The following Battle Honours were awarded to US-built Royal Navy Escort Carriers for actions and
campaigns during World War II:
Atlantic 1939-1945 |
Ocean convoy escorts, or support forces that took part in a successful action, Equator to the Arctic
Circle between 3 September 1939 and 8 May 1945. |
East Indies 1940-1945 |
Successful attacks against enemy shipping or significant shore installations in the Indian Ocean,
including the Red Sea, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. |
Norway 1940-1945 |
Operations in coastal waters of Norway as far north as Tromsø between 8 April and 8 June 1940,
and successful actions in these waters at a later date to May 1945. |
Arctic 1941-1945 |
Covering forces in support of, and escorts to, the convoys running to and from North Russia; also
those ships which operated in the area and took part in a successful action, within the Arctic Circle,
except for the coastal waters of Norway to the southward of Tromso, September 1941 to May 1945. |
Malaya 1942-1945 |
Forces taking part in a successful action in Malacca Strait and waters adjacent to the Malay Peninsula
and Sumatra between 7N-7S and 95-108E, January 1942 to August 1945. |
Pacific 1942-1945 |
Pacific Ocean, January 1942 to August 1945. |
North Africa 1942-1943 |
Forces taking part in Operation Torch, the support of landing forces and the army ashore
in Algeria and Tunisia, between 8 November 1942 and 20 February 1943. |
Salerno 1943 |
Operation Avalanche, support of landing forces at Salerno on the Mainland of Italy, 9 September
to 6 October 1943. |
Aegean 1944 |
Forces engaged with the enemy in all waters of the Aegean Archipelago, between 35-42N and 22-30E,
January to December 1944. |
Normandy 1944 |
Operation Neptune, covering and support forces in the Channel, Dover to Ushant, for landings
in France, 6 June to 3 July 1944. |
South France 1944 |
Operation Dragoon, Task Force 88, support of landing forces on the south coast of France,
15 August 1944. |
Burma 1944-1945 |
Operations over Burma, October 1944 to April 1945, and May to August 1945. |
Okinawa 1945 |
Operation Iceberg, Task Force 57 attacks on airfields in the Sakashima Gunto in the East
China Sea, during the assault on Okinawa, 26 March to 25 May 1945. |