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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Royal Canadian Regiment
Armorial Description
An eight-pointed diamond cut star; upon the star a raised circle surmounted
by the Crown; within the raised circle, the block letters VRI, the Imperial
Cypher of Queen Victoria.
Official Abbreviation: 4 RCR
Motto: Pro Patria (For Country)
Battle Honours (54)
Early History
SASKATCHEWAN
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885
PAARDEBERG
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900
First World War
YPRES, 1915, '17
Gravenstafel
St. Julien
Festubert, 1915
MOUNT SORREL
SOMME, 1916
Pozieres
Flers-Courcelette
ANCRE HEIGHTS
Arras, 1917, '18
VIMY, 1917
Arleux
Scarpe, 1917, 1918
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
Drocourt-Queant
HINDENBURG LINE
Canal du Nord
Cambrai, 1918
PURSUIT TO MONS
France and Flanders, 1915-1918
Second World War
LANDING IN SICILY
Valguarnera
Agira
Adrano
Regalbuto
Sicily, 1943
Landing at Reggio
MOTTA MONTECORVINO
Campobasso
Torella
SAN LEONARDO
The Gully
ORTONA
Cassino II
Guatav Line
Liri Valley
HITLER LINE
GOTHIC LINE
LOMONE CROSSING
Misano Ridge
RIMINI LINE
San Martino-San Lorenzo
Pisciatello
Fosso Vecchio
ITALY, 1943-1945
Appeldoorn
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1945
Korea
Order of Precedence: 11
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To disrupt : (Mission/task Verb) A tactical task or obstacle effect (that integrates fire planning and obstacle effort) that breaks apart an enemy's formation and tempo, interrupts the enemy's time table, causes premature commitment of forces, and/or splinters their attack.
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December 22
1919: The Air Board submits a memo to the Privy Council proposing to create the Canadian Air Force
1943: VILLA GRANDE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 28 Dec 43)
1944: US troops under McAuliffe encircled at Bastogne refuse German surrender terms
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