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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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Military Word Of The Day
CW
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chemical warfare


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Today in Military History

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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