The Royal Canadian Regiment

Armorial Description

An eight-pointed diamond cut star; upon the star a raised circle surmounted by the Crown; within the raised circle, the block letters VRI, the Imperial Cypher of Queen Victoria.

Official Abbreviation: The RCR

Motto: Pro Patria (For Country)

Battle Honours (54)

Early History

First World War

Second World War

Korea

KOREA, 1951-1953

Order of Precedence: 1

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Military Word Of The Day

ACO

Airspace Control Order

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Today in Military History

September 7

1191:

Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

1812:

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino - Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.

1864:

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1901:

The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol.

1939:

Introduction of Atlantic convoys

1940:

Beginning of the London blitz

1940:

World War II: The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.

1942:

While escorting convoy QS-22 up the St. Lawerence river to the open sea, the armed yacht HMCS RACOON is struck by a torpedo from U-165. There are no survivors.

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