That would have been a battle honor and probably a drinking song.
Or to die with full battle honours at the hand of another.
The 38th saw action in France from 1916 to 1918 and received many battle honours.
By the war's end it had earned 21 battle honours.
This battle honour refers to the general period of 11 to 18 May 1944.
A list of the approved battle honours is included below.
The regiment has the battle honor Korea 1950-1954 on its colors.
Each unit is named after or associated with a 'battle honour'.
It thus became the only school in the world to be awarded a British battle honour.
She served from 1667 to 1767, winning ten battle honours over a century of active service.