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1936.12.15 |
The West
Nova Scotia Regiment
formed with HQ at Kentville, N.S., by amalgamation
of The Annapolis Regiment,
and The Lunenburg
Regiment; HQ moved by 1939 to Bridgewater |
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- A Company at Lunenburg
- B Company at Annapolis
- C Company at Middleton
- D Company at Bridgewater
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1945.06.01 |
mobilised
3rd Battalion (WNSR), 3rd
Canadian Infantry Regiment |
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1954.10.01 |
The West
Nova Scotia Regiment (M.G.) |
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1958.04.11 |
The West
Nova Scotia Regiment |
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Deployment and Service: |
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Biography
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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West
Novas WW2 Discussion Group (Topica) |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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[combined battle honours of The
Annapolis Regiment, and The
Lunenburg Regiment. plus:]
The Second World War: Landing
in Sicily, Valguarnera,
Adrano, Catenanuova, Centuripe, Sicily 1943, Landing
at Reggio, Potenza, Gambatesa, The Sangro, Castel
di Sangro, The Gully, Cassino II, Gustav Line, Liri Valley,
Hitler Line, Melfa Crossing, Gothic Line, Lamone
Crossing, Rimini Line, San Martino-San Lorenzo, San
Fortunato, Savio Bridgehead, Italy 1943-1945, Apeldoorn,
North-West
Europe 1945
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Badges: |
Armorial
Description: Within an annulus surmounted by the Crown and inscribed
WEST NOVA SCOTIA REGIMENT and SEMPER FIDELIS, a shield bearing St.
Andrew's Cross, cantoned; in chief, a church and the statue of Evangeline;
in base, a fishing schooner; in flanks, a Mayflower; below the annulus
a scroll inscribed CANADA, the whole superimposed on an eight pointed
sunburst. |
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Motto: |
Semper fidelis |
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West Novies,
West Novas |
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Marches: |
Quick: God
Bless the Prince Of Wales |
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Slow: Garb
of Auld Gaul |
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Tradition Links: |
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Regimental
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Full Histories:
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Raddall, Thomas Head. West Novas
: a history of the West Nova Scotia Regiment. [Toronto :
s.l.] 1948 |
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Raddall, Thomas Head. West Novas
: a history of the West Nova Scotia Regiment. [reprint]
[Liverpool, N.S.] : The Author, 1986. |
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