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The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Royal Canadian Armour Corps

Role of Armour:
To defeat the enemy through the aggressive use of firepower and battlefield mobility.


Motto of the Armoured Corps:
Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond.
(General Worthington)

Regiments of the Armoured Corps:

From West to East:

NOTE: Regiment's denoted with a * are Regular, the remaining Regiments are Reserve.


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Military Word Of The Day
429 T Sqn
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429 Transport Squadron


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Today in Military History

August 9



1918:

VC won by A/Cpl Alexander Picton Brereton, 8th Battalion, CEF, Amiens, France


1918:

VC won by Cpl Frederick George Coppins, 8th Battalion, CEF, Amiens (Hackey Wood), France


1918:

VC won by Lt Jean Brillant, 22nd Battalion, CEF, Meharicourt, France (near Amiens) (posthumous)


1918:

VC won by Sgt Raphael Louis Zengel, MM, 5th Battalion, CEF, Amiens, France


1945:

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki


1945:

VC won by Robert Hampton Gray, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (attached to the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy), Onagawa Wan, Japan (posthumous)




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