Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal

Armorial Description

Upon the ball of a grenade with a flame of thirteen points, the letters FMR in script entwined, ensigned with the Crown; below, a scroll inscribed NUNQUAM RETRORSUM.

Official Abbreviation: Fus MR

Motto: Nunquam Retrorsum (Never retreat)

Battle Honours (29)

Early History

CANADA DU NORD-OUEST, 1885 First World War

Second World War

Order of Precedence: 21

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FAA

Financial Administration Act

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Today in Military History

March 5

1936:

Spitfire fighter plane unveiled for the first time.

1943:

RAF bombing raid on Essen marks beginning of the Battle of the Ruhr

1945:

Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles successfully hunted down a Japanese sniper who had kept his section under fire at Snowdon East in Burma. He then went forward alone and killed the defenders in four enemy positions, including a machine-gun team in a bunker. Supported now by three other Gurkhas, he defended the captured bunker against a Japanese counter-attack, driving the enemy back with very heavy losses. He was awarded the Victoria Cross.

1967:

Georges-Philias Vanier 1888-1967 dies at age 78; soldier, Royal 22ème Regiment; Canada's 19th Governor-General 1959-67, and the first French Canadian to hold the position.

1995:

Canadian Airborne Regiment officially disbanded at laying-up of the colors ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa; 660 paratroopers dismissed.

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