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The Irish
Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment)
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The Irish
Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the
Canadian Army during the 20th Century; it was reduced to nil
strength in 1965 and added to the Supplementary Order of
Battle, then removed from the S.O.B. in 2002 to be
amalgamated into the BCR.
Lineage
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The
11th Regiment Irish Fusiliers of Canada was authorized on 15
August
1913
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The
regiment was redesignated The Irish Fusiliers of
Canada on 15 March 1920
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Amalgamated with The Vancouver Regiment to become The Irish
Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment) on 1
June 1936
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Converted and redesignated 65th Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment (Irish Fusiliers), Royal Canadian Artillery 1
April 1946
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Amalgamated with the 120th Independent Field Battery,
RCA, converted, and redesignated The Irish Fusiliers
of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment) on 1 September
1958
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Reduced
to nil strength and placed on Supplementary Order of
Battle, 19 March 1965
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Removed
from the Supplementary Order of Battle and amalgamated
into The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's
Own) with no change in designation in 2002.
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The
Irish Fusiliers of Canada
(The Vancouver Regiment) |
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Headquarters:
Vancouver, BC
Predecessors: none
Perpetuates: 29th, 30th, 102nd, 121st and
158th Battalions, CEF
Created: 1 June 1936 from The Irish Fusiliers
of Canada and The Vancouver Regiment
Amalgamated: 13 June 2002 into The British
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Second World War
The Irish Fusiliers (Vancouver Regiment) placed details on active
service on 26 August 1939, and the battalion went on active service
on 1 September 1939 for local protective duties only. These details
were disbanded on 31 December 1940. The Regiment mobilized a unit
for active service on 1 January 1941. The 1st Battalion, Irish
Fusiliers (Vancouver Regiment), CASF served first as a component of
the 18th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Canadian Division in Canada,
and then in Jamaica from 18 May 1943 to 6 August 1944. The unit
embarked for the United Kingdom from Canada on 10 January 1945, and
was disbanded on 19 January 1945, in order to provide reinforcements
for Canadian units in the field. A 2nd Battalion served in the
Reserve Army. The 3rd Battalion, Irish Fusiliers (Vancouver
Regiment), CASF mobilized on 12 May 1942 for service in a home
defence role in Canada. The battalion was a component of the 19th
Infantry Brigade of Pacific Command and disbanded on 15 August 1943.2
Battle Honours
The Regiment perpetuated several
battalions of the C.E.F., and inherited the battle honours of the
battalions raised by the predecessors of both the Irish Fusiliers
and the Vancouver Regiment.
Ypres, 1915, '17
Mount Sorrel
Flers-Courcelette
Ancre Heights
Arras, 1917, '18
Scarpe, 1917, '18
Passchendaele
Drocourt-Quéant
Canal du Nord
Valenciennes
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Festubert, 1915
Somme, 1916, '18
Thiepval
Ancre, 1916
Vimy, 1917
Hill 70
Amiens
Hindenburg Line
Cambrai, 1918
France and Flanders, 1915-18
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Insignia
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Cap Badge
The cap badge is described in "Regiments and Corps of the Canadian
Army" as:
A flaming grenade ensigned by the Coronet of HRH Princess
Victoria; on the ball of the grenade an Irish harp surmounted by
a maple leaf.3
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Notes
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The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian
Army, Queen's Printer, Ottawa,
1964, pp.236-237
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A-AD-267-000/AF-003
Official Lineages, Volume 3, Part 1: Armour,
Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments – Armour Regiments.
Directorate of History and Heritage. June 11, 2010 accessed
online at http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/arm-bli/BCR-eng.asp
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Regiments and Corps, Ibid
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