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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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48th Highlanders of Canada

Armorial Description
Within an annulus inscribed DILEAS GU BRATH, the numeral 48; above the numeral
and resting on a bar, a falcons head, couped; below the numeral a curved
scroll inscribed HIGHLANDERS.[B
Official Abbreviation: 48 Highrs
Motto: Dileas Gu Brath (Faithful forever)
Battle Honours (49)
Early History
First World War
YPRES, 1915,'17
Gravenstafel
St. Julien
FESTUBERT, 1915
MOUNT SORREL
SOMME, 1916
Pozieres
Thiepval
Ancre Heights
Arras, 1917,'18
VIMY, 1917
Arleux
Scarpe, 1917,'18
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
DROCOURT-QUEANT
Hindenburg Line
CANAL DU NORD
Pursuit to Mons
France and Flanders, 1915-1918
Second World War
LANDING IN SICILY
Valguarnera
ASSORO
Agira
Adrano
Regalbuto
Sicily, 1943
Landing at Reggio
CAMPOBASSO
Torella
San Leonardo
The Gully
ORTONA
San Nicola - San Tommaso
Cassino II
Gustav Line
LIRI VALLEY
HITLER LINE
GOTHIC LINE
LAMONE CROSSING
Misano Ridge
RIMINI LINE
San Martino - San Lorenzo
Fosso Vecchio
Italy, 1943-1945
APELDOORN
North-West Europe, 1945
Regimental Headquarters:
Moss Park Armoury
130 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1R9
Order of Precedence: 30
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June 15
1915: VC won by Lt Frederick William Campbell, 1st Battalion, CEF, Givenchy, France (posthumous)
1940: A&SH leave France
1940: The Canadian Provost Corps is authorized: Discipline by Example
1982: Formal surrender by General Menendez to Major-General Jeremy Moore, of all Argentine Forces on East and West Falklands
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