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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Armorial Description
The Arabic numberal 2 encircled by a scroll inscribed QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF
CANADA the scroll surmounted by the Crown. Joined to the base of the scroll
and clasped with a bucklem, a ribbon scroll bearing the motto IN PACE PARATUS.
The whole superimposed on a maple leaf.
Official Abbreviation: QOR of C
Motto: In Pace Paratus (In peace prepared)
Battle Honours (43)
Early History
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885
SOUTH AFRICA, 1898-1900
First World War
Ypres, 1915, '17
Arleux
Gravenstafel
Scarpe, 1917, '18
ST. JULIEN
HILL 70
Festubert, 1915
PASSCHENDAELE
MOUNT SORREL
AMIENS
SOMME, 1916
Drocourt-Queant
Pozieres
Hindenburg Line
FLEURS-COURCELETTE
CANAL DU NORD
Ancre Heights
PURSUIT TO MONS
Arras, 1917, '18
France and Flanders, 1915-1918
VIMY, 1917
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING
Calais, 1944
LE MESNIL-PATRY
THE SCHELDT
CAEN
Breskens Pocket
Carpiquet
THE RHINELAND
BOURGUEBUS RIDGE
Waal Flats
Faubourg de Vaucelles
THEHOCHWALD
FALAISE
THE RHINE
Quesnay Wood
Emmerich-Hoch Elten
The Laison
Deventer
BOULOGNE, 1944
North-West Europe 1944-1945
Colonel-in-Chief: HRH Princess Alexandra
Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Buffs
Double Past: Money Musk
Regimental Headquarters:
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Moss Park Armoury
130 Queen St E.
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1R9
Order of Precedence: 3
Options:
Please direct any questions to John Wilmot (jwilmot@comnet.ca).
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October 9
1690: Quebec withstands Admiral William Phips' armada consisting of 2,300 men.
1917: POELCAPELLE
1918: THE PURSUIT TO THE SELLE
1944: SAVOJAARDS PLAAT, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 10 Oct 44)
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