The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
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Regimental HQ: St. John's, NL.
Colonel in Chief: Her Royal Highness Princess
Anne, The Princess Royal, GCVO
Regimental Birthday:
Current Role: Two Reserve infantry battalions.

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment is Canada's forty-eighth most senior Reserve Infantry regiment, and comprises of two battalions serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.

Motto (Unofficial)

Better Than the Best

Authorized Marches

Quick March

The Banks of Newfoundland

Alliances

  • The Royal Scots (The Royal Regirnent)

The Castle Edinburgh, Scotland

  • The Royal New South Wales Regiment

New South Wales, Australia

Battle Honours (16)

Battle Honours presented in all caps are emblazoned on the Regimental Colour of each Battalion of the Regiment.

First World War

GALLIPOLI, 1915-16
Egypt, 1915-16
YPRES, 1917,'18
LANGEMARCK, 1917
France and Flanders, 1916-18
POELCAPELLE
ALBERT (BEAUMONT HAMEL), 1916
CAMBRAT, 1917
Somme, 1916
LYS
LE TRANSLOY
BAILLEUL
Arras, 1917
Kemmel
Scarpe,1917
COURTRAI

Source of Work

http://army.ca/inf/rnfldr.php