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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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September 11
1942: After escorting 11 convoys between North Sydney and Quebec City, on the morning of Sep 11, within sight of the residents of Cap Chat, PQ, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN is struck starboard side by 2 torpedos from U-517. In less than 4 minutes, CHARLOTTETOWN sinks with her own depth charges exploding as the ship descends. Miraculously, only 10 of the crew perish and HMCS CLAYOQUOT picks up 55 of the survivors
1943: Italian fleet surrenders at Malta
1973: Chile Military Coup: President Salvador Allende is killed.
2001: Terrorist attacks take down both World Trade Center towers in NY and damage the Pentagon
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