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The Irish
Regiment of Canada
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The Irish
Regiment of Canada was an infantry regiment of the
Canadian Army during the 20th Century that continued its
service into the 21st.
Lineage
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The
110th Irish Regiment was authorized on 15 October
1915
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The
regiment was redesignated The Irish Regiment on 1
May 1920
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Redesignated The Irish Regiment of Canada 1
September 1932
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Amalgamated with the 1st Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian
Machine Gun Corps (less "B" and "C" Companies) to become
The Irish Regiment of Canada (M.G.) on 15
December 1936
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Redesignated The Irish Regiment of Canada 12
August 1940
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Reduced
to nil strength and placed on Supplementary Order of
Battle, 31 December 1964
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2nd
Battalion raised in Sudbury in 1965 by conversion of
58th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. 1st
Battalion remained dormant.
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The
Irish Regiment of Canada |
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Headquarters:
Toronto, ON, later Sudbury, ON
Predecessors: none
Perpetuates: 180th and 208th Battalions, CEF
Raised: 15 October 1915
Status on 31 December 1999: Active Militia
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First World War
The 110th Irish Regiment raised men for the 180th and 208th
Battalions, CEF, both of which provided reinforcements for the
Canadian Corps in the field. The regiment also perpetuates the 1st
Machine Gun Battalion, CEF, which served in France and Flanders from
March 1918 until the end of the war.
Second World War
Details of The Irish Regiment of Canada (M.G.) were placed on active
service on 1 September 1939 for local protective duties. An active
service battalion mobilized on 24 May 1940 as "The Irish Regiment of
Canada (M.G.), Canadian Active Service Force", was redesignated "The
Irish Regiment of Canada, CASF" on 12 August 1940, and embarked for
the UK on 28 October 1942. The unit served in Italy as a component
of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Canadian (Armoured)
Division. As part of Operation GOLDFLAKE, the unit moved to
Northwest Europe in February 1945. The active battalion disbanded on
31 January 1946. A 2nd Battalion served in the Reserve Army.
Battle Honours
The Regiment was awarded Battle Honours
for service in the two World Wars (bold type indicates honours selected for
emblazonment):
Arras, 1917, '18
Ypres, 1917
Scarpe, 1918
Hindenburg Line
Pursuit to Mons
Liri Valley
Gothic Line
Coriano
Fosso Munio
Italy, 1943-45
Delfzijl Pocket |
Hill 70
Amiens
Drocourt-Quéant
Canal du Nord
France and Flanders, 1917-18
Melfa Crossing
Montecchio
Lamone Crossing
Conventello-Comacchio
Ijsselmeer
Northwest Europe, 1945 |
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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:
Superimposed on an eight pointed
chipped star, an Irish harp; below the harp a scroll inscribed
with the motto "FIOR GO BAS"; ensigning the harp and
superimposed upon the topmost point of the star, the Crown.1
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Notes
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The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian
Army, Queen's Printer, Ottawa,
1964, p.243
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