Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke

Armorial Description

A grenade with the Crown superimposed upon the ball within an annulus inscribed LES FUSILIERS DE SHERBROOKE, surmounted by a beaver and super- imposed upon a maple leaf; the whole resting on a scroll inscribed DROIT AU BUT.

Official Abbreviation: Fus de Sher

Motto: Droit au But (To the point)

Battle Honours (23)

First World War

AMIENS Second World War

Colonel-in-Chief: None

Authorized Marches:
Quick March: The Queen City

Location of Sub Units: Sherbrooke and Granby, Quebec

Alliances:

Order of Precedence: 42

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August 29

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