The Royal Winnipeg Rifles - Revision history

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	==Nickname==		==Nickname==
	As evidenced by the official motto, the Regiment was nicknamed by an enemy commander. During the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, an Indian chief was reported to have said ""I know who the guys in red are, but who are those little black devils?" <sup>1</sup>		As evidenced by the official motto, the Regiment was nicknamed by an enemy commander. During the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, an Indian chief was reported to have said ""I know who the guys in red are, but who are those little black devils?"<sup>1</sup>

	==Cap Badge Armourial Description==		==Cap Badge Armourial Description==

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	==Motto==		==Motto==
	''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)		''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)

			==Nickname==
			As evidenced by the official motto, the Regiment was nicknamed by an enemy commander. During the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, an Indian chief was reported to have said ""I know who the guys in red are, but who are those little black devils?" <sup>1</sup>

	==Cap Badge Armourial Description==		==Cap Badge Armourial Description==
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	Deventer<br>		Deventer<br>
	CALAIS, 1944<br>		CALAIS, 1944<br>
	NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45<br>		NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45<sup>2</sup><br>

	==Affiliated Organizations==		==Affiliated Organizations==
	*[http://www.winnipegrifles.com/ Winnipeg Rifles Junior Football Club]		*[http://www.winnipegrifles.com/ Winnipeg Rifles Junior Football Club]

	==~~Source of Work~~==		==Notes==
	http://army.ca/inf/rwr.php		# [http://www.regiments.org regiments.org]
			# [http://army.ca/inf/rwr.php army.ca]

	[[Category: Infantry Regiments\|Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The]]		[[Category: Infantry Regiments\|Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The]]

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	\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental HQ: Winnipeg, MB </div></b>		\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental HQ: Winnipeg, MB </div></b>
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	\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Colonel in Chief: </div></b>		\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Colonel in Chief: HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales</div></b>
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	\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental Birthday: 9 Nov 1883</div></b>		\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental Birthday: 9 Nov 1883</div></b>

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various additions - cap badge, info box banner colour change, etc.

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	==Motto==		==Motto==
	''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)		''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)

			==Cap Badge Armourial Description==
			A Maltese Cross with a tablet above surmounted by the Crown; on the centre of the Cross a medallion edged by an annulus inscribed ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES; on the medallion a naked black devil running on a scroll bearing the regimental motto HOSTI ACIE NOMINATI; in the devil's right hand a trident and offering a chalice with his left; encircling the Cross a wreath of maple leaves within a spiral riband scroll inscribed with the battle honours which are placed in pairs one over the other on each visible turning of the scroll; the battle honours are as follows: on the tablet below the Crown, FISH CREEK and BATOCHE; on the dexter side of the wreath from the top downward, YPRES, 1915,'l 7 and MOUNT SORREL; VIMY 1917 and PASSCHENDAELE; DROCOURT-QUEANT and NORMANDY LANDING; CARPIQUET and CALAIS, 1944; LEOPOLD CANAL and THE RHINE; on the sinister side FESTUBERT, 1915 and SOMME, 1916; HILL 70; and AMIENS; CANAL DU NORD and PUTOT-EN-BESSIN; FALAISE and THE SCHELDT; MOYLAND WOOD and N.W. EUROPE, 1944-45; on the portion of the battle honour scroll on the base of the wreath NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885 and SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900.

	==Battle Honours (44)==		==Battle Honours (44)==

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	\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental Birthday: </div></b>		\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental Birthday: 9 Nov 1883</div></b>
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	\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Current Role: Reserve infantry battalion.</div></b>		\|<b><div style="font-size: 80%">Current Role: Reserve infantry battalion.</div></b>
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	'''The Royal Winnipeg Rifles''' are Canada's twenty-eighth most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and ~~comprises of~~ one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.		'''The Royal Winnipeg Rifles''' are Canada's twenty-eighth most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprise one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.

			==Upcoming Events==
			*[http://www.mts.net/~rwpgrif/Rifles125th.pdf 125th Anniversary celebration - Sep 2008]

	==Motto==		==Motto==
	''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)		''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)
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	CALAIS, 1944<br>		CALAIS, 1944<br>
	NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45<br>		NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45<br>

			==Affiliated Organizations==
			*[http://www.winnipegrifles.com/ Winnipeg Rifles Junior Football Club]

	==Source of Work==		==Source of Work==

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	'''The Royal Winnipeg Rifles''' are Canada's twenty-~~seventh~~ most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises of one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.		'''The Royal Winnipeg Rifles''' are Canada's twenty-eighth most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises of one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.
	==Motto==		==Motto==
	''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)		''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)

=RICE" at 21:53, 19 May 2006

2006-05-19T21:53:55Z

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'''The Royal Winnipeg Rifles''' are Canada's twenty-seventh most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises of one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.
==Motto==
''Hosti Acie Nominati'' (Latin: Named by the enemy in battle)

==Battle Honours (44)==
Battle Honours presented in all caps are emblazoned on the Regimental Colour of each Battalion of the Regiment. 
 

===Early History===
FISH CREEK 
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885 
BATOCHE 
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899,1900 

===First World War===
YPRES, 1915,'17 
Arleux 
Gravenstafel 
HILL 70 
St. Julien 
PASSCHENDAELE 
FESTUBERT, 1915 
AMIENS 
MOUNT SORREL 
Scarpe, 1918 
SOMME, 1916 
DROCOURT-QUEANT 
Thiepval 
Hindenburg Line 
Ancre Heights 
CANAL DU NORD 
Arras, 1917,18 
Pursuit to Mons 
VIMY, 1917 
France and Flanders, 1915-18 

===Second World War===
NORMANDY LANDING 
THE SCHELDT 
PUTOT-EN-BESSIN 
LEOPOLD CANAL 
Caen 
Breskens Pocket 
CARPIQUET 
The Rhineland 
The Orne 
Waal Flats 
Bourguebus Ridge 
MOYLAND WOOD 
FALAISE 
THE RHINE 
The Laison 
Emmerich-Hoch Elten 
The Seine, 1944 
Deventer 
CALAIS, 1944 
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45 

==Source of Work==
http://army.ca/inf/rwr.php

[[Category: Infantry Regiments|Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The]]