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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Governor General's Foot Guards
Armorial Description
Upon a star argent of six main points an annulus gules bearing the motto
CIVITAS ET PRINCEPS CURA NOSTRA or, within the annulus, a cross azure.
Official Abbreviation: GGFG
Motto: Civitas et Princeps Cura Nostra (Our care is Queen and country)
Battle Honours (34)
Early History
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900
First World War
Ypres, 1915, '17
Gravenstafel
ST. JULIEN
FESTUBERT, 1915
Mount Sorrel
Somme, 1916
POZIERES
Fleurs-Courcelette
Ancre Heights
Arras, 1917, '18
VIMY, 1917
ARLEUX
Scarpe, 1917, '18
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
DROCOURT - QUEANT
Hindenburg Line
CANAL DU NORD
Pursuit to Mons
France and Flanders, 1915-1918
Second World War
FALAISE
Falaise Road
THE LAISON
CHAMBOIS
THE SCHELDT
THE LOWER MAAS
THE RHINELAND
THE HOCHWALD
VEEN
BAD ZWISCHENAHN
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945
Order of Precedence: 1
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April 23
1915: VC won by L/Cpl Frederick Fisher, 13th Battalion, CEF, St Julien, Belgium (posthumous)
1918: Captain E. Bamford, Royal Marine Light Infantry awarded the Victoria Cross
1918: Sergeant N. A. Finch Royal Marine Artillery awarded the Victoria Cross
1918: The raid on Zeebrugge
1939: Following the end of the civil war in Spain The United States recognizes the Franco government.
1945: Batlle of Delfzijl
1945: DELFIJL POCKET, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 2 May 45)
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