St Helena (Battle honour)

St Helena was a battle honour awarded to the following Militia battalions of the British Army for guarding Boer prisoners on the island of Saint Helena during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902:

4th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment (Royal North Gloucestershire Regiment of Militia)
3rd Battalion, the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) (Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Militia)

References

Baker, A.H.R.: Battle Honours Of The British And Commonwealth Armies; Ian Allen, 1986, pp. 97, 283

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