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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Role of Armour:
To defeat the enemy through the aggressive use of firepower and battlefield mobility.
Motto of the Armoured Corps:
Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond.
(General Worthington)
Regiments of the Armoured Corps:
From West to East:
- The British Columbia Regiment (Vancouver, BC)
- The British Columbia Dragoons (Kelowna, BC)
- Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (Edmonton, AB) *
- King's Own Calgary Regiment (Calgary,AB)
- South Alberta Light Horse (Edmonton and Medicine Hat, AB) (B Sqn)
- Saskatchewan Dragoons (Moose Jaw, SK)
- The Fort Garry Horse (McGregor Armoury, Winnipeg Manitoba, R2W 1A8)
- Windsor Regiment (Windsor, ON)
- The 1st Hussars (London and Sarnia, ON)
- The Queen's York Rangers (Toronto and Aurora, ON)
- The Governor General's Horse Guards (Toronto, ON)
- The Ontario Regiment (Oshawa, ON)
- The Royal Canadian Dragoons (Petawawa, ON) *
- Le Regiment de Hull (Hull, PQ)
- The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal and St. Hubert, PQ)
- Le 12e Regiment Blinde du Canada (Milice) (Trois-Rivieres, PQ)
- Le 12e Regiment Blinde du Canada (BFC Valcartier, PQ) *
- The Sherbrooke Hussars (Sherbrooke, PQ)
- The 8th Canadian Hussars (Moncton and Sussex, NB)
- The Prince Edward Island Regiment (Charlottetown and Summerside, PEI)
NOTE: Regiment's denoted with a * are Regular, the remaining Regiments are Reserve.
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March 5
1936: Spitfire fighter plane unveiled for the first time.
1943: RAF bombing raid on Essen marks beginning of the Battle of the Ruhr
1945: Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles successfully hunted down a Japanese sniper who had kept his section under fire at Snowdon East in Burma. He then went forward alone and killed the defenders in four enemy positions, including a machine-gun team in a bunker. Supported now by three other Gurkhas, he defended the captured bunker against a Japanese counter-attack, driving the enemy back with very heavy losses. He was awarded the Victoria Cross.
1967: Georges-Philias Vanier 1888-1967 dies at age 78; soldier, Royal 22ème Regiment; Canada's 19th Governor-General 1959-67, and the first French Canadian to hold the position.
1995: Canadian Airborne Regiment officially disbanded at laying-up of the colors ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa; 660 paratroopers dismissed.
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