Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Royal Regina Rifles

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
First World War
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive)	Mount Sorrel	2-13 June 1916	Perpetuates the 28th, 68th and 195th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, and the 12th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC. 28th Bn, C.E.F.- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Scarpe, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929)   VC won by Lt R.G.C. Combe on 3 May, 1917. 68th Bn, C.E.F. -  "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. 123 of 1929) 195th Bn, C.E.F.-  "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. 123 of 1929)  The Regina Rifle Regiment - "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Scarpe, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929)
Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916)	Somme, 1916	1 July – 18 November 1916
	Flers-Courcelette	15-22 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, 1917	9-14 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
	Passchendaele	12 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
	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, 1918	8-9 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November)	Pursuit to Mons	11 November 1918
	FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING	NORMANDY LANDING	6 Jun 44	The Regina Rifle Regiment-  (Cdn Army Orders, Issue No. 553)
	Bretteville – l’Orgueilleuse	8-9 Jun 44
CAEN	CAEN	4-18 Jul 44
	The Orne	8-9 Jul 44
BOURGEBUS RIDGE	BOURGUEBUS RIDGE	18-23 Jul 44
	Faubourg de Vaucelles	18-19 Jul 44
FALAISE	FALAISE	7-22 Aug 44
	The Laison	14-17 Aug 44
	The Seine, 1944	25-28 Aug 44
	Calais 1944	25 Sep – 1 Oct 44
THE SCHELDT	THE SCHELDT	1 Oct – 8 Nov 44
	Leopold Canal	6-16 Oct 44
	Breskens Pocket	11 Oct – 3 Nov 44
THE RHINELAND	THE RHINELAND	8 Feb - 10 Mar 45
	Waal Flats	8-15 Feb 45
	Moyland Wood	14-21 Feb 45
THE RHINE	THE RHINE	23 Mar – 1 Apr 45
	Emmerich – Hoch Elten	28 Mar – 1 Apr 45
	Deventer	8-11 Apr 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

Histories:

• 1st Battalion, the Regina Rifle Regiment, 1939-1946 / by Eric Charles Luxton.  Regina: Commercial Printers, 1946
• Look to your front -- Regina Rifles: a regiment at war, 1944-45 / by Gordon Brown.  Waterloo, Ont.: Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, c2001. 250 p
• Up the Johns! : the story of the Royal Regina Rifles/ by Stewart A.G. Mein.  Regina: Senate of the Royal Regina Rifles, 1992.

• The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
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• Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
• The RCR in the First World War
• Badges of The RCR
• The Senior Subaltern
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• The Regimental Library
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Battle Honours

• Battle Honours in the Canadian Army
• War of 1812 Battle Honours perpetuated by Canadian Army Units
• North West Rebellion Battle Honours (PF)
• North West Rebellion Battle Honours (NPAM)
• South African War Battle Honours (PF)
• South African War Battle Honours (NPAM)
• First World War Battle Honours
• Second World War Battle Honours
• Korean War Battle Honours
South-West Asia
• Auth List of Battle Honours (1999)

Battle Honours of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Battle Honours of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Infantry Corps Units:
in Order of Precedence

1. The RCR
2. PPCLI
3. R22eR
4. GGFG
5. CGG
6. QOR
7. Black Watch
8. Volt de Q
9. R Regt C
10. RHLI
11. PWOR
12. H&PER
13. Linc&Well
14. 4RCR
15. RHFC
16. G&SF
17. Lorne Scots
18. Brock R
19. SD&G Highrs
20. F du St-L
21. R de Chaud
22. 4 R22eR
23. 6 R22eR
24. FMR
25. PLF
26. RNBR
27. WNSR
28. NSR
29. NSH
30. CBH
31. R de Mais
32. CH of O
33. RWR
34. E&K Scot
35. 48 H
36. R de Sag
37. Alq R
38. A&S Highrs
39. LSSR
40. NSR
41. RRR
42. RMR
43. LER
44. QOC Highrs
45. R West R
46. Calg Highrs
47. Fus de Sher
48. Seaforths
49. C Scot R
50. RMR
51. Irish Regt
52. Tor Scot
53. R Nfld R