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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
Armorial Description
A grenade with the Crown superimposed upon the ball within an annulus
inscribed LES FUSILIERS DE SHERBROOKE, surmounted by a beaver and super-
imposed upon a maple leaf; the whole resting on a scroll inscribed DROIT
AU BUT.
Official Abbreviation: Fus de Sher
Motto: Droit au But (To the point)
Battle Honours (23)
First World War
Second World War
D'EBARQUEMENT EN NORMANDIE
Anvers-Canal de Tumhout
AUTHIE
L'ESCAUT
CAEN
Meuse inferieure
L'Ome
LA RHTNANIE
COTE DE BOURGUEBUS
Le Hochwald
Faubourg de Vaucelles
XANTEN
Saint-Andre-sure
LE RHIN
FALAISE
Emmerich-Hoch Elton
Route de la Falaise
ZUTPHEN
Clair Tizon
Deventer
La Laison
Nord-Ouest de l'Europe, 1944-1945
Colonel-in-Chief: None
Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Queen City
Location of Sub Units: Sherbrooke and Granby, Quebec
Alliances:
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
Topshom Barracks
Exeter, England
Order of Precedence: 42
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September 18
1759: Quebec surrendered to the British, following Wolfe's victory at the Plain of Abraham on 13 September, sounding the death knell for a French presence in Canada.
1931: Japanese invade Manchuria, occupying Mukden, Changchun and Kirin (Mukden Incident)
1944: SAN FORTUNATO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 20 Sept 44)
1944: Several "Canloan" officers serving with the 1st Air Landing Brigade are killed in the defense of the recently captured bridgehead at Arnheim, Holland.
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