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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Royal Regiment of Canada
Armorial Description
An eight-pointed star surmounted by the Crown; superimposed upon the star the
garter with the motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE flanked by sprays of maple
leaves; below the garter a scroll inscribed READY AYE READY; above the garter
a scroll inscribed NEC ASPERA TERRANT; within the garter, the badge of the
Heir Apparent (three feathers enfiled by a coronet with a scroll inscribed ICH
DIEN. The whole resting upon a scroll bearing the designation THE ROYAL
REGIMENT OF CANADA.
Official Abbreviation: R Regt C
Motto: Ready Aye Ready, and Nec Aspera Terrant (Difficulties do not
daunt)
Battle Honours (46)
Early History
FISH CREEK
BATOCHE
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900
First World War
YPRES, 1915, '17
Gravenstafel
Arleux
ST. JULIEN
Hill 70
Scarpe, 1917, '18
FESTUBERT, 1915
PASSCHENDAELE
MOUNT SORREL
SOMME, 1916, '18
AMIENS
Drocourt-Queant
Pozieres
Flers-Courcelette
HINDENBURG LINE
Canal du Nord
Ancre Heights
Cambrai, 1918
ARRAS, 1917, '18
VIMY, 1917
Pursuit to Mons
France and Flanders, 1915-18
Second World War
DIEPPE
Woevsdrecht
Bourguebus Ridge
FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES
VERRIERES RIDGE -- TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE
THE HOCHWALD
FALAISE
SOUTH BEVELAND
THE RHINELAND
Falaise Road
Goch-Calcar Road
Clair Tizon
Foret de la Londe
Dunkirk, 1944
THE SCHELDT
XANTEN
TWENTE CANAL
Groningen
Oldenburg
North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45
Order of Precedence: 6
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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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