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'''The Royal Canadian Regiment''' is Canada's senior [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises three Regular Force infantry battalions as well as a 4th Battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve. | |||
==Motto== | ==Motto== | ||
''Pro Patria'' (Latin: For Country) | ''Pro Patria'' (Latin: For Country) | ||
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The Royal Canadian Regiment is Canada's senior Infantry regiment, and comprises three Regular Force infantry battalions as well as a 4th Battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.
Motto
Pro Patria (Latin: For Country)
Battle Honours
Early History
SASKATCHEWAN
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885
PAARDEBERG
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900
World War I
YPRES, 1915, '17
Gravenstafel
St. Julien
Festubert, 1915
MOUNT SORREL
SOMME, 1916
Pozieres
Flers-Courcelette
ANCRE HEIGHTS
Arras, 1917, '18
VIMY, 1917
Arleux
Scarpe, 1917, 1918
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
Drocourt-Queant
HINDENBURG LINE
Canal du Nord
Cambrai, 1918
PURSUIT TO MONS
France and Flanders, 1915-1918
World War II
LANDING IN SICILY
Valguarnera
Agira
Adrano
Regalbuto
Sicily, 1943
Landing at Reggio
MOTTA MONTECORVINO
Campobasso
Torella
SAN LEONARDO
The Gully
ORTONA
Cassino II
Guatav Line
Liri Valley
HITLER LINE
GOTHIC LINE
LOMONE CROSSING
Misano Ridge
RIMINI LINE
San Martino-San Lorenzo
Pisciatello
Fosso Vecchio
ITALY, 1943-1945
Appeldoorn
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1945
Korea
KOREA, 1951-1953
