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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.

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  • The Royal Canadian Regiment
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  • 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.
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identification symbol 4 label
  • Abbreviation
Garrison
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • RHQ – Petawawa
commander3 label
  • Patron
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
  • Maple Leaf
  • The RCR
Nickname
  • Royal Canadians
Country
  • Canada
Type
  • Line infantry
bannerimage
  • RCR cap badge.jpg
Caption
  • Cap badge of The Royal Canadian Regiment
short title
  • The RCR
Dates
  • --12-21
Unit Name
  • The Royal Canadian Regiment
Title
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • The Royal Canadian Regiment
commander2 label
  • Colonel of the regiment
Adopted
  • --06-20
Battles
decorations
  • Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation - 1st Battalion: Afghanistan, Operation ARCHER, 2006.
Before
After
Notes
  • --03-21
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
  • Tartan
commander1 label
  • Colonel-in-chief
Slogan
  • Never Pass a Fault
Year
  • 2008(xsd:integer)
Size
  • Four battalions
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.
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