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The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders



Armorial Description

Superimposed upon a background of thistle leaves and flowers the letters SDG; below, a raven on a rock superimposed upon a maple leaf. A half scroll to the left of the maple leaf inscried DILEAS; another to the right inscribed GU BAS; above, a semi-annulus inscribed GLENGARRY FENCIBLES, and surmounted by the Crown. The whole superimposed upon a St Andrew's cross.


Official Abbreviation: SD&G Highrs

Motto: Dileas Gu Bas (Faithful unto death)


Battle Honours (25)

First World War

    Hill 70
    Arras, 1918
    YPRES, 1917
    Hindenburg Line
    AMIENS
    PURSUIT TO MONS
Second World War
    NORMANDY LANDING
    Savojaards Plaat
    CAEN
    BRESKENS POCKET
    The Orne (Buron)
    THE RHINELAND
    Bourguebus Ridge
    Waal Flats
    Faubourg de Vaucelles
    THE HOCHWALD
    FALAISE
    THE RHINE
    The Laison
    Zutphen
    Chambois
    LEER
    BOULOGNE, 1944
    North-West Europe. 1944-45
    THE SCHELDT

Regimental Headquarters:
505 Fourth Street East
Cornwall, Ontario
K6H 2J7
Order of Precedence: 17
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Today in Military History

December 10



1864:

U.S. Civil War: William Tecumseh Sherman reaches Savannah, Georgia, ending his "March to the Sea".


1898:

A treaty is signed in Paris that officially ends the Spanish-American War.


1939:

First Canadian Contingent sails from Halifax for England


1941:

Japanese forces land in the Philippines, capture Guam and sink the British ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.


1943:

THE GULLY, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 19 Dec 43)


1945:

In Aurich, Germany, the trial of SS Brigadier Kurt Meyer on war crimes charges begins before a General Court Martial made up of front-line officers of the Canadian Army.


1949:

Chinese Civil War: The Red Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last KMT-held city on mainland China. Chiang Kai-shek leaves for Taiwan.




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