The Royal Regiment of Canada

Armorial Description

An eight-pointed star surmounted by the Crown; superimposed upon the star the garter with the motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE flanked by sprays of maple leaves; below the garter a scroll inscribed READY AYE READY; above the garter a scroll inscribed NEC ASPERA TERRANT; within the garter, the badge of the Heir Apparent (three feathers enfiled by a coronet with a scroll inscribed ICH DIEN. The whole resting upon a scroll bearing the designation THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA.

Official Abbreviation: R Regt C

Motto: Ready Aye Ready, and Nec Aspera Terrant (Difficulties do not daunt)

Battle Honours (46)

Early History

First World War

Second World War

Order of Precedence: 6

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Today in Military History

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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