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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Calgary Highlanders
Armorial Description
Upon sprays of thistle, a St Andrew's Cross, on the centre of the Cross
a beaver on a log encircled by a wreath of maple leaves; below the
beaver, on the wreath a scrou emblazoned with thistles, placed above a
scrou inscribed with the unit designation CALGARY HIGHLANDERS; above the
wreath upon the upper arms of the Cross a scroll emblazoned with
thistles and on the centre, between the upper arms of the Cross, the
Crown.
Official Abbreviation: Calg Highrs
Motto: Airaghardt (Onward)
Battle Honours (42)
First World War
YPRES, 1915,'17
ARLEUX
Gravenstafel
HILL 70
ST. JULIEN
PASSCHENDAELE
Festubert, 1915
AMIENS
Mount Sorrel
Scarpe,1918
SOMME, 1916
DROCOURT-QUTANT
Thiepval
HINDENBURG LINE
Ancre Heights
Canal du Nord
Arras, 1917,'18
Pursuit to Mons
VIMY, 1917
France and Flanders, 1915-1918
Second World War
BOURGUTBUS RIDGE
Woensdrecht
Faubourg de'Vaucelles
South Beveland
VERRITRES RIDGE -- TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE
WALCHEREN CAUSEWAY
THE RHINELAND
FALAISE
The Reichswald
Falaise Road
THE HOCHWALD
Clair Tizon
Xanten
Foret de la Londe
The Rhine
DUNKIRK, 1944
GRONINGEN
Wyneghem
Oldenburg
ANTWERP-TURNHOUTCANAL
North-West Europe, 1944-1945
THESCHELDT
Colonel-in-Chief: Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Highland Laddie and All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border
Regimental Headquarters:
Mewata Armoury
801, 11 th Street SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 2C4
Order of Precedence: 41
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August 27
1776: Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
1813: Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1828: The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke.
1861: U.S. Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1896: The shortest war in history (0902h - 0940h) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. Zanzibar surrenders.
1928: Kellogg-Briang Pact: 15 nations (including Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA - and later most members of the League of Nations) agree to renounce war as a means of settling international disputes; but agree there is no means of enforcing t
1944: MONTECICCARDO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 28 Aug 44)
1979: An IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.
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