WEST NSR REGIMENTAL APPOINTMENTS

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:

Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western co