Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

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
North-West Rebellion	North West Canada 1885
South African War	South Africa 1899-1900		The Regiment contributed volunteers to the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. (G.O. 60 of 1933)
First World War
Summer Operations, 1915. (March-October)	Ypres, 1915	22 April – 25 May 1915	Perpetuates the 3rd, 83rd, 95th, 166th, 198th, and 255th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 3rd Bn, C.E.F.- "Ypres, 1915, '17, Gravenstafel Ridge, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) VCs won by Cpl C. Barron on 6 November 1917 and Lt G.F. Kerr, MC, MM, on 27 September 1918. 83rd Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) 95th Bn, C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1916-17" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) 166th Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1916-17" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) 198th Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1917-18" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 255th Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1917" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - "Ypres, 1915, '17, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Pozieres, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Scarpe, 1917, '18, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929)
	Gravenstafel Ridge	22-23 April 1915
	St Julien	24 April – 4 May 1915
	Festubert, 1915	15-25 May 1915
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive)	Mount Sorrel	2-13 June 1916
Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916)	Somme, 1916	1 July – 18 November 1916
	Pozieres Ridge	23 July – 3 September 1916
	Flers-Courcelette	15-22 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
	Arleux	28-29 April 1917
	Scarpe, 1917	3-4 May 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 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
Picardy (17 October – 11 November).	Pursuit to Mons	11 November 1918
	FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
Second World War
NORMANDY LANDING	NORMANDY LANDING	6 Jun 44	The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - "NORMANDY LANDING, Le Mesnil-Patry, CAEN, Carpiquet, BOURGUEBUS 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 1944-45" (Cdn Army Orders Issue No. 539, 15 Apr 1957) VC won by Sgt A. Cosens on 25-26 February 1945.
	Le Mesnil-Patry	11 Jun 44
CAEN	CAEN	4-18 Jul 44
CAEN	Carpiquet	4-5 Jul 44
BOURGEBUS RIDGE	BOURGUEBUS RIDGE	18-23 Jul 44
BOURGEBUS RIDGE	Faubourg de Vaucelles	18-19 Jul 44
FALAISE	FALAISE	7-22 Aug 44
	Quesnay Wood	10-11 Aug 44
	The Laison	14-17 Aug 44
	Boulogne 1944	17-22 Sep 44
	Calais 1944	25 Sep – 1 Oct 44
THE SCHELDT	THE SCHELDT	1 Oct – 8 Nov 44
THE SCHELDT	Breskens Pocket	11 Oct – 3 Nov 44
THE RHINELAND	THE RHINELAND	8 Feb - 10 Mar 45
	Waal Flats	8-15 Feb 45
	The Hochwald	26 Feb – 4 Mar 45
THE RHINE	THE RHINE	23 Mar – 1 Apr 45
THE RHINE	Emmerich – Hoch Elten	28 Mar – 1 Apr 45
	Deventer	8-11 Apr 45
NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45	6 Jun 44 – 5 May 45
South-West Asia
South-West Asia	Afghanistan		Announced 9 May 2014

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Battle diary: from D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE. Charles Cromwell Martin with Roy Whitsed. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994. 191 p.
Canadians: a battalion at war: as told by the volunteers who fought, the survivors who returned, the veterans who remember. edited by Roy J. Whitsed. Mississauga, Ont.: Burlington Books, [1996]. 346 p.
Illustrated historical album of the 2nd Battalion, the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada: 1856-1894. E.F. Gunther. Toronto: Toronto News, 1980 (c1894).
The Powder horn: chronicle of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Canada. Canadian Army. Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. 1961.
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada / by Ernest J. Chambers. Toronto: E.L. Ruddy, 1901. 156 p.
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, 1860-1960: one hundred years of Canada. William Thomas Barnard. Toronto: Ontario Pub., 1960. 398 p.
Souvenir history of the Queen's Own Rifles, Toronto. Toronto: Imperial, 1994 (c1898).

Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

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