Tell the men of your battalion that they have given, in the advance to the relief of Kut, brilliant examples of cool courage, and hard and determined fighting which could not be surpassed.
Sir Percy Lake,
Commanding the Army in Mesopotamia.
July, 1916.
General Munro, C.-in-C, Indian Army, addressing the —— Regiment, Tigris Front—October 1916.
Your reputation is well known, I need say nothing more.
To the —— Regiment.
From Sir Stanley Maude, Army Commander—March 1917.
You led the way into Baghdad, and to lead and be first is the proper place for your Regiment.