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1915.10.15 |
110th Irish
Regiment
eight coys formed with HQ at Toronto, Ont. |
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1920.05.01 |
The Irish
Regiment |
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1920.11.15 |
reorganised: |
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- 1st Battalion at Toronto, perpetuating
180th Battalion CEF
- 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating
208th Battalion CEF
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1932.09.01 |
The Irish
Regiment of Canada |
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1936.12.15 |
The Irish
Regiment of Canada (M.G.)
absorbed HQ Coy and A Coy, 1st
Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC |
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- A Company at Toronto
- B Company at Toronto
- C Company at Toronto
- D Company at Toronto
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1940.05.24 |
reorganised
for war service: |
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- 1st Battalion, mobilised
in CASF; disbanded 31 Jan. 1946
- 2nd Battalion, formed in Reserve
Army
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1940.08.12 |
The Irish
Regiment of Canada |
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1965.03.31 |
2nd Battalion,
The Irish Regiment of Canada
disbanded (reduced to nil strength and
placed on Supplementary Order of Battle), and concurrently
re-formed at Sudbury, Ont., by conversion of 58th Field Regiment
RCA |
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Deployment and Service: |
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War
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Overseas
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Home
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1939.09.01 |
details
placed on active service |
local
protective duty |
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1940.05.24 |
mobilised
in CASF |
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1942.10.28 |
at
sea |
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1942 |
UK |
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1943 |
at
sea |
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1943.11.10 |
Italy |
11
Bde, 5 Can Armd Div |
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1945 |
at
sea |
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1945.02 |
NW
Europe |
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1945.05 |
Germany? |
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Canada |
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1946.01.31 |
disbanded |
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Biography
and Gallantry Awards: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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The Armoury, Sudbury, Ont. [no known website] |
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The Great War1:
Arras 19172 '18, Hill
70, Ypres 1917, Amiens, Scarpe 1918, Drocourt-Quéant,
Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders
1918-18
The Second World War: Liri
Valley, Melfa Crossing, Gothic Line, Montecchio, Coriano, Lamone
Crossing, Fosso Munio, Conventello-Comacchio, Italy 1943-1945,
Ijsselmeer, Delfzijl
Pocket, North-West Europe 1945
1. awarded for service of 180th Battalion and 208th Battalion.
2. inherited 1936 from 1st MG Battalion.
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Badges: |
Armorial
Description: Superimposed on an eight pointed chipped star,
an Irish harp; below the harp a scroll inscribed with the motto
FIOR GO BAS; ensigning the harp and super- imposed upon the topmost
point of the star, the Crown. |
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Uniform: |
tartan:
Canadian Irish
Regimental (kilts, 1933-present) |
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Motto: |
Fior go bas |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
Quick:
Garry Owen |
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Slow:
Endearing Young Charms |
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Mascot: |
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