Royal Canadian Regiment (Regular)
Founding – 1883 Infantry School Corps
Motto – Pro Patria “For country” (Latin)
Nicknames - Royals
Quick March – The Royal Canadian Regiment
Slow March - Pro Patria
Colonel-in-Chief – HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
GREGG, Milton Fowler
Battle Honours:
North West Rebellion
Saskatchewan; North West Canada 1885;
South African War
Paardeberg; South Africa 1899-1900
Great War
Ypres 1915’17; Gravenstafel; St. Julien; Festubert 1915;
Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916; Pozieres; Flers-Courcelette;
Ancre Heights; Arras 1917’18; Vimy 1917; Arleux; Scarpe
1917’18; Hill 70; Passchendaele; Amiens; Drocourt-Queant;
Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Cambrai 1918; Pursuit to Mons;
France and Flanders 1915-18; Siberia 1918-19
Second World War
Landing in Sicily; Valguarnera; Agira; Adrano; Regalbuto;
Sicily 1943; Landing at Reggio; Motta Montecovervino;
Camponasso; Torella; San Leonardo; The Gully; Ortona;
Cassino II; Gustav Line; Liri Valley; Hitler Line; Gothic Line;
Lamone Crossingl Misano Ridge; Rimini Line; San Martino-San Lorenzo;
Pisciatello; Fosso Vecchio; Italy 1943-45; Apeldoorn;
North-West Europe 1945
Korean War
Korea 1951-53
Current Alliances:
The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (UK)
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (UK)
The Jamaica Regiment (Jam)