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

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The Princess Louise Fusiliers

Armorial Description
A grenade with ninteen-pointed flame; on the ball of the grenade an annulus
inscribed PRINCESS LOUISE FUSILIERS; on the lower curve, two maple leaves with
stems crossed; within the annulus the coronet of a princess.
Official Abbreviation: PLF
Motto: Fideliter (Faithfully)
Battle Honours (16)
Early History
NORTH-WEST CANADA 1885
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900
First World War
SOMME, 1916
YPRES, 1917
AMIENS
ARRAS, 1917
HILL 70
Second World War
Arnhem 1945
LIRI VALLEY
MISANO RIDGE
MELFA CROSSING
ITALY, 1944-1945
GOTHIC LINE
CORIANO
LAMONE CROSSING
DELFZIJL POCKET
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1945
Order of Precedence: 22
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August 29
1916: British capture of German prisoners since the beginning of the British offensive July 1st, 266 officers, 15,203 men, 86 guns and 160 machine guns
1943: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government.
1949: Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1958: United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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