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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment
Armorial Description
Two sprays of thistle supporting a scroll in the shape of a pointed arch,
bearing the designation THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH; across the thistles a
scroll breaing the motto SEMPER PARATUS; in the centre a shield bearing in
chief three seaxes barwise (alluding to the arms of the County Council of
Essex) in base the White Horse of Kent; the whole surmounted by a lions head
erased.
Official Abbreviation: E & K Scot
Motto: Semper Paratus (Always ready)
Battle Honours (36)
First World War
YPRES, 1915,'17
HILL 70
Festubert, 1915
PASSCHENDAELE
Mount Sorrel
AMIENS
SOMME, 1916,'18
Scarpe, 1918
FLERS-COURCELETTE
HINDENBURG LINE
Thiepval
Canal du Nord
Ancre Heights
CAMBRAI, 1918
Arras, 1917,'18
PURSUIT TO MONS
VIMY, 1917
France and Flanders, 1915-18
Second World War
DIEPPE
SOUTH BEVELAND
BOURGUEBUS RIDGE
The Rhineland
St. Andre-sur-Orne
GOCH-CALCAR ROAD
FALAISE
THE HOCHWALD
Falaise Road
XANTEN
Clair Tizon
Twente Canal
Foret de la Londe
GRONINGEN
THE SCHELDT
OLDENBURG
Woensdrecht
North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45
Regimental Headquarters:
Windsor Armouries
37 University Avenue East
Windsor, Ontario
N9A 6J4
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To disrupt : (Mission/task Verb) A tactical task or obstacle effect (that integrates fire planning and obstacle effort) that breaks apart an enemy's formation and tempo, interrupts the enemy's time table, causes premature commitment of forces, and/or splinters their attack.
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December 22
1919: The Air Board submits a memo to the Privy Council proposing to create the Canadian Air Force
1943: VILLA GRANDE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 28 Dec 43)
1944: US troops under McAuliffe encircled at Bastogne refuse German surrender terms
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