1st Battalion) (1944–1945)<ref>[https://www.tameside.gov.uk/MuseumsandGalleries/Battle-Honours Museum of the Manchester Regiment: Battle Honours of The Manchester Regiment], Tameside Metropolitan Borough, accessed and [https://web.archive.org/web/20190724165923/https://www.tameside.gov.uk/MuseumsandGalleries/Battle-Honours archived] 24 July 2019.</ref> |
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* [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] (1944–1945)<ref>[http://www.glosters.org/honours.htm Battle Honours The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th LXI], accessed 9 August 2019 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20180831111411/http://www.glosters.org/honours.htm archived] 31 August 2018.</ref> |
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*Life Guards |
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*Royal Horse Guards |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*Baker, Anthony ''Battle Honours of the British and Commonwealth Armies'' 1986. Ian |
*Baker, Anthony ''Battle Honours of the British and Commonwealth Armies'' 1986. Ian Allan Publishing {{isbn|978-0711016002}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:North-West Europe Campaign Of 1944-1945}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:North-West Europe Campaign Of 1944-1945}} |
North-West Europe 1944–1945 is a battle honour (more properly known as an honorary distinction)[1] earned by regiments of the British Commonwealth forces during the Second World War that took part in the actions of the northern part of the war's Western Front. The battle honour North-West Europe is suffixed with the year, or years, in which the awarded unit took part in the action.[2]
It refers to the land campaign starting with the 6th June landingsinNormandy and ended with Field Marshal Montgomery taking the German military surrender of all German forces in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany and Denmark on Lüneburg Heath in Northwest Germany. The campaign was conducted by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, of which the British 21st Army Group was a component, along with the American 12th and 6th Army Groups. Together, the three army groups comprised the Allied effort on the Western Front which at its longest stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland.
The battle honours for the Second World War were not awarded until 1957/58 by which point some units had amalgamated or been disbanded.
The following units were awarded the battle honour,
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