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

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The Royal Regina Rifles

Armorial Description
A maltese Cross surmounted by a bar bearing the word CANADA with the Crown
above; superimposed upon the cross an annulus inscribed THE REGINA
RIFLE REGIMENT. On a shield within the annulus, the arms of the City of Regina (on the
upper half a buffalo, on the lower half a sheaf of wheat); the arms of the
cross inscribed with battle honours of the regiment selected to be borne on
the badge.
Official Abbreviation: RRR
Motto: Celler et Audax (Swift and bold)
Battle Cry: 1-2-3 UP THE JOHNS!
Battle Honours (38)
First World War
MOUNT SORREL
YPRES, 1917
Somme, 1916,'18
PASSCHENDAELE
FLERS-COURCELETTE
AMIENS
Thiepval
Drocourt-Queant
Ancre Heights
Hindenburg Line
ARRAS, 1917,'18
Canal du Nord
VIMY, 1917
CAMBRAI, 1918
Scarpe, 1917, '18
PURSUIT TO MONS
Hill 70
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING
THESCHELDT
BRETTEVILLE-LORGEUILLEUSE
LEOPOLD CANAL
CAEN
Breskens Pocket
THEORNE
The Rhineland
Bourguebus Ridge
Waal Flats
Faubourg de Vaucelles
MOYLANDWOOD
FALAISE
The Rhine
The Laison
EMMERICH-HOCH ELTEN
The Seine, 1944
Deventer
CALAIS, 1944
North-West Europe, 1944-1945
Colonel-in-Chief: Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, GCVO
Authorized Marches:
Quick March: Lutzow's Wild Hunt
Double Past: Keel Row
Regimental Headquarters
THE ROYAL REGINA RIFLES
THE ARMOURY
1600 ELPHINSTONE STREET
REGINA SASKATCHEWAN S4T 3N1
Order of Precedence: 36
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September 16
1916: VC won by Pte John Chipman Kerr, 49th Battalion, CEF, Courceletee, France
1939: Convoy HX-1 under escort from HMC Ships ST LAURENT & SAGUENAY departs Halifax for Britian. This convoy comprises the first 18 merchant ships of over 25,000 that would sail the Atlantic under RCN escort..... and so begins the Battle of Atlantic convoys.
1950: NAKTONG BDIRGEHEAD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 25 Sept 50)
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