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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The Algonquin Regiment
Armorial Description
Within an annulus inscribed THE ALGONQUIN REGIMENT, the head of a bull moose,
facing dexter; below the head of a bull moose, the motto NE-KAH-NE-TAH;
supporting the annulus, on either side, two maple leaves; below the annulus, a
scroll inscribed CANADA the whole surmounted by the Crown.
Official Abbreviation: ALQ R
Motto: Ne-Kah-Ne-Tah (We lead, others follow)
Battle Honours (28)
First World War
YPRES, 1915,'17
HINDENBURG LINE
FESTUBERT, 1915
Epehy
Arras, 1917
ST. UENTIN CANAL
Hill 70
BEAUREVOIR
SOMME, 1918
CAMBRAI, 1918
ST. QUENTIN
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915, 1917-18
BAPAUME, 1918
Second World War
Falaise
THE LOWER MAAS
FALAISE ROAD
THE RHINELAND
The Laison
THE HOCHWALD
Chambois
VEEN
THE SEINE, 1944
KUSTEN CANAL
MOERKERKE
BAD ZWISCHENAHN
THE SHCELDT
North-West Europe, 1944-1945
Breskens Pocket
Order of Precedence: 32
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March 17
1941: Halfway between Iceland and southern Norway, off the Faeroe Islands, the Canadian merchantman J.B. White is torpedoed and sunk by U-99 with a loss of two of her crew of 40. This would be one of the most costly U-boat attacks of the war on Allied supply lines. A total of 88 merchant ships in two convoys; HX229 and SC122 with four destroyers and two corvettes as escorts, lose a total of 22 vessels to U-boat pack attacks.
1942: MacArthur flies to Darwin, Australia; promises "I shall return" to the Philippines
1945: While involved in mine-sweeping duties, HMCS GUYSBOROUGH is torpedoed and sunk by U-878 off Brest, France with the loss of 51 of her crew.
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