Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment

Highlighted Battle Honours are approved for emblazonment on the Regimental Colour. Capitalized Battle Honours indicate the name of a group of battles, actions or engagements. Where common names but separate year dates created a combined battle honour title authorized as a single name for emblazonment, both have been highlighted.

Wars and Operations	Battle Honour	Date	Remarks
South African War	South Africa 1900		The Regiment contributed volunteers to the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. (G.O. 60 of 1933)
First World War
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive)	Mount Sorrel	2-13 June 1916	Perpetuates the 21st, 59th and 253rd Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 21st Bn, C.E.F.- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 59th Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 253rd Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1917" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929)
Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916)	Somme, 1916	1 July – 18 November 1916
	Flers-Courcelette	15-22 September 1916
	Thiepval Ridge	26-29 September 1916
	Ancre Heights	1 October – 11 November 1916
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917	Arras, 1917	9 April – 4 May 1917
	Vimy, 1917	9-14 April 1917
	Hill 70	15-25 August 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917)	Ypres, 1917	31 July – 10 Nov. 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917)	Passchendaele	12 October 1917 and/or 26 October – 10 November 1917
The Offensive in Picardy (21 March – 5 April, 1918)	Somme, 1918	21 March – 5 April 1918
The Advance in Picardy (8 August – 3 September, 1918)	Amiens	8-11 August 1918
The Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (26 August – 12 October, 1918)	Arras, 1918	26 August – 3 September 1918
	Scarpe, 1918	26-30 August 1918
	Drocourt-Queant Line	2-3 September 1918
	Hindenburg Line, Battles of	12 September – 9 October 1918
	Canal du Nord	27 September – 2 October 1918
	Cambrai, 1918	8-9 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November).	Pursuit to Mons	11 November 1918
	FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18

Second World War Honorary Distinction - The badge of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders with the year dates 1944-1945, approved for emblazonment on the Regimental Colour.

Nunquan Cede

Histories:

The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (M.G.) / by John Douglas Mackenzie-Naughton. Kingston, Ont., : s.n., 1946. 74 p.

Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment

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