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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

Armorial Description

The Arabic numberal 2 encircled by a scroll inscribed QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA the scroll surmounted by the Crown. Joined to the base of the scroll and clasped with a bucklem, a ribbon scroll bearing the motto IN PACE PARATUS. The whole superimposed on a maple leaf.

Official Abbreviation: QOR of C

Motto: In Pace Paratus (In peace prepared)

Battle Honours (43)

Early History

First World War

Second World War

Colonel-in-Chief: HRH Princess Alexandra

Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Buffs
Double Past: Money Musk

Regimental Headquarters:
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Moss Park Armoury
130 Queen St E.
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1R9

Order of Precedence: 3

Options:

Visit the Official QOR Home Page.
Regimental History of the Queens Own Rifles.
Regimental Alliances of the Queens Own Rifles.
Tactics of the Queens Own Rifles.
The Queens Own Rifles Regimental Band.
The Queens Own Rifles on a jump.

Please direct any questions to John Wilmot (jwilmot@comnet.ca).

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Today in Military History

September 2

1862:

U.S. Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly

1864:

U.S. Civil War: Union forces under General William T.

1870:

Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces

1898:

Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops led b

1918:

DROCOURT-QUEANT, effective dates for battle honour beg

1918:

VC won by A/Sgt Arthur George Knight, `10th Battalion,

1918:

VC won by Capt Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson, MC, Canadi

1918:

VC won by L/Cpl William Henry Metcalf, MM, 16th Battal

1918:

VC won by LCol Cyrus Wesley Peck, DSO, 16th Battalion,

1918:

VC won by Pte Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney, DCM, MM, 3

1918:

VC won by Pte John Francis Young, 87th Battalion, CEF,

1939:

Following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig D

1939:

RCAF authorized to recruit to full establishment

1942:

The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps is authorized: Ducim

1945:

Japanese and allies sign surrender agreement aboard th

1945:

Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democra

1945:

World War II ends: The final official surrender of Jap

1998:

A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the fo

31BC:

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