Okay here's four more units... you'll notice the Royal Regiment of Canada has more than the average number of mottoes, marches, and battle honours - that is because the are an amalgamated unit - traditions must be preserved...
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment of Canada)
Order of Precedence - 4
Founding – 1862 5th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles, Canada
Motto – Nemo Me Impune Lacessit “No one provokes me with impunity” (Latin)
Nicknames – N/A
Marches – Quick March:
Highland Laddie; Slow March:
The Red Hackle
Colonel-in-Chief – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
L/Cpl Frederick Fisher
Cpl Herman James Good
Pte John Bernard Croake
Pte Thomas Dineson
LCol William Hew Clark-Kenndey
Lt. Milton Fowler Gregg
Battle Honours: 43
South Africa – 1
First World War – 22
Second World War - 20
Current Alliances:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) – (Scotland/UK)
Tartan:
42nd Regiment (Black Watch)
Traditions:
· Never retreat in the face of the enemy
· Never refuse an order to attack
Les Voltigeurs de Québec
Order of Precedence - 5
Founding – 1862 9th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles, Canada, or Voltigeurs de Québec
Motto – Force a Superbe, Mercy a Foible “Violence to the strong, Mercy to the weak” (French)
Nicknames – N/A
Marches – Quick March:
Les Voltigeurs de Québec
Colonel-in-Chief – (none)
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
(None)
Battle Honours: - 7
Early History – 1
First World War - 6
Current Alliances:
The Prince of Wales’ Own Regiment of Yorkshire (UK)
The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (UK)
[B]The Royal Regiment of Canada[B]
Order of Precedence - 6
Founding – 1862 10th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles, Canada
Motto – Honi soit qui mal y pense “Evil be to him who evil thinks” (French) – and- Ready, Aye Ready –and– Nec Aspera Terrant “Difficulties do not daunt” (Latin) – and- Ich dien “I serve” (German) – the unit is unique for having four mottoes, most due to the fact that the unit is an amalgam of two regiments in 1936
Nicknames – The Royals
Marches – Quick March:
British Grenadiers followed by
Here’s to the Maiden
Colonel-in-Chief – His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, ADC (P)
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
Cpl Colin Fraser Barron
Lt. George Fraser Kerr
Cpl Harry Garnet Bedford Miner
Battle Honours: - 46
Early History – 3
South Africa – 1
First World War – 22
Second World War - 22
Current Alliances:
The King’s Regiment (UK)
8th/7th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment (Australia)
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
Order of Precedence - 7
Founding – 1862 13th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry), Canada
Motto – Semper Paratus “Always ready” (Latin)
Nicknames – The Rye-lees
Marches – Quick March:
The Mountain Rose
Colonel-in-Chief – Field Marshall His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, PC, KT, OM, GBE, QSO, CD
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
Sgt. William Merrifield, MM
H/Capt John Weir Foote, ED, DD (Regimental Chaplain)
Battle Honours: – 39
South Africa – 1
First World War – 21
Second World War - 17
Current Alliances:
The Light Infantry (UK)