The Royal Canadian RegimentThe Royal Canadian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment consists of four battalions, three in the regular force and one in the reserve force (militia). The RCR is the most senior infantry regiment in the regulars, but is 11th among the infantry militia.
| Battalion | Home | Brigade | Notes
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| 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
| CFB Petawawa (Ontario)
| 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
| Mechanized infantry
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| 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
| Gagetown, New Brunswick
| 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
| Mechanized infantry
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| 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
| CFB Petawawa
| 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
| Light infantry. Includes a parachute company.
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| 4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (London and Oxford Fusiliers)
| London and Stratford, Ontario
| 31 Canadian Brigade Group
| Dismounted infantry
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The regiment was formed as the Infantry School Corps on 21 December 1883. Its first battle honours were earned during the North-West Rebellion in 1885. The regiment changed its name to The Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry in 1899, and fought as such in the Second Boer War; a second battalion was formed to increase the regiment's strength, although this battalion was quickly dismantled in 1902.
In 1902, the regiment finally changed its name to The Royal Canadian Regiment. In 1914, the colonel of the regiment was Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and once World War I began, the regiment was deployed to France. There, the regiment received numerous battle honours, including Ypres, the Somme, Vimy, and Mons. The regiment went to Siberia in 1918, then returned to Canada in 1919. It stayed at home until World War II began, and in 1943, the regiment took part in the invasion of Sicily. The regiment pushed northward with the rest of the Allied forces, and it received honours for fighting in North-West Europe. The regiment returned home, then was deployed to Korea, where it fought in the Korean War.
By 1970, the regiment had three battalions, and inherited a new colonel-in-chief (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Currently, the regiment's colonel is Major General Thomas F. de Faye.
Battle honours
- Pre–First World War
- Saskatchewan
- North-West Canada, 1885
- Paardeberg
- South Africa, 1899-1900
- First World War
- Ypres, 1915, 1917
- Gravenstafel
- St Julien
- Festubert 1915
- Mount Sorrel
- Somme, 1916
- Pozieres
- Fleurs-Courcelette
- Ancre Heights
- Arras, 1917, 1918
- Vimy, 1917
- Arleux
- Scarpe 1917, 1918
- Hill 70
- Passchendaele
- Amiens
- Drocourt-Queant
- Hindenburg Line
- Canal du Nord
- Cambrai, 1918
- Pursuit to Mons
- France and Flanders, 1915-1918
- Second World War
- Landing in Sicily
- Valguanera
- Agira
- Adriano
- Regalbuto
- Sicily 1943
- Landing at Reggio
- Motta Montecorvino
- Campobusso
- Torella
- San Leonardo
- The Gully
- Ortona
- Cassino II
- Gustav Line
- Liri Valley
- Hitler Line
- Gothic Line
- Lamone Crossing
- Misano Ridge
- Rimini Line
- San Martino-San Lorenzo
- Pisciatello
- Fosso Vecchio
- Italy, 1943-1945
- Appeldoorn
- North-West Europe, 1945
- United Nations operations
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