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The Cameron Highlanders of
Ottawa
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The
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa was an infantry regiment
of the Canadian Army.
Lineage
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43rd Battalion of
Infantry
authorized formed from No. 5 Company, 56th Grenville
Battalion, No. 4 Company, 42nd Brockville Battalion, and
four independent infantry companies on 5 August 1881
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Redesignated 43rd 'Ottawa and Carleton' Battalion of
Rifles 19 August 1881
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Redesignated 43rd
Regiment 'Ottawa and Carleton Rifles' 8 May 1900
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Redesignated 43rd
Regiment, Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles 1 March 1902
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Redesignated The Ottawa
Regiment (The Duke of Cornwall's Own) 15 March
1920
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Redesignated The Ottawa
Highlanders 15 September 1922
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Redesignated The Cameron
Highlanders of Ottawa 10 August 1933
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Amalgamated with "B"
Company, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun
Corps, to form The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.)
15 December 1936
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Redesignated The Cameron
Highlanders of Ottawa 1 April 1942
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Redesignated The Cameron
Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun) 1 September 1954
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Redesignated The Cameron
Highlanders of Ottawa 1 August 1959
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The
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa |
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Headquarters:
Ottawa, ON
Predecessors: None
Perpetuates: 38th and 207th Battalions, CEF
Raised: 5 August 1881
Status as of 1 January 2000: Active reserve
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South Africa
During the Second Boer War (1899-1902),
the regiment sent volunteers to the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion
of The Royal Canadian Regiment for service overseas.
First World War
The 43rd Regiment contributed men to the 2nd Battalion, CEF when it
formed in September 1914, and later recruited for the 38th and 207th
Battalions, CEF. The 38th Battalion served in Bermuda from 12 August
1915 to 30 May 1916, then in France and Flanders as a component of
the 4th Canadian Division between 14 August 1916 and the end of the
war, with two soldiers of the battalion receiving the Victoria
Cross. The 207th Battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian
Corps.
Second World War
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) mobilized The Cameron
Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.), CASF on 1 September 1939. The unit, a
machine gun battalion, served in Iceland from 7 July 1940 to April
1941, then embarked for the United Kingdom. It became designated the
3rd Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of
Ottawa) on 1 May 1943, and on 24 May 1944 became The Cameron
Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) as the organization of machine gun
units once again changed. The unit landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944
as the machine gun battalion of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division,
and served in that capacity throughout the North-West Europe
campaign, and disbanded on 31 December 1945. A 2nd Battalion served
in the Reserve Army, and a 3rd Battalion mobilized for the Canadian
Army Occupation Force on 1 June 1945 and disbanded on 18 May 1946.
Battle Honours
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South
Africa, 1899-1900 |
Mount Sorrel
Ancre Heights
Arras, 1917, 18
Ypres, 1917
Passchendaele
Scarpe, 1918
Hindenburg Line
Canal du Nord
France and Flanders, 1916-18
Caen
The Orne
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Quesnay Wood
Boulogne, 1944
Breskens Pocket
Waal Flats
The Rhine
Deventer |
Somme, 1916
Ancre, 1916
Vimy, 1917
Amiens
Drocourt-Quéant
Valenciennes
Sambre
Normandy Landing
Carpiquet
Borguébus Ridge
Falaise
The Laison
The Scheldt
The Rhineland
The Hochwald
Zutphen
Leer
North-West Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Insignia
| Cap Badge
The cap badge is described in
"Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army" as follows:
Within a wreath of
thistles and maple leaves, the figure of St. Andrew with
Cross standing on a mount charged with a plaque
inscribed "ADVANCE"; on the lower bend of the wreath two
scrolls, the upper inscribed "THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS",
the lower OF OTTAWA (M.G.)"
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Cloth Shoulder Flashes
During the Second World War, a cloth shoulder flash in yellow stitching
on a black background was worn on Battle Dress. The flash originally
had the letters "M.G." (either with or without periods), reflecting
the title of the regiment. The later name without the M.G. suffix
was reflected in later pattern titles. Post-war titles added CANADA
to the title.
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H/Major John W. Forth,
Chaplain of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.),
helping the unit’s Regimental Aid Party to treat a wounded
soldier near Caen, France, 15 July 1944. Regimental shoulder
flashes are worn in conjunction with French Grey 3rd
Canadian Infantry Division flashes.
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