Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

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 1899-1900		Approved for The Ottawa Highlanders (predecessor to the CH of O) (G.O. 60 of 1933)
First World War
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive)	Mount Sorrel	2-13 June 1916	Perpetuates the 38th and 207th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 38th Bn, C.E.F. - "Somme, 1916, Ancre Heights, Ancre, 1916, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes, Sambre, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) VCs won by Capt T.W. MacDowell, DSO, on 9-13 April 1917 and by Pte C.J.P. Nunney, DCM, MM, on 1-2 September, 1918. 207th Bn, C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1917" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) The Ottawa Highlanders (predecessor to the CH of O)- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Ancre Heights, Ancre, 1916, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes, Sambre, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929)
Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916)	Somme, 1916	1 July – 18 November 1916
	Ancre Heights	1 October – 11 November 1916
	Ancre, 1916	13-18 November 1916
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917	Arras, 1917	9 April – 4 May 1917
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917	Vimy, 1917	9-14 April 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 the	12 September – 9 October 1918
	Canal du Nord	27 September – 2 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November)	Valenciennes	1-2 November 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November)	Sambre	4 November 1918
	FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING	NORMANDY LANDING	6 Jun 44	The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) - "NORMANDY LANDING, CAEN, Carpiquet, The Orne, BOURGUEBUS RIDGE, Faubourg de Vaucelles, FALAISE, Quesnay Wood, The Laison, Boulogne 1944, THE SCHELDT, Breskens Pocket, THE RHINELAND, Waal Flats, The Hochwald, THE RHINE, Zutphen, Deventer, Leer, NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 (Cdn Army Orders, Issue No. 564, 7 October 1957)
CAEN	CAEN	4-18 Jul 44
	Carpiquet	4-5 Jul 44
	The Orne	8-9 Jul 44
BOURGEBUS RIDGE	BOURGUEBUS RIDGE	18-23 Jul 44
BOURGEBUS RIDGE	Faubourg de Vaucelles	18-19 Jul 44
FALAISE	FALAISE	7-22 Aug 44
	Quesnay Wood	10-11 Aug 44
	The Laison	14-17 Aug 44
	Boulogne 1944	17-22 Sep 44
THE SCHELDT	THE SCHELDT	1 Oct – 8 Nov 44
THE SCHELDT	Breskens Pocket	11 Oct – 3 Nov 44
THE RHINELAND	THE RHINELAND	8 Feb - 10 Mar 45
	Waal Flats	8-15 Feb 45
	The Hochwald	26 Feb – 4 Mar 45
THE RHINE	THE RHINE	23 Mar – 1 Apr 45
	Zutphen	6-8 Apr 45
	Deventer	8-11 Apr 45
	Leer	28-29 Apr 45
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	6 Jun 44 – 5 May 45