Sherbrooke Hussars

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Wars and Operations	Battle Honour	Date	Remarks
First World War
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive)	Mount Sorrel	2-13 Jun 1916	The Sherbrooke Hussars perpetuates the 117th Battalion, C.E.F. via The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC) - "Arras, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Amiens" (G.O. 71 of 1930) 5th C.M.R., C.E.F - "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Valenciennes, Sambre, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. 110 of 1929) Perpetuation of the 5th C.M.R. via the 7th/11th Hussars. Two members of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, C.E.F, were awarded the Victoria Cross: Major G.R. Pearkes, V.C. D.S.O. and M.C. and Lt. C.S. Rutherford V.C.
Operations on the Somme. (1 Jul – 18 Nov, 1916)	Somme, 1916	1 Jul – 18 Nov 1916
	Flers-Courcelette	15-22 Sep 1916
	Ancre Heights	1 Oct – 11 Nov 1916
The Arras Offensive (9 Apr – 15 May, 1917	Arras, 1917	9 Apr – 4 May 1917
	Vimy, 1917	9-14 Apr 1917
	Hill 70	15-25 Aug 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 Jun – 10 Nov, 1917)	Ypres, 1917	31 Jul – 10 Nov. 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 Jun – 10 Nov, 1917)	Passchendaele	12 Oct 1917 and/or 26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917
The Advance in Picardy (8 Aug – 3 Sep, 1918)	Amiens	8-11 Aug 1918
The Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (26 Aug – 12 Oct, 1918)	Arras, 1918	26 Aug – 3 Sep 1918
	Scarpe, 1918	26-30 Aug 1918
	Hindenburg Line, Battles of the	12 Sep – 9 Oct 1918
	Canal du Nord	27 Sep – 2 Oct 1918
	Cambrai, 1918	8-9 Oct 1918
Picardy (17 Oct – 11 Nov)	Valenciennes	1-2 Nov 1918
Picardy (17 Oct – 11 Nov).—Concluded.	Sambre	4 Nov 1918
	France and Flanders, 1915-1918
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING	Normandy Landing	6 Jun 44	Second World War battle honours authorized for The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC) by Canadian Army Orders 33-1 Battle Honours - Awards, Issue No. 611, 1 Sep 1958. On 15 Feb 1965 The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC) was amalgamated with the 7th/11th Hussars to form "*The Sherbrooke Hussars*".
	Authie	7 Jun 44
CAEN	Caen	4-18 Jul 44
CAEN	The Orne	8-9 Jul 44
BOURGEBUS RIDGE	Bourguebus Ridge	18-23 Jul 44
	Faubourg de Vaucelles	18-19 Jul 44
	St Andre-sur-Orne	19-23 Jul 44
FALAISE	Falaise	7-22 Aug 44
	Falaise Road	7-9 Aug 44
	Clair Tizon	11-13 Aug 44
	The Laison	14-17 Aug 44
	Antwerp – Turnhout Canal	24-29 Sep 44
THE SCHELDT	The Scheldt	1 Oct – 8 Nov 44
	The Lower Maas	20 Oct – 7 Nov 44
THE RHINELAND	The Rhineland	8 Feb - 10 Mar 45
	The Hochwald	26 Feb – 4 Mar 45
	Xanten	8-9 Mar 45
THE RHINE	The Rhine	23 Mar – 1 Apr 45
THE RHINE	Emmerich – Hoch Elten	28 Mar – 1 Apr 45
	Zutphen	6-8 Apr 45
	Deventer	8-11 Apr 45
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-45	North-West-Europe 1944-1945

Part "A" Supplement to Canadian Army Orders, 33-1 Battle Honours - Awards, Issue No. 611, dated 1 Sep 1958; the 7th/11th Hussars was granted the following Honorary Distinction for jointly mobilizing the Royal Rifles of Canada for service in Hong Kong:

Hong Kong 1941

The Regiment was authorized by the honorary distinction to bear the badge of the Royal Rifles of Canada with the year date 1941 on the regimental guidon.

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