, colors =
, march = Quick: "
Hielan' Laddie"
, battles =
First World War
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War in Afghanistan
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, anniversaries =
, battle_honours = See
#Battle Honours
, website =
, commander1 = LCol M Singleton
, commander1_label = Commanding officer
, commander2 = CWO C.J. Loverin
, commander2_label = Regimental sergeant major
, commander3 = HCol Michel S. Beaulieu
, commander3_label = Honorary colonel
, commander4 = HLCol Gail Brescia
, commander4_label = Honorary lieutenant-colonel
, notable_commanders = Colonel
Robert Angus Keane,
DSO
, identification_symbol_2
McGillivray, identification_symbol_4 = LSSR
, identification_symbol_2_label = Tartan
, identification_symbol_4_label = Abbreviation
The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment is a
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infantry
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regiment
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of the
Canadian Forces
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. The regiment is located in
Thunder Bay
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, Ontario, and is part of the
3rd Canadian Division
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's
38 Canadian Brigade Group
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. Also known as "The Lake Sups" (pronounced soups), the regiment was active during the
First and
Second World Wars
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. During the latter, the regiment, then known as The Lake Superior Regiment or LSR, mobilized a motorized infantry battalion for the
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division; The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) or LSR(M).
The LSR(M) and
28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)
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were the only Canadian land-based units to score a naval victory during the Second World War. On November 5, 1944, the units sank three small German ships and destroyed a fourth in the port of
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. One of the ships was likely the ''AF-92'', a landing-craft-type vessel, about long, equipped to lay mines, and armed with two 88 mm guns. One legend suggests a mortar round fired by the infantry made its way down the funnel of one of the ships.
The ship's bell from one of the sunken vessels was recovered, and is in the Officer's Mess of the
.
Since World War II, its soldiers have served throughout the world on numerous peacekeeping operations. Most recently, the LSSR has had several soldiers serve in
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. The regiment lost one soldier, Corporal Anthony "T-Bone" Boneca on July 9, 2006, fighting
Taliban
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insurgents during Operation Zahar ("sword") in
Zhari District, Kandahar Province.
Regimental information
File:LSSR regt colour.jpg, The regimental colour of The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment.
File:LSSR camp flag.jpg, The camp flag of The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment.
Armoral description
A large maple leaf in center charged with a beaver, encircled by an annulus, inscribed THE LAKE SUPERIOR SCOTTISH REGIMENT and surmounted by the Crown; below a scroll inscribed INTER PERICULA INTREPIDI; on each side of the annulus with six maple leaves.
Motto
Inter Pericula Intrepidi
''Fearless in the face of danger''
Official abbreviation
Lake Sup Scot R
Tartan
MacGillivary
Lineage
The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
*Originated 3 July 1905 in Port Arthur, Ontario when a "regiment of infantry" was authorized to be formed
*Designated 1 December 1905 as the 96th The Lake Superior Regiment
*Redesignated 12 March 1920 as The Lake Superior Regiment
*Redesignated 7 November 1940 as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment
*Redesignated 1 April 1946 as The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)
*Redesignated 29 June 1949 as The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment (Motor)
*Redesignated 11 April 1958 as The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
[Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.]
Lineage chart
Perpetuations
The Great War
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52nd Battalion (New Ontario), CEF
The 52nd Battalion (New Ontario), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War.
History
The 52nd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 23 November 1915. It disembarke ...
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Operational history
The Great War
Details of the 96th The Lake Superior Regiment were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protective duty.
The 52nd Battalion (New Ontario), CEF, was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 23 November 1915. The battalion disembarked in France on 21 February 1916, where it fought as part of the
9th Infantry Brigade,
3rd Canadian Division
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in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion disbanded on 30 August 1920.
The 141st (Rainy River District) Battalion (Border Bull Moose), CEF, was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 29 April 1917, where its personnel were absorbed by the 18th Reserve Battalion, CEF on 7 May 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion disbanded on 17 July 1917.
The Second World War
The regiment mobilized The Lake Superior Regiment, CASF, on 24 May 1940. It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment, CASF, on 7 November 1940 and as the 1st Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), CASF, on 26 January 1942. It embarked for Britain on 22 August 1942. On 26 and 27 July 1944, it landed in France as part of the
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade
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,
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division, and it continued to fight in northwest Europe until the end of the war. The overseas battalion disbanded on 15 February 1946.
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flag, Friesoythe, Germany, 16 April 1945
War In Afghanistan
The regiment contributed an aggregate of more than 20% of its authorized strength to the various Task Forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014.
Alliances
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The Royal Anglian Regiment
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* –
5th/6th Battalion, The Royal Victoria Regiment
Battle Honours
In the list below, battle honours in capitals were awarded for participation in large operations and campaigns, while those in lowercase indicate honours granted for more specific battles. Those battle honours followed by a "+" are emblazoned on the regimental colour.
The Great War
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Flers-Courcelette
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Ancre Heights
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Vimy, 1917+
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Passchendaele+
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Scarpe, 1918
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Drocourt-Quéant
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*
Canal du Nord
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Cambrai, 1918
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The Second World War
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Falaise Road+
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The Laison
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Chambois
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*
The Lower Maas+
*+
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The Hochwald+
*
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Twente Canal+
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Friesoythe
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Küsten Canal+
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Bad Zwischenahn
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* +
War in Afghanistan
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Notable soldiers
* Major
Christopher O'Kelly
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,
* Colonel
Robert Angus Keane,
* Sergeant
Charles Henry Byce,
* Lieutenant-General
Omer Lavoie,
See also
*
Canadian-Scottish regiment
*
List of armouries in Canada
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Razing of Friesoythe
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Notes
References
General references
* Barnes, RM, ''The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments'', London, Sphere Books Limited, 1972.
Further reading
*
Stanley, George F.G., ''In the Face of Danger: The History of the Lake Superior Regiment'' (1960)
*Beaulieu, Michel S., David K. Ratz, Thorold J. Tronrud, and Jenna L. Kirker. ''Thunder Bay and the First World War, 1914-1919''. Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2018.
*Fedak, Michael. ''Letters to Leah: The Experiences of a Member of the Lake Superior Regiment (motor) During the Second World War from August 1944 to May 1945'', introduced by David K. Ratz. Thunder Bay: Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, 2012.
*Private W.C. Millar, ''From Thunder Bay Through Ypres with the Fighting 52nd,'' edited by Thorold J. Tronrud and annotated by David Ratz. Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2010.
*Ratz, David Karl. "Aid to the Civil Power: The 96th 'Lake Superior Regiment' 1909 and 1912." Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society ''Papers & Records'' (1991): 51–64.
*Ratz, David. "Strike Duty," the Canadian Military and Labour at the Lakehead before the First World War." In ''Essays in Northwestern Ontario Working Class History'', edited by Michel S. Beaulieu, 29-49. Thunder Bay: Lakehead University Centre for Northern Studies, 2008.
*Ratz, David K. "Pete Musselman, Teacher and Soldier." Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society ''Papers & Records'' (2003): 21–50.
*Ratz, David. "The Controversy Over Unit Designation and Perpetuation: The History of the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment." ''Journal of the Military History Society of Manitoba'' (1999): 50–56.
External links
Bravery in the Face of Danger - The Lake Superior Regiment Motor
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