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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Armorial Description
Superimposed upon a diamond cut star of the Order of the Thistle, a wreath of
thistles; within the wreath, an oval inscribed NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT; within
the oval, on a recessed seeded ground, St. Andrew and Cross; above the oval,
a scroll inscribed THE BLACK WATCH; superimposed upon the scroll surmounting
the ovel, the Crown; below the oval, two scrolls, the upper inscribed ROYAL
HIGHLAND REGIMENT, the lower bearing the inscription OF CANADA.
Official Abbreviation: RHC
Motto: Nemo Me Impune Lacessuit (No one provokes me with
impunity)
Battle Honours
Early History
First World War
Ypres, 1915, '17
VIMY, 1917
Gravenstafel
Arleux
ST. JULIEN
Scarpe, 1917, '18
Festubert, 1915
Hill 70
MOUNT SORREL
PASSCHENDAELE
SOMME, 1916
AMIENS
Pozieres
Drocourt-Queant
Flers-Courcelette
Hindenburg Line
Thiepval
CANAL DU NORD
Ancre Heights
PURSUIT TO MONS
Ancre, 1916
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-1918
ARRAS, 1917, '18
Second World War
BOURGUEBUS RIDGE
Woensdrecht
FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES
South Beveland
VERRIERES RIDGE -- TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE
WALCHEREN CAUSEWAY
THE RHINELAND
Falaise
THE HOCHWALD
Clair Tizon
Xanten
FORTE DE LA LONDE
The Rhine
Dunkirk, 1944
Groningen
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
OLDENBURG
THE SCHELDT
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945
Order of Precedence: 4
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September 4
1886: Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
1939: First RAF attacks on German Navy
1940: World War II: The USS GREER becomes the first United States ship fired upon by a German submarine in the war, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations as a result.
1944: World War II: The British 11th Armored Division liberate the city of Antwerp in Belgium.
1945: World War II: Japanese forces surrender on Wake Island after hearing word of their nation's surrender.
1950: The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
1950: The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
1951: The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1967: Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins - The United States Marines launch a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
476: Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
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