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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Princess Louise Fusiliers
Armorial Description
A grenade with ninteen-pointed flame; on the ball of the grenade an annulus
inscribed PRINCESS LOUISE FUSILIERS; on the lower curve, two maple leaves with
stems crossed; within the annulus the coronet of a princess.
Official Abbreviation: PLF
Motto: Fideliter (Faithfully)
Battle Honours (16)
Early History
NORTH-WEST CANADA 1885
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900
First World War
SOMME, 1916
YPRES, 1917
AMIENS
ARRAS, 1917
HILL 70
Second World War
Arnhem 1945
LIRI VALLEY
MISANO RIDGE
MELFA CROSSING
ITALY, 1944-1945
GOTHIC LINE
CORIANO
LAMONE CROSSING
DELFZIJL POCKET
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1945
Order of Precedence: 22
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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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