infantry
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regiment
A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation.
In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscript ...
of the
Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...
founded in 1936. In 1954, it was amalgamated with The Pictou Highlanders and 189 LAA RCA Battery to form 1st Battalion,
The Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Nova Scotia Highlanders (also known as North Novies, North Novas) is an infantry regiment in the primary reserve of the Canadian Army. It is part of 36 Canadian Brigade Group, 5th Canadian Division.
Creation
The regiment was formed in 19 ...
(North).
History
Founded in 1936 as ''The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (M.G.)'' by the amalgamation of
The Cumberland Highlanders
The Cumberland Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In 1936, the regiment was Amalgamated with The Colchester and Hants Regiment to form The North Nova Scotia H ...
Juno beach
Juno or Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War. The beach spanned from Courseulles, a village just east of the British beach Gol ...
on
D-Day
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, assigned to
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Canadian Army that saw active service during World War I and World War II as part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. The brigade fought on the Western Front during World War ...
,
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
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. In 1954, as a result of the
Kennedy Report on the Reserve Army The Kennedy Report on the Reserve Army was a report released in 1954 that reorganized the reserve forces of the Canadian Army. The report was issued by a three-person board, invoked by Chief of the General Staff Guy Simonds, and chaired by Major Ge ...
, this regiment was amalgamated The Pictou Highlanders and 189 LAA RCA Battery to form 1st Battalion,
The Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Nova Scotia Highlanders (also known as North Novies, North Novas) is an infantry regiment in the primary reserve of the Canadian Army. It is part of 36 Canadian Brigade Group, 5th Canadian Division.
Creation
The regiment was formed in 19 ...
(North).
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders before Amalgamation held its final Order of Precedence as 34.
Lineage
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
* Originated in
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Amherst ( ) is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, and south of the Northumberland Strait. The town sits on a height of land at the eastern boundary of th ...
, 6 April 1871 as the ''Cumberland Provisional Battalion of Infantry''.
* Redesignated as the ''93rd Cumberland Battalion of Infantry'', 12 June 1885.
* Redesignated as the ''93rd Cumberland Regiment'', on 8 May 1900.
* Redesignated as ''The Cumberland Regiment'', 29 March 1920.
* Redesignated as ''The Cumberland Highlanders'', 15 June 1927.
* Amalgamated on 1 December 1936 with The Colchester and Hants Regiment (less 'C Company') and C Company of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC (now
The Princess Louise Fusiliers
The Princess Louise Fusiliers is a Primary Reserve light infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Lineage
File:Regimental Colour of the Princess Louise Fusiliers.jpg, Regimental Colour of the Princess Louise Fusiliers
File:Camp_Fla ...
) and redesignated as ''The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (Machine Gun)''.
* Redesignated as the ''2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (Machine Gun)'', 7 November 1940.
* Redesignated as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 7 March 1941.
* Redesignated as The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 1 May 1946.
* Amalgamated on 12 November 1954 with The Pictou Highlanders (Motor) and the 189th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RCA as the 1st Battalion,
The Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Nova Scotia Highlanders (also known as North Novies, North Novas) is an infantry regiment in the primary reserve of the Canadian Army. It is part of 36 Canadian Brigade Group, 5th Canadian Division.
Creation
The regiment was formed in 19 ...
(North).
The Colchester and Hants Regiment
* Originated on 1 April 1910, in
Truro, Nova Scotia
Truro (Mi'kmaq: ''Wagobagitik''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Truru'') is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada. Truro is the shire town of Colchester County and is located on the south side of the Salmon River floodplain, close to the river's mouth at ...
as the ''70th Colchester and Hants Regiment'' .
* Redesignated on 2 May 1910, as the ''76th Colchester and Hants Rifles''.
* Amalgamated on 1 April 1920, with the 81st Hants Regiment and Redesignated as ''The Colchester and Hants Regiment''.
* Amalgamated on 1 December 1936, with The Cumberland Highlanders and “C” Company of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC to form ''The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (Machine Gun)''.
The 81st Hants Regiment
* Originated on 16 February 1914, in
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor is a community located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a service centre for the western part of the county and is situated on Highway 101.
The community has a history dating back to its use by the Mi'kmaq Nation for seve ...
, as a Regiment of Infantry in
Hants County
Hants County is an historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the West Hants Regional Municipality, and the Municipality of the District of East Hants.
History Formation
The county of Hants ...
.
* Redesignated on 1 May 1914, as the ''68th Regiment''.
* Redesignated again on 1 June 1914, as the ''81st Hants Regiment''.
* Amalgamated on 15 May 1920, with the 76th Colchester and Hants Rifles and Redesignated as ''The Colchester and Hants Regiment''.
Perpetuations
The regiment perpetuated the following units:
Great War
*
25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF
The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF (also known as "MacKenzie Battalion", "Master Raiders", "Raiding Battalion") was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. It was the second infantry battalion (after the 17th ...
*
106th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF
The 106th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Truro, Nova Scotia, with two additional companies in Pictou and Springhill, the unit began recruiting on 18 Nove ...
*
193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders), CEF
The 193rd (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Truro, Nova Scotia, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 throughout Nova Scotia, one Cyril We ...
Alliances and uniform
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders were allied to the
South Staffordshire Regiment
The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot an ...
and were kitted with a blue glengarry with diced border, scarlet doublet, white sporran with five black points, scarlet & green hose, green garter flashes with full dress only for pipers and drummers.
Battle honours
Only uppercase honours are displayed on the guidon.
;War of 1812
* DEFENCE OF CANADA – 1812–1815 (honorary distinction)
;Boer War
*
SOUTH AFRICA 1899–1900
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Arras 1917
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&
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
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Vimy 1917
Vimy ( or ; ; Dutch: ''Wimi'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Located east of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers who ...
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Hill 70
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AMIENS
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
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Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
1918
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Arleux
Arleux () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Geography
The river Sensée joins the Canal du Nord at Arleux.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes o ...
*
YPRES
Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though
the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...
1917 & 1918
*Somme
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* ...
&
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
*
Thiepval
Thiepval (; pcd, Tièbvo) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Thiepval is located north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151 and approximately northeast of Amiens.
Population
First World ...
*
Ancre Heights
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1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
*
HINDENBURG LINE
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Canal du Nord
The Canal du Nord (, literally ''Canal of the North'') is a long canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise at Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal at Arleux. The French government, in partnership with coal-min ...
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915–18
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;Second World War
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NORMANDY LANDING
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*Authie
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CAEN
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,BOURGUÉBUS RIDGE
*Faubourg de Vaucelles
* Verrières Ridge- Tilly-la-Campagne
*
FALAISE
Falaise may refer to:
Places
* Falaise, Ardennes, France
* Falaise, Calvados, France
** The Falaise pocket was the site of a battle in the Second World War
* La Falaise, in the Yvelines ''département'', France
* The Falaise escarpment in Quebe ...
*
The Laison
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*
Battle of Chambois
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*
Boulogne, 1944
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Calais
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, 1944 liberation
* THE SCHELDT
*Savojaards Plaat
*
Breskens Pocket
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Major General
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Kurt Meyer
Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany. He served in the Waffen-SS (the combat branch of the SS) and participated in the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, and ot ...
of the
Waffen SS
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The grew from th ...
murdered captured soldiers from the regiment.
After the war he was tried and convicted in Canada. Sentenced to death on 28 December 1945, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on 14 January 1946. After serving nearly nine years in prison, Meyer was released on 7 September 1954.Campbell, 160.
* Barnes, RM, ''The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments'', London, Sphere Books Limited, 1972.
* Brode, Patrick. "Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments: Canadian War Crimes Prosecutions, 1944-1948." Toronto: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 1997.
*Campbell, Ian. "Murder at the Abbaye: The Story of Twenty Canadian Soldiers Murdered at the Abbaye d’Ardenne." Ottawa: The Golden Dog Press, 1996.
Volume 3, Part 2: Infantry Regiments – THE NOVA SCOTIA HIGHLANDERS
Further reading
*
Will R. Bird
William Richard Bird (May 11, 1891 – 1984) was a Canadian writer, author of fifteen novels, two memoirs, six history books and three travel books.
Life and career
He was born in rural East Mapleton, Nova Scotia, son of Augusta Bird, a school t ...
. "No retreating footsteps: the story of the North Novas." Kentville, NS: Kentville Publishing Company, 1946
* Pearce, Donald. "Journal of a War: North-West Europe, 1944–1945." Toronto: Macmillan, 1965.