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The Rocky Mountain Rangers



Armorial Description

The head of a mountain sheep within an annulus inscribed ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS; the annulus surmounted by the Crown and flanked by two sprigs of maple leaves; below, a scroll inscribed with the motto KLOSHE NANITCH.


Official Abbreviation: RM Rang

Motto: Kloshe Nanitch (Keep a good lookout or ever watch)


Battle Honours (6)

First World War

    ARRAS, 1917,'18
    Hill 70
    AMIENS
    YPRES, 1917
    HINDENBURG LINE
    VALENCIENNES
Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Meeting of the Waters

Regimental Headquarters:
JR Vicars Armoury
Box 3250
Kamloops, BC
V2C 6B8

Location of Sub Units:
Headquarters, A Company, Administration Company
Kamloops, BC

Alliances:
The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wale's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
Richmond, North Yorkshire, England

Location of Museums:
Regimental Church
St. Paul's Cathedral
Kamloops, BC
Museum
JR Vicars Armoury
Kamloops, BC
Cenotaphs
Kamloops, BC
Merritt, BC
Salmon Arm, BC
Revelstoke, BC


Order of Precedence: 37
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Today in Military History

September 8



1380:

Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.


1449:

Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor


1514:

Battle of Orsha - In one of the biggest battles of that century, Belarussians and Poles defeat the Russian army


1760:

Montreal capitulates to the British


1796:

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Bassano - French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano.


1855:

Sebastopol falls following a year long seige


1863:

American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass - On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.


1917:

Russian government reimposes death penalty everywhere for treason, desertion and cowardice


1941:

World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.


1943:

Eisenhower announces unconditional surrender of the Italians


1943:

World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies.


1944:

World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.


1945:

Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.


1954:

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.




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