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The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps


Role of the Infantry: To close with and destroy the enemy.

Motto of the Infantry: DUCIMUS (We Lead)
About the Infantry


Regiments of the Regular Force:

  1. The Royal Canadian Regiment
  2. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
  3. Royal 22e Regiment

Regiments of the Reserve Force:

  1. Governor General's Foot Guards
  2. The Canadian Grenadier Guards
  3. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
  4. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
  5. Les Voltigeurs de Quebec
  6. The Royal Regiment of Canada
  7. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
  8. The Princess of Wales Own Regiment
  9. The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
  10. The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
  11. 4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
  12. The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
  13. The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
  14. The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
  15. The Brockville Rifles
  16. The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
  17. Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent
  18. Le Regiment de la Chaudiere
  19. 4e,6e Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment
  20. Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
  21. The Princess Louise Fusiliers
  22. The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
  23. The West Nova Scotia Regiment
  24. The Nova Scotia Highlanders
  25. Le Regiment de Maisonneuve
  26. The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
  27. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
  28. The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment
  29. 48th Highlanders of Canada
  30. Le Regiment du Saguenay
  31. The Algonquin Regiment
  32. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
  33. The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
  34. The North Saskatchewan Regiment
  35. The Royal Regina Rifles
  36. The Rocky Mountain Rangers
  37. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
  38. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
  39. The Royal Westminster Regiment
  40. The Calgary Highlanders
  41. Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
  42. The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
  43. The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
  44. The Royal Montreal Regiment
  45. 2nd Battalion, The Irish Regiment of Canada
  46. The Toronto Scottish Regiment
  47. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Defunct/Disbanded Regiments:
  1. The Canadian Airborne Regiment (Disbanded)

Regimental & Branch Marches of the Infantry.


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Today in Military History

September 3



1260:

The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.


1651:

English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles I of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.


1777:

The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.


1783:

American Revolutionary War ends: Treaty of Paris - A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war.


1798:

Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.


1855:

Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village killing 100 men, women, and children.


1861:

American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.


1912:

The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's): Deas Gu Cath (Ready for the fray)


1939:

World War 2 starts


1942:

ITALY, 1943, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 17 Aug 43)


1943:

ITALY, 1943-45, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 22 Apr 45)


1943:

LANDING AT REGGIO


1944:

CORIANO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 15 Sept 44)


1944:

MISANO RIDGE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 5 Sept 44)


1994:

Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.


2006:

Pte William Cushley KIA


2006:

Sgt Shane Stachnik from 2 CER 23 Field SQ KIA


2006:

WO. Frank Melish KIA 1RCR C-Coy


2006:

WO. Richard Nolan KIA 1RCR C-Coy




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