| The Royal Winnipeg Rifles 
 Armorial Description
 
A maltese Cross with a tablet above surmounted by the Crown; on the centre of
the Cross a medallion edged by an annulus inscribed ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES; on
the medallion a naked black devil running on a scroll bearing the regimental
motto HOSTI ACIE NOMINATI; in the devil's right hand a trident and offering a
chalice with his left; encircling the Cross a wreath of maple leaves within a
spiral riband scroll inscribed with the battle honours which are placed in
pairs one over the other on each visible turning of the scroll; the battle
honours are as follows: on the tablet below the Crown, FISH CREEK and BATOCHE;
on the dexter side of the wreath from the top downward, YPRES, 1915,'17 and
MOUNT SORREL; VIMY 1917 and PASSCHENDAELE; DROCOURT-QUEANT and NORMANDY
LANDING; CARPIQUET and CALAIS, 1944; LEOPOLD CANAL and THE RHINE; on the
sinister side FESTUBERT, 1915 and SOMME, 1916; HILL 70 and AMIENS; CANAL DU
NORD and PUTOT-EN-BESSIN; FALAISE and THE SCHELDT; MOYLAND WOOD and N.W.
EUROPE, 1944-45; on the portion of the battle honour scroll on the base of the
wreath NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885 and SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900. Official Abbreviation: R Wpg Rif
 
Motto: Hosti Acie Nominati (Named by the enemy in battle) Battle Honours (44)
 
Early History 
FISH CREEKFirst World WarNORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885
 BATOCHE
 SOUTH AFRICA, 1899,1900
 
YPRES, 1915,'17Second World WarArleux
 Gravenstafel
 HILL 70
 St. Julien
 PASSCHENDAELE
 FESTUBERT, 1915
 AMIENS
 MOUNT SORREL
 Scarpe, 1918
 SOMME, 1916
 DROCOURT-QUEANT
 Thiepval
 Hindenburg Line
 Ancre Heights
 CANAL DU NORD
 Arras, 1917,18
 Pursuit to Mons
 VIMY, 1917
 France and Flanders, 1915-18
 
NORMANDY LANDINGTHE SCHELDT
 PUTOT-EN-BESSIN
 LEOPOLD CANAL
 Caen
 Breskens Pocket
 CARPIQUET
 The Rhineland
 The Orne
 Waal Flats
 Bourguebus Ridge
 MOYLAND WOOD
 FALAISE
 THE RHINE
 The Laison
 Emmerich-Hoch Elten
 The Seine, 1944
 Deventer
 CALAIS, 1944
 NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45
 Order of Precedence: 28
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