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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, 1915 22 April – 25 May 1915

Perpetuates the 10th, 56th and 82nd Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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10th Bn, C.E.F.- "Ypres, 1915, '17, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"
(G.O. No. 123 of 1929)

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56th Bn, C.E.F.
"The Great War, 1916"
(G.O. No. 110 of 1929)

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82nd Bn, C.E.F.
"The Great War, 1916"
(G.O. No. 110 of 1929)

 

The Calgary Highlanders - "Ypres, 1915, '17, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"
(G.O. No. 110 of 1929)

Gravenstafel Ridge 22-23 April 1915
St Julien 24 April – 4 May 1915
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, 1916 1 July – 18 November 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
Arleux 28-29 April 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 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). Pursuit to Mons 11 November 1918
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
Second World War
BOURGEBUS RIDGE BOURGUEBUS RIDGE 18-23 Jul 44

Faubourg de Vaucelles 18-19 Jul 44
Verrieres Ridge – Tilly-la-Campagne 25 Jul 44
FALAISE FALAISE 7-22 Aug 44
Falaise Road 7-9 Aug 44
Clair Tizon 11-13 Aug 44
Foret de la Londe 27-29 Aug 44
Dunkirk, 1944 8-15 Sep 44
Wynegham 21-22 Sep 44
Antwerp – Turnhout Canal 24-29 Sep 44
THE SCHELDT THE SCHELDT 1 Oct – 8 Nov 44
Woensdrecht 1-27 Oct 44
South Beveland 24-31 Oct 44
Walcheren Causeway 31 Oct - 4 Nov 44
THE RHINELAND THE RHINELAND 8 Feb - 10 Mar 45
The Reichswald 8-13 Feb 45
The Hochwald 26 Feb – 4 Mar 45
Xanten 8-9 Mar 45
THE RHINE THE RHINE 23 Mar – 1 Apr 45
Groningen 13-16 Apr 45
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 6 Jun 44 – 5 May 45

Websites:

References:

  • Gallant Canadians: the story of the Tenth Canadian Infantry Battalion, 1914-1919 / by Daniel G. Dancocks. Calgary: Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1990. 251 p
  • The Story of the Tenth Canadian Battalion, 1914-1918 / by J.A. Holland.  London: Charles, 1918
  • Battalion of heroes: the Calgary Highlanders in World War II / by David Jay Bercuson.  Calgary: Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1994.  297 p
  • The History of the Calgary Highlanders, 1921-54 / by Roy Alexander Farran. Calgary: Bryant Press, 1955. 222 p.
 

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