The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) [Canada]

Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills

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Page created 15 October 2000. Corrected and updated 16.07.2006

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	The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
Regimental Crest © DND	Ontario, Canada


Titles & Lineage History & War Service Battle Honours Colours, Standards and Guidons Badges and Uniforms	Colonel-in-Chief Honorary Colonels Traditions Alliances Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time Reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency

How to find information about individuals who served in this corps

Titles and Lineage

Alphabetic Index of Titles
Numeric Index of Titles


	1936.12.15	The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) formed with HQ at Brampton, Ont., by amalgamation of The Lorne Rifles (Scottish), and The Peel and Dufferin Regiment
		A Company at Port Credit; moved <by 1939> to Brampton B Company at Oakville C Company at Georgetown; moved <by 1939> to Milton D Company at Orangeville
	1941	1st Corps Defence Company (Lorne Scots)
	1946	The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) reconstituted in Militia
		A Company at Oakville B Company at Brampton C Company at Georgetown

History (Links) & War Service

Introduction to Regiments


		The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) (Army site)
		The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment), by Mike Bobbitt (The Unofficial Canadian Army Home Page)
		History of the Lorne Scots (Army site)
		The Lorne Scots, by Robert Goddard [internet archive]
		History of The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) by Richard E. Ruggle [internet archive]

	*Cadets:*
		The Lorne Scots 1188 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps

Deployment and Service:

Colour Key:

War service

Overseas service

Home service


	*Biography and Gallantry Awards:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:*
		The Lorne Scots [WW2; Texas]

	*Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:*
		[no external sites have been found]

Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	[combined battle honours of The Lorne Rifles (Scottish), and The Peel and Dufferin Regiment), plus:] The Second World War: Sicily 1943, Italy 1943-1945, North-West Europe 1944-1945

Colours, Standards and Guidons

Introduction to Colours


		The Colours, by Robert Goddard [internet archive]

Uniforms and Badges

Badges:

Armorial Description: In the centre of a wreath of thistle and maple leaves, the crest of Viscount Peel (on a wreath of the colours argent and azure, a demi lion rampant argent, gorged with a collar azure charged with three bezants, and holding between the paws a shuttle or) resting on a scroll bearing the motto AIR SON AR DUTHCHAIS and ensigned by the Crown; below the wreath, a scroll inscribed with the designation THE LORNE SCOTS (PEEL DUFFERIN AND HALTON REGT).

History of the Cap Badges, by K.R. Prescott [internet archive]

Uniform:

highland green doublet; facings: buff facings; hackle: primrose; tartan: Campbell of Argyll.

Colonel-in-Chief

Index of Royal Colonels


	1977.06.11	F.M. HRH Edward, The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC

Honorary Colonels


	1936.12.15	Col. Hon. T.L. Kennedy, VD

Traditions


	Motto:	Air son ar duthchais
	Nicknames:
	Anniversaries:
	Marches:	The Campbells are coming
	Musicians:
	*Mascot:*
	*Miscellaneous Tradition Links:*

Alliances

Introduction to Alliances


		The Lancashire Fusiliers	1936-1968
		The Royal Ulster Rifles	1936-1947?
		The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	1968-present

Bibliography

How To Find Books


	Regimental Journal:


	Full Histories:
		[no known publications]

	Short Histories:
		*A brief historical sketch of The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)*. Brampton, Ont. : Charters Publishing Co., 1943.
		Conover, R.V. The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) (Allied with XX The Lancashire Fusiliers). Brampton, Ont. : Charters Publishing Co., 1962.