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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Armorial Description
Within a wreath of thistles and maple leaves, the figure of St. Andrew and
Cross standing on a mount charged with a plaque inscribed ADVANCE: on the
lower bend of the wreath two scrolls, the upper inscribed THE CAMERON
HIGHLANDERS, the lower OF OTTAWA (MG).
Official Abbreviation: CH of O
Motto: Advance
Battle Honours (37)
Early History
First World War
Mount Sorrel
AMIENS
SOMME, 1916
Scarpe, 1918
Ancre Heights
DROCOURT-QUEANT
Ancre, 1916
HINDENBURG LINE
ARRAS, 1917,'18
CANAL DU NORD
VIMY, 1917
VALENCIENNES
YPRES, 1917
Sambre
PASSCHENDAELE
France and Flanders, 1916-18
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING
THE SCHELDT
CAEN
Breskens Pocket
CARPIQUET
The Rhineland
The Orne
Waal Flats
BOURGUEBUS RIDGE
THE HOCHWALD
Faubourg de Vaucelles
THE RHINE
FALAISE
Zutphen
Quesnay Wood
Deventer
The Laison
Leer
BOULOGNE, 1944
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945
Regimental Headquarters:
The Drill Hall
Cartier Square
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K2
Order of Precedence: 27
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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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