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The Royal Canadian Regiment



Armorial Description

An eight-pointed diamond cut star; upon the star a raised circle surmounted by the Crown; within the raised circle, the block letters VRI, the Imperial Cypher of Queen Victoria.


Official Abbreviation: 4 RCR

Motto: Pro Patria (For Country)


Battle Honours (54)

Early History

    SASKATCHEWAN
    NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885
    PAARDEBERG
    SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900
First World War
    YPRES, 1915, '17
    Gravenstafel
    St. Julien
    Festubert, 1915
    MOUNT SORREL
    SOMME, 1916
    Pozieres
    Flers-Courcelette
    ANCRE HEIGHTS
    Arras, 1917, '18
    VIMY, 1917
    Arleux
    Scarpe, 1917, 1918
    HILL 70
    PASSCHENDAELE
    AMIENS
    Drocourt-Queant
    HINDENBURG LINE
    Canal du Nord
    Cambrai, 1918
    PURSUIT TO MONS
    France and Flanders, 1915-1918
Second World War
    LANDING IN SICILY
    Valguarnera
    Agira
    Adrano
    Regalbuto
    Sicily, 1943
    Landing at Reggio
    MOTTA MONTECORVINO
    Campobasso
    Torella
    SAN LEONARDO
    The Gully
    ORTONA
    Cassino II
    Guatav Line
    Liri Valley
    HITLER LINE
    GOTHIC LINE
    LOMONE CROSSING
    Misano Ridge
    RIMINI LINE
    San Martino-San Lorenzo
    Pisciatello
    Fosso Vecchio
    ITALY, 1943-1945
    Appeldoorn
    NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1945
Korea
    KOREA, 1951-1953

Order of Precedence: 11
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Military Word Of The Day
Military Term #404 of 926:

C2
:
Frequently called "FN C2". 7.62mm LMG that replaced the Bren Gun. It was in turn, replaced by the C9 LMG.
Command and Control.


Today in Military History

July 28



1917:

Royal Warrant authorize formation of the "Tank Corps"


1943:

REGALBUTO, effective dates for battle honour begin (29


1944:

First use of German Mel63 rocket fighter



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