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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Royal 22e Regiment
Armorial Description
A beaver, standing on a log inscribed JE ME SOUVIENS; superimposed on the
side of the beaver an annulus inscribed REGIMENT CANADIEN FRANCAIS; within
the annulus a shield bearing the old coat of arms of the province of
Quebec; superimposed on the annulus below the shield is the Arabic numerals
22; the whole surmounted by the Royal Crown.
Official Abbreviation: R 22e R
Motto: Je me souviens (I remember)
Battle Honours (43)
First World War
MOUNT SORREL
Cote 70
SOMME 1916, '18
YPRES, 1917
FLERS-COURCELETTE
PASSCHENDAELE
Thiepval
AMIENS
Les Hauteurs d'Ancre
Ligne Hindenburg
ARRAS, 1917, '18
Canal du Nord
VIMY, 1917
CAMBRAI, 1918
Arleux
Poursuite a Mons
Scarpe, 1917, '18
FRANCE ET FLANDRES, 1915-18
Second World War
Debarquement en Sicile
Vallee de la Liri
Valguarnera
LIGNE HITLER
Adrano
LIGNE GOTHIC
CATENANUOVA
Borgo Santa Maria
SICILE, 1943
TRAVERSEE DE LA LAMONE
Debarquement a Reggio
Ligne Rimini
Potenza
San Martino-San Lorenzo
Le Sangro
SAN FORTUNATO
CASA BERARDI
Cesena
Torre Mucchio
ITALIE, 1943-45
Cassino II
APPELDOORN
Ligne Gustav
NORD-OUEST DE L'EUROPE 1945
Korea
Order of Precedence: 3
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April 23
1915: VC won by L/Cpl Frederick Fisher, 13th Battalion, CEF, St Julien, Belgium (posthumous)
1918: Captain E. Bamford, Royal Marine Light Infantry awarded the Victoria Cross
1918: Sergeant N. A. Finch Royal Marine Artillery awarded the Victoria Cross
1918: The raid on Zeebrugge
1939: Following the end of the civil war in Spain The United States recognizes the Franco government.
1945: Batlle of Delfzijl
1945: DELFIJL POCKET, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 2 May 45)
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