The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment

Armorial Description

Two sprays of thistle supporting a scroll in the shape of a pointed arch, bearing the designation THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH; across the thistles a scroll breaing the motto SEMPER PARATUS; in the centre a shield bearing in chief three seaxes barwise (alluding to the arms of the County Council of Essex) in base the White Horse of Kent; the whole surmounted by a lions head erased.

Official Abbreviation: E & K Scot

Motto: Semper Paratus (Always ready)

Battle Honours (36)

First World War

Second World War

Regimental Headquarters:
Windsor Armouries
37 University Avenue East
Windsor, Ontario
N9A 6J4

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reduced range training round

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Today in Military History

August 22

1485:

The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the War of the Roses.

1642:

Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War.

1775:

King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.

1798:

French troops land in Ireland to aid the Irish Rebellion.

1864:

Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The International Red Cross is formed.

1875:

The Treaty of St. Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified. Japan ceded Sakhalin to Russia in exchange for the Kuril Islands.

1910:

Japan annexes Korea.

1914:

In Belgium, British and German troops meet in battle for the first time in World War I.

1916:

Lloyd-George announces 35 Zeppelins destroyed by the Allies

1941:

German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.

1942:

Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan)

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