Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
(Wentworth Regiment)

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
South African War	South Africa 1900		The Regiment contributed volunteers to the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. (G.O. 60 of 1933)
First World War
Summer Operations, 1915. (March-October)	Ypres, 1915	22 April – 25 May 1915	Perpetuates the 4th, 86th, 120th, 129th and 205th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force 4th Bn, C.E.F. - "Ypres, 1915, '17, 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. 110 of 1929) VC won by Sgt W. Merrifield, MM, on 1 Oct 1918. 86th Machine Gun Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) 120th Bn, C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1917" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 129th Bn, C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) 205th Bn, C.E.F. - (No service as an infantry unit, redesignated Machine Gun Corps; M.D. 2)
	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
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1940-42	Dieppe	19 August 1942	The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)- "Dieppe, Vierrieres Ridge - Tilly-la-Campagne, Falaise, Falaise Road, Clair Tizon, Foret de la Londe, The Scheldt, Woensdrecht, South Beveland, The Rhineland, Goch-Colcar Road, The Hochwald, Xanten, Twente Canal, Groningen, Oldenburg, NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1942, 1944-45" (Cdn Army Orders, Issue No. 539, 15 April 1957) VC won by Chaplain H/Capt J.W. Foote at Dieppe on 19 August 1942.
	NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1942
	Verrieres Ridge – Tilly-la-Campagne	25 Jul 44
FALAISE	FALAISE	7-22 Aug 44
	Falaise Road	7-9 Aug 44
	Clair Tizon	11-13 Aug 44
	Foret de la Londe	27-29 Aug 44
THE SCHELDT	THE SCHELDT	1 Oct – 8 Nov 44
	Woensdrecht	1-27 Oct 44
	South Beveland	24-31 Oct 44
THE RHINELAND	THE RHINELAND	8 Feb - 10 Mar 45
	Goch-Calcar Road	19-21 Feb 45
	The Hochwald	26 Feb – 4 Mar 45
	Xanten	8-9 Mar 45
	Twente Canal	2-4 Apr 45
	Groningen	13-16 Apr 45
	Oldenburg	27 Apr – 5 May 45
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	6 Jun 44 – 5 May 45