St. George's Chapel

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ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL
DEDICATED TO
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA
ON THE OCCASION OF THE REGIMENT'S
150TH ANNIVERSARY
2012

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ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL
IS DEDICATED TO
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA

THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA IS AN
INFANTRY UNIT IN CANADA'S ARMY RESERVE
AND LOCATED IN TORONTO. ONE OF THE
OLDEST REGIMENTS IN THE CANADIAN ARMY.
ITS ROOTS ARE TRACED BACK TO 1862 WHEN
A MILITIA UNIT WAS CREATED IN TORONTO
NAMED THE 10TH BATTALION VOLUNTEER
MILITIA RIFLES OF CANADA. EVOLVING THROUGH
NUMEROUS NAME CHANGES IT EVENTUALLY
BECAME KNOWN AS THE ROYAL GRENADIERS.

DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE ROYAL
GRENADIERS PROVIDED NUMEROUS SOLDIERS
TO THE 3RD, 58TH AND 123RD BATTALIONS
OF THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
WHO ALL FOUGHT IN THE TRENCHES.
THESE BATTALIONS WERE AWARDED 46
BATTLE HONOURS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR
SKILL, BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE WAR. THE 3RD BATTALION
WAS RE-DESIGNATED AS THE TORONTO
REGIMENT IN THE CANADIAN MILITIA.

IN 1936, THE ROYAL GRENADIERS AND THE
TORONTO REGIMENT WERE AMALGAMATED AND
BECAME THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA.
CALLED AGAIN TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR SERVICE
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THE ROYALS
FOUGHT THEIR WAY ACROSS FRANCE, BELGIUM,
THE NETHERLANDS AND INTO GERMANY
EARNING ANOTHER 20 BATTLE HONOURS.

REVERTING BACK TO ITS RESERVE STATUS AFTER
THE WAR, THE REGIMENT IS AT PRESENT
COMPOSED OF FULLY TRAINED ARMY RESERVISTS
WHO HAVE SERVED ON MISSIONS THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, CYPRUS,
THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ERITREA, HAITI,
KOSOVO, BOSNIA, NAMIBIA, THE GOLAN
HEIGHTS, THE SUDAN AND SIERRA LEONE.

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REGIMENTAL COLOURS
& BATTLE HONOURS

A BATTLE HONOUR IS AN AWARD OF A RIGHT
BY A GOVERNMENT OR SOVEREIGN TO A
MILITARY UNIT TO EMBLAZON THE NAME
OF A MILITARY BATTLE OR THEATRE OF
OPERATION ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOURS.

HANGING IN THIS CHAPEL ARE SOME OF THE
COLOURS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA AND ITS
PREDECESSOR UNITS SINCE 1863. THE MOST
RECENT SET OF COLOURS WERE PRESENTED
BY THE REGIMENTS COLONEL-IN-CHIEF, HIS
ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES ON
NOVEMBER 5 2009 AND ARE KEPT
AT THE REGIMENT'S HEADQUARTERS AT
FORT YORK ARMOURY IN TORONTO.

THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA HAS
BEEN AWARDED OR PERPETUATES 71 BATTLE
HONOURS FOR SPECIFIC DISTINGUISHED
ACTIONS AND GENERAL ACTION ON ACTIVE
SERVICE. OF THESE, 25 BATTLE HONOUR NAMES
HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR EMBLAZONMENT
ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOURS.

ON MAY 9, 2014, THE GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA ANNOUNCED THAT THE
THEATRE HONOUR "AFGHANISTAN" HAD BEEN
AWARDED TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT
OF CANADA FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN
THAT THEATRE OF ARMED CONFLICT.

WHILE REGIMENTAL COLOURS ARE NO LONGER
CARRIED ON OPERATIONS, AS WAS THEIR INITIAL
MILITARY FUNCTION, THE BATTLE HONOURS
THAT THEY CARRY ARE HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM
BY MILITARY PERSONNEL. THE COLOURS NOT
ONLY REPRESENT THE AUTHORITY OF THE
CROWN, BUT ALSO REPRESENTS THE REGIMENT'S
HISTORY AND ITS FALLEN COMRADES.

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BATTLE HONOURS OF
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA

EARLY

• FISH CREEK*
• BATOCHE*
• NORTH WEST CANADA, 1885*
• SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900*
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WORLD WAR I

• YPRES, 1915, '17*
• GRAVENSTAFEL
• ST. JULIEN*
• FESTUBERT, 1915*
• MOUNT SORREL*
• SOMME, 1916, '18*
• POZIÈRES
• FLERS-COURCELETTE
• ANCRE HEIGHTS
• ARRAS, 1917, '18
• VIMY, 1917*
• ARLEUX
• SCARPE, 1917, '18
• HILL 70
• PASSCHENDAELE*
• AMIENS*
• DROCOURT-QUEANT
• HINDENBURG LINE*
• CANAL DU NORD
• CAMBRAI, 1918
• PURSUIT TO MONS
• FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915 - '18
•  

WORLD WAR II

• DIEPPE*
• BOURGUÉBUS RIDGE
• FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES*
• VERRIÉRES RIDGE-TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE*
• FALAISE*
• FALAISE ROAD
• CLAIR TIZON
• FORÊT DE LA LONDE
• DUNKIRK, 1944
• THE SCHELDT*
• WOENSDRECHT
• SOUTH BEVELAND*
• THE RHINELAND*
• GOCH-CALCAR ROAD
• THE HOCHWALD*
• XANTEN*
• TWENTE CANAL*
• GRONINGEN
• OLDENBURG
• NORTH-WEST
• EUROPE, 1942, 1944-1945

POST WORLD WAR II

AFGHANISTAN*