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Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Rocky Mountain Rangers

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
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917 Arras, 1917 9 April – 4 May 1917

Perpetuates the 172nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

 

172nd Bn, C.E.F.
"The Great War, 1916-17"
(G.O. 123 of 1929)

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The Rocky Mountain Rangers - "Arras, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Valenciennes"
(G.O. No. 71 of 1930)

Hill 70 15-25 August 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June - 10 November, 1917) Ypres, 1917 31 July- 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
Hindenburg Line, Battles of the 12 September – 9 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November) Valenciennes 1-2 November 1918

Kloshe Nanitch

References:

  • Rocky Mountain Rangers: First Battalion C.A.-A.F. 1885-1941. New Westminster, B.C.: Columbian Co., 1941
  • The Rocky Mountain Rangers: Southern Alberta's cowboy cavalry in the Northwest Rebellion, 1885 / by Gordon Errett Tolton.  Lethbridge: Lethbridge Historical Society, 1994. 93 p
 

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