page_title: Third Anglo-Afghan War
section_title: Battle honours
hierarchical_section_title: Third Anglo-Afghan War / Battle honours
caption_attribution_description: English: Sadeq Mohammad Khan V
context_page_description: The Third Anglo-Afghan War, also known as the Third Afghan War, the British-Afghan War of 1919 and in Afghanistan as the War of Independence, began on 6 May 1919 when the Emirate of Afghanistan invaded British India and ended with an armistice on 8 August 1919. The war resulted in the Afghans winning back control of foreign affairs from Britain, and the British recognizing Afghanistan as an independent nation. According to British author Michael Barthorp, it was also a minor strategic victory for the British because the Durand Line was reaffirmed as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj, and the Afghans agreed not to foment trouble on the British side. However, Afghans who were on the British side of the border did cause concerns due to revolts.
context_section_description: British and Indian infantry units that participated in the conflict received the battle honour "Afghanistan 1919". No other battle honours for individual engagements were issued. Additionally, unlike the first two Anglo-Afghan wars where individual campaign ribbons were issued for separate engagements, no campaign medal was struck for this conflict.  Instead, participation in this conflict was recognised by a clasp to the India General Service Medal (1908–1935).
  The award of the battle honour was made in four separate Army and Governor General's orders.  The earliest, Army Order 97/24, granted the honour to 14 British units. Governor General's Order 193/26 made awards to Indian Army Corps. Governor General's Order 1409/26 made awards to Indian States Forces and finally a further Governor General's Order in 1927 made awards to a further three Gurkha regiments.
  The Army Order was unusual in that a mistake was made in awarding the Afghanistan 1919 battle honour to The Hampshire Regiment and the 21st Lancers.  This was subsequently rectified and the award to these two units was withdrawn.
  Pursuant to Army Order 97/24:
  1st King's Dragoon Guards
  1/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
  2nd Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
  2nd Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)
  1st Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
  1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
  2/4th Battalion, Border Regiment
  1st Battalion and 2/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
  1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
  1/4th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
  2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
  1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
  1/25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion, London Regiment
  1/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion
  Pursuant to Governor General's Order 193/26:
  1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
  2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
  6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
  7th Light Cavalry
  8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
  11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
  12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
  13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  15th Lancers
  16th Light Cavalry
  17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
  103rd (Peshawar) Pack Battery (Frontier Force) (Howitzer)
  107th (Bengal) Pack Battery (Howitzer)
  108th (Lahore) Pack Battery
  115th (Jhelum) Pack Battery
  Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
  King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
  Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
  Burma Sappers and Miners
  1st Madras Pioneers
  2nd Bombay Pioneers
  3rd Sikh Pioneers
  1st Punjab Regiment
  2nd Punjab Regiment
  4th Bombay Grenadiers
  5th Maratha Light Infantry
  6th Rajputana Rifles
  7th Rajput Regiment
  8th Punjab Regiment
  9th Jat Regiment
  10th Baluch Regiment
  11th Sikh Regiment
  12th Frontier Force Regiment
  13th Frontier Force Rifles
  14th Punjab Regiment
  16th Punjab Regiment
  17th Dogra Regiment
  18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  19th Hyderabad Regiment
  1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles
  2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
  4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles
  7th Gurkha Rifles
  8th Gurkha Rifles
  9th Gurkha Rifles
  10th Gurkha Rifles
  Pursuant to Governor General's Order 1409/26:
  Patiala (Rajindra) Lancers
  Alwar Lancers
  Bhopal (Victoria) Lancers
  No 1 Kashmir Mountain Battery
  No 2 Kashmir Mountain Battery
  Faridkot Sappers
  Sirmoor Sappers
  Tehri Garhwal Sappers
  Malerkotla Sappers
  Jind Infantry
  Nabha Infantry
  1st Patiala Infantry
  1st Kashmir Infantry
  3rd Gwalior Infantry
  Kapurthala Infantry (Jagatjit Regiment)
  Bharatpur Transport Corps
  Gwalior Transport Corps
  Holkar's Transport Corps (Indore)
  Pursuant to Governor General's Order 1927:
  3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
  5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
  6th Gurkha Rifles
  Many of these units did not exist at the time of the war but were formed as part of the reorganisation of the Indian Army in 1922, however, the decision was made to award the battle honour to the successor units of those involved in the war. The honour was not awarded 
caption: The Nawab of Bahawalpur, Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, fought for the British during the Third Anglo-Afghan War
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