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T.F.
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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
14.07.2006
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The British Columbia Regiment
(Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC)
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Regimental Crest
© DND |
British
Columbia, Canada 
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time Reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency
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1899.08.01 |
6th Battalion
Rifles
formed with HQ at Vancouver, BC, by conversion
of 2nd Battalion, 5th
British Columbia Regiment, RCA |
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- A Company
at New Westminster
- B Company
at New Westminster
- C Company at
Vancouver
- D Company
at Vancouver
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1900.05.01 |
6th Regiment
"The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles" |
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1910.04.01 |
A
Coy and B Coy detached
to form 104th
Regiment |
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19uu |
two
new coys formed at Vancouver |
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1914 |
6th Regiment
(The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles) |
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1920.03.15 |
amalgamated
with 104th Regiment
Westminster Fusiliers,
to form 1st
British Columbia Regiment |
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1924.05.15 |
The 1st British
Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)
re-formed with HQ at Vancouver by reorganisation
of 1st British Columbia
Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) |
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1930.01.15 |
The British
Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles) |
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1942 |
28th Armoured
Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment) |
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1946.04.01 |
13th Armoured
Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment) |
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1949.02.04 |
The British
Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (13th Armoured Regiment) |
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1958.05.19 |
The British
Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC) |
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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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Biography
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Associations,
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South Africa
1899-1900
The Great War1: Ypres
1915 '17,
Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Festubert 1915, Mount Sorrel,
Somme 1916, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy
1917, Arleux, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe 1918,
Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord,
Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1915-18
The Second World War: Falaise,
Falaise Road, The Laison, Chambois, The Scheldt, The
Lower Maas, The Rhineland, The Hochwald, Veen, Twente Canal, Küsten
Canal, Bad Zwischenahn, North-West Europe 1944-1945
1. awarded for services of 7th Battalion CEF and 62nd Battalion
CEF
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Standards and Guidons |
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Honorary Colonel: |
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1900.05.03 |
F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT,
GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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Colonel-in-Chief: |
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1924 |
F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT,
GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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Motto: |
Celer et fortis
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Anniversaries: |
Regimental Birthday
(12 Oct.), Paardeberg
(27 Feb.), St. Julien
(24 Apr.), Hill 195 (9 Aug.) |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
I'm Ninety-Five |
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