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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 13
1943: U-163 is successfully attacked and sunk in the southern part of the Bay of Biscay by HMCS PRESCOTT. Note: This information was not established until the late 1980s when Canadian corvette and German U-boat records were restudied.
1944: In the eastern North Atlantic, HMCS PRINCE RUPERT and USS Hobson and USS Haverfield band together with aircraft from the escort carrier USS Bogue and RAF 172 and 206 squadrons to sink U-575.
1978: Death of Brigadier The Honourable Milton F Gregg, VC, MC, CD (The RCR)
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