Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

Governor General's Foot Guards

Highlighted Battle Honours are approved for emblazonment on the Regimental Colour. Capitalized Battle Honours indicate the name of a group of battles, actions or engagements. Where common names but separate year dates created a combined battle honour title authorized as a single name for emblazonment, both have been highlighted.

Wars and Operations	Battle Honour	Date	Remarks
North-West Rebellion	North West Canada 1885		The GGFG provided one company to the Battleford Column. (G.O. 69 of 1919)
South African War	South Africa 1899-1900		The Regiment contributed volunteers to the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. (G.O. 109 of 1929)
First World War
Summer Operations, 1915. (March-October)	Ypres, 1915	22 April – 25 May 1915	Perpetuates the2nd and 77th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919. 2nd Bn, C.E.F.- "Ypres, 1915, '17, Gravenstafel Ridge, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Pozieres, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Scarpe, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915-18" (G. O No. 123 of 1929) 77th Bn, C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1916" (G. O No. 123 of 1929) VCs won by A/Cpl L. Clarke on 9 September 1916 and by A/Maj O.M. Learmonth, MC, on 18 August 1917. The Governor General's Foot Guards - "Somme, 1916, Arras, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Amiens" (G.O. No. 71 of 1930) The Governor General's Foot Guards - "Ypres, 1915, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Pozieres, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Scarpe, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 32 of 1932, superceding G.O. 71 of 1930)
	Gravenstafel Ridge	22-23 April 1915
	St Julien	24 April – 4 May 1915
	Festubert, 1915	15-25 May 1915
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive)	Mount Sorrel	2-13 June 1916
Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916)	Somme, 1916	1 July – 18 November 1916
	Pozieres Ridge	23 July – 3 September 1916
	Flers-Courcelette	15-22 September 1916
	Ancre Heights	1 October – 11 November 1916
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917	Arras, 1917	9 April – 4 May 1917
	Vimy, 1917	9-14 April 1917
	Arleux	28-29 April 1917
	Scarpe, 1917	3-4 May 1917
	Hill 70	15-25 August 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917)	Ypres, 1917	31 July – 10 Nov. 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917)	Passchendaele	12 October 1917 and/or 26 October – 10 November 1917
The Advance in Picardy (8 August – 3 September, 1918)	Amiens	8-11 August 1918
The Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (26 August – 12 October, 1918)	Arras, 1918	26 August – 3 September 1918
	Scarpe, 1918	26-30 August 1918
	Drocourt-Queant Line	2-3 September 1918
	Hindenburg Line, Battles of	12 September – 9 October 1918
	Canal du Nord	27 September – 2 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November).	Pursuit to Mons	11 November 1918
	FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
Second World War
FALAISE	FALAISE	7-22 Aug 44	The Governor General's Foot Guards (5th Canadian Guards), awarded battle honours for the Second World War for actions as the 21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards), as follows: - "FALAISE, Falaise Road, The Laison, Chambois, THE SCHELDT, The Lower Maas, THE RHINELAND, The Hochwald, Veen, Bad Zwischenahn, NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45" (Cdn Army Orders, Issue No. 564, 7 Oct 1957)
	Falaise Road	7-9 Aug 44
	The Laison	14-17 Aug 44
	Chambois	18-22 Aug 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
	Veen	6-10 Mar 45
	Bad Zwischenahn	23 Apr – 4 May 45
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	6 Jun 44 – 5 May 45
South-West Asia
South-West Asia	Afghanistan		Announced 9 May 2014

Civitas et Princeps Cura Nostra

Histories:

The Regimental history of the Governor General's Foot Guards [prepared by a Committee of the Guards]. Ottawa: Mortimer, 1948.
77th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Ottawa [microform] [Ottawa?: s.n., 1916?] (Ottawa: Simmons Print).

Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

Governor General's Foot Guards

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