Battle Honours

[PeteT]

I wondered if anyone could enlighten me (and hopefully others) on the subject of Battle Honours.

Any general information would be useful (or confirmation that the WIKI details are correct) but I would really like to know:

Did the Air Ministry decide the criteria for the award of a particular honour? If so, are these criteria documented anywhere?
Did the Air Ministry seek approval from the sovereign for the honour to be presented to each squadron?
Was there some form of document issued or presented to the squadron once approval had been gained? Do examples of these exist?

Any thoughts etc would be most welcome

Regards

Pete

[PeteT]

Just bumping this one up to see if anyone knows where I may be able to find the criteria for the award of the following honours:

Biscay Ports, 1941-43
Fortress Europe, 1941-44
German Ports, 1943
Ruhr, 1943-45
Normandy, 1944
Baltic, 1944
France & Germany, 1944-45
Walcheren

Regards

Pete

[COL BRUGGY]

Pete,

See:
The Source Book of the R.A.F.
Delve,Ken
Shrewsbury:Airlife Publishing,1994
pp.258-63
BATTLE HONOURS.

Col.

[PeteT]

Col

Thanks ... I have raided the piggy bank and ordered the book

Regards

Pete

[greg]

Pete - if you have any way of cancelling that order, I have a spare copy that I'd be delighted to let you have :)

L/O

Greg