The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)
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The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) is a reserve reconnaissance armoured regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. This unit is based in downtown Oshawa, Ontario.
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Battle honours
Those battle honours approved for emblazonment are bolded.World War I
- Somme, 1916; Arras, 1917; Vimy, 1917; Hill 70; Ypres, 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens; Arras, 1918; Scarpe, 1918; Drocourt-Queant Line; Hindenburg Line, Battles of the; Canal du Nord; Cambrai, 1918; Valenciennes; France and Flanders, 1916-18
World War II
- Pursuit to Messina; Sicily, 1943; Colle d’Anchise; The Gully; Casa Berardi; Ortona; Point 59; Cassino II; Gustav Line; St Angelo in Teodice; Liri Valley; Aquino; Trasimene Line; Sanfatucchio; Arezzo; Advance to Florence; Italy, 1943-45; Arnhem, 1945; North-West Europe, 1945
Direct lineage
- 116th and 182nd Battalions, C.E.F.
- The Ontario Regiment (11th Armoured Regiment)
- The Ontario Regiment
Allied with
Motto
Fidelis et Paratus (Faithful and Prepared)Marches
- "John Peel" (Dismounted)
- "My Boy Willie" (Mounted)
Order of precedence
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8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)
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The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)
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