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The Scots Fusiliers of
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The Scots
Fusiliers of Canada was an infantry regiment of the
Canadian Army during the 20th Century.
Lineage
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The
108th Regiment was authorized on 21 September 1914
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The
regiment was redesignated The Waterloo Regiment on 1
April 1920
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Redesignated The North Waterloo Regiment 3 August
1921
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Redesignated The Scots Fusiliers of Canada 15
September 1928
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Converted
to artillery and redesignated 54th Light
Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Scots Fusiliers of Canada) 1
April 1946
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Converted
to infantry and redesignated The Scots Fusiliers of
Canada 1 December 1959
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Amalgamated with The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
26 February 1965 to create The Highland Fusiliers of
Canada1
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The
Scots Fusiliers of Canada |
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Headquarters:
Kitchener, ON
Predecessors: none
Perpetuates: 118th Battalion, CEF
Raised: 21 September 1914
Amalgamated: On 26 February 1965, with The
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, to create The
Highland Fusiliers of Canada. |
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First World War
The 118th Battalion mobilized on 11 November 1915, from men raised
by the newly created 108th Regiment. The battalion arrived in the
United Kingdom in February 1917, and was disbanded, its personnel
absorbed by the 25th Reserve Battalion, and used to provide
reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field.
Second World War
The regiment mobilized "The Scots Fusiliers of Canada" on 5 March
1942. The active service unit served in Canada and was disbanded on
15 October 1943. A 2nd Battalion served in the Reserve Army.
Battle Honours
None
Traditions
- Official Marches
Insignia
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Cap Badge
The cap badge is described in "Regiments and Corps of the Canadian
Army" as:
A thirteen flame grenade with a
maple leaf on the ball of the grenade; superimposed upon the
maple leaf, the Royal Badge of Scotland, i.e., a thistle
surmounted by the Crown.2
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Notes
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The Highland Fusiliers of Canada were granted the
Royal prefix in 1998; see the separate article on that regiment.
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The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian
Army, Queen's Printer, Ottawa,
1964, p.239
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