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Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Princess of Wales' Own 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 DateRemarks
South African War

South Africa 1900

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The Regiment contributed volunteers to the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment.
(G.O. 60 of 1933)

First World War
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive) Mount Sorrel 2-13 June 1916

Perpetuates the 21st, 59th and 253rd Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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21st Bn, C.E.F.- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915-18"
(G.O. No. 123 of 1929)

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59th  Bn, C.E.F.-
"The Great War, 1916" 
(G.O. No. 123 of 1929)

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253rd Bn, C.E.F.
"The Great War, 1917" 
(G.O. No. 123 of 1929)

Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916) Somme, 19161 July – 18 November 1916
Flers-Courcelette15-22 September 1916
Thiepval Ridge 26-29 September 1916
Ancre Heights 1 October – 11 November 1916
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917 Arras, 19179 April – 4 May 1917
Vimy, 19179-14 April 1917
Hill 70 15-25 August 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917) Ypres, 1917 31 July – 10 Nov. 1917
Passchendaele12 October 1917 and/or 26 October – 10 November 1917
The Offensive in Picardy (21 March – 5 April, 1918) Somme, 191821 March – 5 April 1918
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, 191826 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
Cambrai, 19188-9 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November). Pursuit to Mons11 November 1918
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18

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Second World War Honorary Distinction  - The badge of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders with the year dates 1944-1945, approved for emblazonment on the Regimental Colour.

Nunquan Cede

References:

  • The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (M.G.) / by John Douglas Mackenzie-Naughton.  Kingston, Ont., : s.n., 1946. 74 p.
 

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