Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Scarpe 1917; Pilckem; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; St Quentin; Lys; Bailleul; Kemmel; Scherpenberg; Hindenburg Line; Epéhy; Canal du Nord; St Quentin Canal; Beaurevoir; Cambrai 1918; Selle; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Doiran 1917; Suvla; Sari Bair; Gaza; Nebi Samwil; Jerusalem; Megiddo; Sharon; Tigris 1916; Kut al Amara 1917; Mesopotamia 1916-18. Second World War 1939–1945: Defence of Arras; Hill 112; Maltot; Mont Pinçon; Seine 1944; Cleve; Garigliano Crossing; Anzio; Rome; North Arakan. Ypres-Comines Canal; Odon; Caen; Bourguébus Ridge; La Varinière; Nederrijn; Roer; Rhineland; Goch; Xanten; Rhine; Bremen; North-West Europe 1940, 1944–5; Solarino; Simeto Bridgehead; Sicily 1943; Minturno; Advance to Tiber; Italy 1943–4; Middle East 1942; Point 551; Mayu Tunnels; Ngakyedauk Pass; Burma 1943–4. Victoria Crosses The following members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross: Captain Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward VC, MC & Bar: 1st Battalion—21/22 March 1918 Sergeant Maurice Albert Windham Rogers VC, MM: 2nd Battalion—3 June 1944 (posthumous) Regimental traditions and nicknames In honour of the sergeants who took command of the regiment during the Battle of Ferozeshah, 21 December was a regimental anniversary of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot. When amalgamated with the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot in 1881, the anniversary was incorporated into the new The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Each 21st of the December, the regiment's colours would be passed to the keeping of the non-commissioned officers for 24 hours. This tradition continued through its descendants, the 1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment until it too was amalgamated to form part of The Rifles. The Wiltshire Regiment was also known as the Wilts, The Splashers, The Springers, and The Moonrakers. The earliest nickname may have been the Splashers. This name came about from an incident during the Seven Years' War when the regiment ran out of ammunition and were forced to melt their buttons down to make musket balls. Thereafter, their buttons had a dent, known as a "splash", in them. The next name, The Springers, came from the regiment being used in the light infantry role during the American Revolution. A common command for light infantry to advance while skirmishing, was to "spring up". The nickname Moonrakers came from the Wiltshire region itself. According to a local legend, customs officials had come across some yokels raking a pond to retrieve some kegs of alcohol. The men explained themselves by