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  Fusilier Did You Mean fusilier
But the escort companies of artillery came to be known by the name shortly afterwards, and the regiment of French Royal Fusiliers, organized in 1671 by Vauban, was considered the model for Europe.
Attached to the beret, balmoral or tam o'shanter badge is the hackle.
Dutch Army: In the Royal Netherlands Army, one of the two foot guards regiments, the Garderegiment Fusiliers Prinses Irene is a regiment of fusiliers.
www.did-you-mean.com /Fusilier.html   (400 words)

  
 Canadian_Forces
The Canadian Forces was formed on February 1, 1968, when the Canadian government merged the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force into a unified structure.
Reserve regiments have the theoretical administrative capacity to support an entire battalion, but typically only having the deployable manpower of one or two platoons.
Soldiers in Highland, Scottish and Irish regiments generally wear alternate headdress, including the glengarry, balmoral, tam o'shanter and caubeen instead of the beret.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/canadian_forces.html   (4225 words)

  
 Flags of National Defence
Also illustrated are the flags of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, The Royal Canadian Regiment, the 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, and, as an anomaly, Camp Petawawa's unofficial camp flag.
For example: The colours of the 3rd Regiment York Militia which were defenders of York during the American capture on April 27, 1813, were made by the local ladies and had been consecrated in January, 1813, by Dr. Strachan and presented by Miss Powell, the daughter of the Honourable Mr.
The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps flag was promulgated in Appendix "A" to CAO 54-3 on December 1, 1952.
www.fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Nation/NatDefence.html   (11381 words)

  
 Citadel of Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The existing star-shaped fortifications were built by the British between 1820 and 1831 under the direction of Royal Engineer lieutenant colonel Elias Walker Durnford and incorporated a section of the French "enceinte" of 1745.
Their purpose was to secure the strategic heights of Cape Diamond against the Americans and to serve as a refuge for the British garrison in the event of attack or rebellion.
In addition to its use as a military installation, it is also an official residence of the Governor General of Canada, who by tradition resides there for several weeks out of the year.
www.free-download-soft.com /info/la-citadelle.html   (339 words)

  
 Oka Crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These sales were also protested vociferously by the Mohawks, but the protests produced no results.
In 1961, a nine-hole golf course, le Club de golf d'Oka, was built on land claimed by the Mohawks, who launched a legal protest against construction.
Yet, by the time the case was heard, much of the land had already been cleared and construction had begun on a parking lot and golf greens adjacent to the Mohawk cemetery.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oka_Crisis   (2006 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Citadelle
The Quebec Conferences of 1943 and 1944, in which Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King discussed strategy for World War II, were held at the Citadelle.
The Citadelle is the home base of Le Royal 22
In addition to its use as a military installation, it is also a residence of the Governor General of Canada, who by tradition resides there for several weeks out of the year.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/c/ci/citadelle.html   (185 words)

  
 CFB Valcartier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Régiment du génie de combat (a combat engineering regiment), the three Regular Force battalions of Le Royal 22
CFB Valcartier is also home to Defence Research Establishment, which conducts military research for the Canadian Forces.
ASU Valcartier is also home of the Army Cadet Summer Training Centre Valcartier, which trains Royal Canadian Army Cadets of the Eastern Region / Province of Québec,
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CFB_Valcartier   (209 words)

  
 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Queen of Canada Royal Visit 2005
Her Majesty The Queen and members of the Royal Family assume their military obligations in a very serious and devoted manner.
One of the most colourful and significant moments in the life of a regiment is when its Colonel-in-Chief presents new colours Ia flag bearing the insignia of the Colonel-in-Chief, the regiment and, oftentimes, its battle honours).
Old colours are retired and given a place of honour as the new colours are first presented and marched past the members of the regiment.
www.pch.gc.ca /visiteroyale2005/Queen_regiments_e.cfm   (145 words)

  
 Games 4 Gamers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Royal Marine Commando Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter and his company attacks across board 44 to clear a battered group of Jaegers from a group of buildings on board 23.
Captain Paul Triquet’s company of Le Royal 22e Regiment supported by Sherman tanks attacks to seize the Casa Berardi crossroads on board 24 and repel a strong German counter-attack.
With mortars, tanks and lots of machineguns on both sides, this action packed, combined arms battle is sure to keep you on edge to the end.
www.games4gamers.net /sp/sp6/sp6.htm   (638 words)

  
 Military History: 1945 to Present: Cold War
The primary army component was the Mobile Striking Force (MSF), an airborne brigade group built around the three infantry battalions -- The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), and Le Royal 22e Régiment (R22eR) -- intended for the defence of the Canadian North and the Alaska Highway.
Royal Canadian Air Force Buildings, Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories, 14 June 1950.
The defence of Canada's arctic airspace became increasingly important with the beginning of the Cold War.
www.lermuseum.org /ler/mh/1945topresent/coldwar.html   (826 words)

  
 FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES: On This Day ... in 1879 & Others
On the Asmai Heights in Afghanistan, three Victoria Crosses were won: Captain Hammond held off the enemy whilst British troops retired down the hill; Captain Vousden led a cavalry charge which repeatedly cut through the enemy's ranks, inflicting heavy casualties; and Lance-Corporal Sellar was badly wounded whilst distinguishing himself in fierce close-quarter combat.
1914: In France, Private Robson, of the Royal Scots, ventured into No Man's Land to rescue a wounded man. He then went out a second time to try to bring another casualty in, but himself fell wounded.
1943: In Italy, Captain Triquet, of the French-Canadian Le Royal 22e Regiment, took command of a company which had suffered very heavy losses in an attack, and managed to break through the enemy positions.
www.fmft.net /archives/001406.html   (200 words)

  
 Le Royal 22e Regiment
Le Royal 22e Régiment, by Mike Bobbitt (Unofficial Canadian Army Home Page)
Victoria Crosses, Royal 22e Regiment, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference)
the Vandoos (English corruption of "vingt deux" or 22); les hosties de queues plates
www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/inf/914R22R.htm   (191 words)

  
 Le Regiment de Ste. Hyacinthe [Canada]
some members served overseas in Le Royal 22e Régiment, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Le Régiment de la Chaudière and Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
by union with Royal 22e Regiment in 1954, the regiment shared all battle honours in common.
Les bataillons et the dépôt du Royale 22e Régiment : vingt ans d'histoire, 1945-1965.
www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/volmil/qc-inf/084hyac.htm   (222 words)

  
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Korea - Red Chinese forces launch three-day offensive against Le Royal 22e Régiment (the Van Doos) in Korea.
The picture shows a young UN journalist named René Lévesque interviewing members of the regiment.
Ami studied geology at McGill University under John William Dawson; 1882-1911 worked for the Geological Survey of Canada, primarily on geological formations in Quebec and the Maritimes; 1895-1900 editor of the Ottawa Naturalist; 1900 elected to the Royal Society of Canada; 1911 retired to work privately on geological prehistory.
www1.sympatico.ca /news/otd/otd.98.11.23.html   (1218 words)

  
 The Brass Band Bibliography - Part 3
Buckley, Martin J - Scarlet & Tartan: The Story of the Regiments and Regimental Bands of the N.S.W Scottish Rifles (Volunteers), The Thirtieth Battalion (N.S.W. Scottish Regiment), A Company Pipes and Drums, 17th Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment - Red Hackle Association, Sydney, 1986
Farmer, Henry George - Memoirs of the Royal Artillery Band: its origin, history and progress: An account of the rise of military music in England - Boosey and Co, London - 1904
Walter, Colonel C.L. Official History of the Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery: Northern Military District
www.harrogate.co.uk /harrogate-band/books2.htm   (7223 words)

  
 Background : CD Army Regiments_WWII - World War Two
World War Two, saving private ryan, Second World War, W.W.II
Note: Not all Regiments are listed, nor is the list in order of precedence
Valour and Horror, Second World War, Canadian history, World War II, W.W.II
www.valourandhorror.com /DB/BACK/Regiments.php   (102 words)

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