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Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Essex and Kent Scottish

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
First World War
Summer Operations, 1915. (March-October) Ypres, 191522 April – 25 May 1915

Perpetuates the 18th, 99th, 186th and 241st Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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18th 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, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"
(G.O. No. 110 of 1929)

  VC won by L/Sgt E.W. Sifton on 9 April 1917.

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99th Bn, C.E.F. - (No service as a unit, absorbed into the 35th Bn.)

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186th Bn, C.E.F.
"The Great War, 1917" 
(G.O. No. 110 of 1929)

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241th Bn, C.E.F.
"The Great War, 1917" 
(G.O. No. 110 of 1929)

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The Essex Scottish- "Ypres, 1915, '17, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"
(G.O. No. 110 of 1929)

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The Kent Regiment- "Ypres, 1917"
(G.O. No. 71 of 1930)

The Essex and Kent Scottish- "Ypres, 1915, '17, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"
(Cdn Army Orders, Issue No. 526, 14 January 1957)

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, 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, 1917 9 April – 4 May 1917
Vimy, 19179-14 April 1917
Hill 7015-25 August 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917) Ypres, 191731 July – 10 Nov. 1917
Passchendaele12 October 1917 and/or 26 October – 10 November 1917
The Offensive in Picardy (21 March – 5 April, 1918) Somme, 1918 21 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, 1918 26 August – 3 September 1918
Scarpe, 1918 26-30 August 1918
Hindenburg Line, Battles of the 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
Second World War
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1940-42 Dieppe 19 August 1942

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The Essex and Kent Scottish - "NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1940-42, Dieppe, NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944,45, BOURGUEBUS RIDGE, St Andre-sur-Orne, FALAISE, Falaise Road, Clair Tizon, Foret de la Londe, THE SCHELDT, Woensdrecht, South Beveland, THE RHINELAND, Goch-Calcar Road, The Hochwald, Xanten, Twente Canal, Groningen, Oldenburg"
(Cdn Army Orders, Issue No. 526, 14 January 1957)

  VC won by Maj F.A. Tilston on 1 March 1945 while serving with the Essex Scottish Regiment, C.A.S.F.

(The Essex Scottish Regiment, C.A.S.F., served in the European theater, The Kent Regiment C.A.S.F. served only in Canada.)

NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1942
BOURGEBUS RIDGE BOURGUEBUS RIDGE18-23 Jul 44
St Andre-sur-Orne 19-23 Jul 44
FALAISE FALAISE7-22 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 SCHELDT1 Oct – 8 Nov 44
Woensdrecht 1-27 Oct 44
South Beveland24-31 Oct 44
THE RHINELAND THE RHINELAND 8 Feb - 10 Mar 45
Goch-Calcar Road19-21 Feb 45
The Hochwald26 Feb – 4 Mar 45
Xanten 8-9 Mar 45
  Twente Canal 2-4 Apr 45
  Groningen13-16 Apr 45
  Oldenburg27 Apr – 5 May 45
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 6 Jun 44 – 5 May 45

Semper Paratus

 

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