The RCR maintains a Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) in Petawawa, Ontario, which has no operational command role but handles regimental affairs outside the responsibility of the individual Battalions. The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum is located within historic Wolseley Hall in London, Ontario. Wolseley Barracks in London has been continuously occupied by some element of the regiment since construction of Wolseley Hall was completed in 1888. At various times Wolseley Barracks has been the home of the Regimental Headquarters, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and remains the home of the 4th Battalion today.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - The Royal Canadian Regiment
|
rdfs:comment
| - The RCR maintains a Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) in Petawawa, Ontario, which has no operational command role but handles regimental affairs outside the responsibility of the individual Battalions. The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum is located within historic Wolseley Hall in London, Ontario. Wolseley Barracks in London has been continuously occupied by some element of the regiment since construction of Wolseley Hall was completed in 1888. At various times Wolseley Barracks has been the home of the Regimental Headquarters, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and remains the home of the 4th Battalion today.
|
sameAs
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
identification symbol 4 label
| |
Garrison
| - 1(xsd:integer)
- 2(xsd:integer)
- 3(xsd:integer)
- 4(xsd:integer)
- RHQ – Petawawa
|
commander3 label
| |
Commander
| |
Branch
| |
command structure
| |
symbolism
| - The star is a customary infantry badge shape from the 19th Century. King George V granted the regiment the right to wear in perpetuity Queen Victoria’s cypher “VRI” in memory of the sovereign under whose reign the regiment was raised and in view of the services the regiment rendered in the Great War.
|
Role
| |
identification symbol
| |
Nickname
| |
Country
| |
Type
| |
bannerimage
| |
Caption
| - Cap badge of The Royal Canadian Regiment
|
short title
| |
Dates
| |
Unit Name
| - The Royal Canadian Regiment
|
Title
| - 4(xsd:integer)
- The Royal Canadian Regiment
|
commander2 label
| |
Adopted
| |
Battles
| |
decorations
| - Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation - 1st Battalion: Afghanistan, Operation ARCHER, 2006.
|
Before
| |
After
| |
Notes
| |
Badge
| - On an eight-pointed diamond-cut star Argent a bezant inscribed VRI, the Cypher of Queen Victoria, in letters Argent and encircled by a rope Or surmounted in chief with the Royal Crown proper;
|
Anniversaries
| - --10-23
- --11-10
- --12-21
- --07-10
- --02-27
|
March
| - Quick – "The Royal Canadian Regiment"
- Slow – "Pro Patria"
|
Motto
| - Pro Patria
- PRO PATRIA; meaning “For my country”.
|
identification symbol 2 label
| |
commander1 label
| |
Slogan
| |
Year
| |
Size
| |
abstract
| - The RCR maintains a Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) in Petawawa, Ontario, which has no operational command role but handles regimental affairs outside the responsibility of the individual Battalions. The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum is located within historic Wolseley Hall in London, Ontario. Wolseley Barracks in London has been continuously occupied by some element of the regiment since construction of Wolseley Hall was completed in 1888. At various times Wolseley Barracks has been the home of the Regimental Headquarters, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and remains the home of the 4th Battalion today.
|
is Unit
of | |
is Commands
of | |