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The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
Armorial Description
A grenade fired proper, with the monogram HF, the flame surmounted by the
Royal Crown proper, superimposed on the cross of St. Andrew. At the base of
the grenade is a motto ribbon bearing the word CANADA. The whole is
embellished by a glory.
Official Abbreviation: RHFC
Motto: Defence, not Defiance
Battle Honours (28)
First World War
MOUNT SORREL
YPRES, 1917
SOMME, 1916
AMIENS
ARRAS, 1917, '18
HINDENBURG LINE
HILL 70
PURSUIT TO MONS
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING
THE SCHELDT
CAEN
Savojaards Platt
THE ORNE (BURON)
Breskens Pocket
BOURGUEBUS RIDGE
THE RHINELAND
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Waal Flats
FALAISE
The Hochwald
THE LAISON
Chambois
Zutphen
BOULOGNE, 1944
Leer
Calais, 1944
North-West Europe, 1944-1945
Regimental Headquarters:
The Armoury
Mill St.
Cambridge, Ontario
N1R 3P1
Order of Precedence: 12
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Military Word Of The Day
Military Term #195 of 925:
CFRC
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Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre
Today in Military History
February 8
1943:
The Italian Submarine Avorio is cornered and sunk by HMCS REGINA in the Mediterranean.
1945:
Operation Veritable, Canadian and British troops launch offensive near Nijmegen to capture Reichwald area
1945:
THE REICHSWALD, effective dates for battle honour to begin
1945:
THE RHINELAND, effective dates for battle honour to begin (to 10 Mar 45)
