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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)

Armorial Description
In the centre of a wreath of thistle and maple leaves, the crest of Viscount
Peel (on a wreath of the colours argent and azure, a demi lion rampant argent,
gorged with a collar azure charged with three bezants, and holding between the
paws a shuttle or) resting on a scroll bearing the motto AIR SON AR DUTHCHAIS
and ensigned by the Crown; below the wreath, a scroll inscribed with the
designation THE LORNE SCOTS (PEEL DUFFERIN AND HALTON REGT).
Official Abbreviation: The Lorne Scots
Motto: Air Son Ar Duthchais (For our heritage)
Battle Honours (12)
First World War
YPRES, 1915, '17
HILL 70
Festubert, 1915
AMIENS
MOUNT SORREL
HINDENBURG LINE
SOMME, 1916
PURSUIT TO MONS
ARRAS, 1917, '18
Second World War
SICILY, 1943
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945
ITALY, 1943-45
Regimental Headquarters:
12 Chapel St.
Brampton, Ontario
L6W 2H1
Order of Precedence: 14
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MSE (Navy) : Marine Systems Engineer: Personnel on board RegF Naval vessels of the MAR ENG(M/T/A), MAR EL/ETech, HULL and FIRE FIGHTER trades. Approx 51 billets on HAL class.
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February 1
1900: Le Regiment du Saguenay: Dieu at Patrie (God and Cointry)
1910: The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada: Ullamh (Ready)
1915: VC won by Sgt Michael O'Leary, 1st Battalion, The Irish Guards (British Army), Cuinchy, France
1920: The Dominion Police & NW Mounted Police amalgamated into RCMP
1944: The Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is authorized
1952: Vincent Massey appointed first Canadian born Governor-General of Canada
1968: Effective Date - Act of Parliament for Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces
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