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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Princess of Wales Own Regiment
Armorial Description
The Prince of Wales' plume enfiled in the coronet of a princess, resting on a
waving scroll bearing the motto ICH DIEN. Surmounting the coronet, and shaded
by the tips of the drooping plume a circle with the regimental motto NUNQUAM
CEDE in relief. Above the circle a beaver, and within, the letters PWOR.
Official Abbreviation: PWOR
Motto: Nunquam Cede (Never Yield)
Battle Honours (19)
Early History
First World War
Mount Sorrel
PASSCHENDAELE
SOMME, 1916, '18
AMIENS
FLERS-COURCELETTE
Scarpe, 1918
Thiepval
Drocourt-Queant
Ancre Heights
Hindenburg Line
ARRAS, 1917, '18
Canal du Nord
VIMY, 1917
CAMBRAI, 1918
KILL 70
PURSUIT TO MONS
Ypres, 1917
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-1918
Honourary Distinction: The Badge of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Highlanders with the year-dates 1944-1945 emblazoned on the Colours.
Order of Precedence: 8
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June 6
1813: British defeat American army at Stoney Creek, Upper Canada
1944: D-Day, Canadian casualties are described as "light"; 340 killed, 574 wounded, 47 captured
1944: NORMANDY LANDING
1944: NORTH-WEST EUROPE 194-45, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 5 May 45)
1944: R.R.C. - based in Toronto. Served in England and France - parachuted in to France.
1945: Lt. Andre van Kerre Broeck- de Sonneville Belgian Army/Resistance fighter/Dutch-French Connection walks back to Belgium barefoot after 3 years of Nazi incarceration
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