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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Armorial Description
Superimposed upon the Cross of St. Andrew, a wreath of sixteen maple
leaves; within the wreath, three scrolls inscribed THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH;
below the wreath, a scroll bearing the motto DEAS GU CATH; the
whole surmounted by the Crown.
Official Abbreviation: C Scot R
Motto: Deas Gu Cath (Ready for the fray)
Battle Honours (39)
First World War
YPRES, 1915,'17
Gravenstafel
ST. JULIEN
FESTUBERT, 1915
MOUNT SORREL
SOMME, 1916
Pozieres
Thiepval
Ancre Heights
Arras, 1917,'18
VIMY, 1917
Arleux
Scarpe, 1917,'18
Hill 70
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
DROCOURT-QUEANT
Hindenburg Line
CANAL DU NORD
Pursuit to Mons
France and Flanders, 1915-18
Honourary Distinction - Oak leaf shoulder badge
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING
PUTOT-EN-BESSIN
CAEN
The Ome
FALAISE
The Laison
Calais, 1944
The Scheldt
LEOPOLD CANAL
Breskens Pocket
THE RHINELAND
Waal Flats
MOYLAND WOOD
The Rhine
EMMERICH-HOCH ELTEN
DEVENTER
Wagenborgen
North-West Europe, 1944-45
Colonel-in-Chief: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra The Hon. Mrs Angus Ogilvy, GCVO, CD
Authorized Marches:
Quick March: Blue Bonnets Over the Border
Regimental Headquarters:
Bay Street Armoury
715 Bay Street
Victoria, BC
V8T 1R1
Options:
- Visit the Canadian Scottish Regiment Home Page (Official).
- Visit the Canadian Scottish Regiment Home Page (Unofficial).
Order of Precedence: 44
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August 30
1813: Battle of Kulm - French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
1862: Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.
1914: Battle of Tannenberg
1922: Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")
1941: Siege of Leningrad begins.
1944: MONTECCHIO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 31 Aug 44)
1945: British naval fore arrives in Hong Kong to reoccupy colony
1945: Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
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