Le Royal 22e Regiment
Founding – 1914 22nd Canadien-Francais Battalion
Motto – Je me souviens “I remember” (French)
Nicknames - the Vandoos (English corruption of "vingt deux" or 22); les hosties de queues plates
Marches – Quick: Vive la Canadienne Slow: Marche Lente du Royal 22e Régiment
Colonel-in-Chief – HM Queen Elizabeth II
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
BRILLANT, Jean
KAEBLE, Joseph
TRIQUET, Paul
Battle Honours:
Great War
Mount Sorrel; Somme 1916’18; Fleurs-Courcelette; Theipval; Ancre Heights; Arra 1917’18; Vimy 1917; Arleux; Scarpe 1917’18; Hill 70; Ypres 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Cambrai 1918; Pursuit to Mons; France and Flanders 1915-18
Second World War
Landing in Sicily; Valguarnera; Adrano; Catenuova; Sicily 1943; Landing at Reggio; Potenza; The Sangro; Casa Berardi; Torre Mucchio; Cassino II; Gustav Line; Liri Valley; Hitler Line; Gothic Line; Borgo; Santa Maria; Lamone Crossing; Rimini Line; San Martino-San Lorenzo; San Fortunato; Cesena; Italy 1943045; Apeldoorn; North-West Europe 1945
Korean War
Korea 1951-53
Current Alliances:
The Royal Welch Fusiliers