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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
Armorial Description
A grenade fired proper, with the monogram HF, the flame surmounted by the
Royal Crown proper, superimposed on the cross of St. Andrew. At the base of
the grenade is a motto ribbon bearing the word CANADA. The whole is
embellished by a glory.
Official Abbreviation: RHFC
Motto: Defence, not Defiance
Battle Honours (28)
First World War
MOUNT SORREL
YPRES, 1917
SOMME, 1916
AMIENS
ARRAS, 1917, '18
HINDENBURG LINE
HILL 70
PURSUIT TO MONS
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING
THE SCHELDT
CAEN
Savojaards Platt
THE ORNE (BURON)
Breskens Pocket
BOURGUEBUS RIDGE
THE RHINELAND
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Waal Flats
FALAISE
The Hochwald
THE LAISON
Chambois
Zutphen
BOULOGNE, 1944
Leer
Calais, 1944
North-West Europe, 1944-1945
Regimental Headquarters:
The Armoury
Mill St.
Cambridge, Ontario
N1R 3P1
Order of Precedence: 12
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February 19
1690: A French-Indian force of some 200 men attack the English settlement at Schenectady, New York. The assault begins at 11p.m., taking the garrison and inhabitants by surprise. After burning the settlement and massacring most of the settlers, the raider
1915: British and French bombardment of the outer forts of the Dardanelles begun
1942: Japanese carrier raid on Darwin, Australia
1945: GOCH-CALCAR ROAD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 21 Feb 45)
1945: US troops land on Iwo Jima after 72 day bombardment
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