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1860.04.26 |
2nd Battalion
Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada
formed with HQ at Toronto by regimentation
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- No. 1 Company at Barrie, raised 20
Mar. 1856 as 1st Barrie Rifle Coy; transferred 21 Nov. 1862
as No. 1 Coy, 35th Battalion
- No. 2 Company at Toronto, raised
20 Mar. 1856 as 1st V.M. Rifle Coy of Toronto
- No. 3 Company at Toronto
- No. 4 Highland Rifle Company at Toronto?,
raised 18 Sep. 1856
- No. 5 Company at Toronto
- No. 6 Company at Whitby , raised
31 Mar. 1858; became independent 21 Nov. 1862 as Highland Rifle
Coy (later No. 1 Coy, 34th Battalion)
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1863.03.18 |
2nd Battalion,
or The Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto
royal accolade granted by Queen
Victoria and companies renumbered: |
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- No. 1 Company, raised 20 Mar. 1856
- No. 2 Company, raised 20 Mar. 1856
- No. 3 Company, raised 26 Apr. 1860
- No. 4 Company, raised 18 July 1862
- No. 5 Company, raised 14 Mar. 1862
- No. 6 Company, raised 6 Dec. 1861
- No. 7 Company (Civil Service), raised
14 Mar. 1862
- No. 8 Company (Trinity College), raised
3 June 1861
- No. 9 Company (University and Colleges),
raised 8 May 1862
- No. 10 Company (Highland), redesignation
of No. 4 Coy
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1882.01.13 |
2nd Battalion,
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada |
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1900.05.08 |
2nd Regiment,
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada |
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1906.05.01 |
reorganised
as two battalions |
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1920.05.01 |
The Queen's
Own Rifles of Canada |
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1920.10.01 |
reorganised
to perpetuate CEF: |
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- 1st Battalion, perpetuating 83rd
Battalion CEF
- 2nd Battalion, perpetuating 95th
Battalion CEF
- 3rd Battalion, perpetuating 166th
Battalion CEF
- 4th Battalion, perpetuating 255th
Battalion CEF
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1936.12.15 |
reverted
to single-battalion establishment (HQ and
four coys at Toronto) |
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1951.05.04 |
volunteers
raised Support Company (QOR),
1st Canadian Rifle Battalion |
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1952.04.01 |
volunteers
raised Support Company (QOR),
2nd Canadian Rifle Battalion |
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1953.10.16 |
Regular
Force component added to establishment by redesignation of
1st and 2nd Canadian
Rifle Battalions |
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1970.04.27 |
last
Regular Force battalion disbanded, and regiment reverted to Reserve |
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2004 |
company
formed at Scarborough |
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Deployment and Service: |
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War
service |
Overseas
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Home
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North West
Canada 1885, South
Africa 1899-1900
The Great War:
The Second World War: Normandy
Landing, Le Mesnil-Patry, Caen,
Carpiquet, Bourguébus Ridge, Faubourg de Vaucelles,
Falaise, Quesnay Wood, The Laison, Boulogne 1944,
Calais 1944, The Scheldt, Breskens Pocket, The Rhineland,
Waal Flats, The Hochwald, The Rhine, Emmerich-Hoch Elten,
Deventer, North-West Europe 1944-1945
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Record of Colours: |
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Badges: |
Armorial
Description: The Arabic numberal 2 encircled by a scroll inscribed
QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA the scroll surmounted by the Crown;
joined to the base of the scroll and clasped with a buckle, a ribbon
scroll bearing the motto IN PACE PARATUS; the whole superimposed
on a maple leaf. |
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Motto: |
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Marches: |
Quick : The
Buffs |
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Double Past:
Money Musk |
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Regimental
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The
Rifleman. |
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