Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Land Forces)

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[edit] Commands

[edit] Bases and stations

Note on abbreviations:

CFB - Canadian Forces Base
CFS - Canadian Forces Station
CATC - Canadian Army Training Centre

[edit] Bases

[edit] Schools and Training Centres

  • The Canadian Parachute Centre: Ex Coelis (Latin, "Out of the Clouds")
  • Combat Training Centre Gagetown:
    • Tactics School: Tactica (Latin, "Tactics")
    • Infantry School: Ducimus (Latin, "We Lead")
  • Land Force Atlantic Area Training Centre Gagetown: Sustentans Militem Atlanticum (Latin, "Supporting The Atlantic Soldier")
  • Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford: Excelsior
  • Land Force Quebec Area Training Centre Valcartier: Apprendre Instruire Exceller (French, To Learn, To Study, To Excel")
  • Land Force Western Area Training Centre Wainwright: Excellentia (Latin, "Excellence")

[edit] Land Force Areas, Brigade Groups, and Other Formations

[edit] Areas

[edit] Brigade Groups

[edit] Army Regiments and Battalions

[edit] Artillery Regiments

Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery:[1]

  • Ubique (Latin, "Everywhere")
  • Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (Latin, "Where Right and Glory Lead")

[edit] Armour Regiments

[edit] Infantry Regiments

[edit] Communication Squadrons

  • 724 Communication Squadron:
  • 731 Communication Squadron: Sustenans Vinculum (Latin)[4]
  • 742 Communication Squadron: Perseveramus (Latin)

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  • 764 Communication Squadron: Excellentius

[edit] Support Units

[edit] Area Support Units (ASU)

  • 1 Area Support Group Edmonton: We Enable Success[7]
  • Area Support Unit Chilliwack: Ad Mare Usque Mons (Latin)
  • Area Support Unit Northern Ontario: Regionem Boream Sustinentes (Latin, "Upholding The Northern Region")

[edit] Service Battalions

  • 1 Service Battalion: Officium Super Omnia (Latin, "Duty Above All")
  • 2 Service Battalion: Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second To None")
  • 11 (Victoria) Service Battalion: Silhuwa
  • 12 (Vancouver) Service Battalion: Duty Above All[8]
  • 14 (Calgary) Service Battalion:
  • 15 (Edmonton) Service Battalion: Militare Cum Fiducia
  • 16 (Saskatchewan) Service Battalion: Flexible and Enduring[9]
  • 17 (Winnipeg) Service Battalion: United in Effort[10]
  • 18 (Thunder Bay) Service Battalion: Media Nox Meridies Noster[11] (Latin, "Midnight [is] Our Midday")
  • 21 (Windsor) Service Battalion: Duty Above All
  • 22 (London) Service Battalion: Labore et Perseverantia (Latin, "Through Labour and Perseverance"; taken from the motto of the city of London, Ontario)
  • 23 (Hamilton) Service Battalion: Semper Industrius (Latin, "Always Industrious")[12]
  • 25 (Toronto) Service Battalion: Superbe Militare
  • 26 (North Bay) Service Battalion: Unitate Fortior
  • 28 (Ottawa) Service Battalion
  • 31 (Saint John) Service Battalion: Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second to None")
  • 32 (Moncton) Service Battalion
  • 33 (Halifax) Service Battalion: Peritia Meremur
  • 35 (Sydney) Service Battalion: Fritheilidh Sinn (Scottish Gaelic, "We Serve")[13]
  • 36 (Newfoundland) Service Battalion: Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second to None")
  • 51 (Montréal) Service Battalion: Devoir Avant Tout (French, "Duty Before All")
  • 55 (Québec) Service Battalion

[edit] Other units

  • Land Force Trials and Evaluations Unit: De Armis Veritas (Latin, "Truth About Arms")

[edit] Disbanded/Decommissioned/Inactive Units

[edit] Commands

[edit] Bases

[edit] Corps

[edit] Formations

[edit] Militia Areas and Districts

  • Atlantic Militia Area:
  • Secteur de l'est:
  • Prairie Militia Area: Pax Bellum Parando (Latin, "Peace by Preparing for War")
  • Pacific Militia Area:

[edit] Army Regiments

[edit] Armoured Regiments

  • 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment: Armatos Fundit (Latin, "Carrying Armed Men")
  • 2nd/10th Dragoons: Sagittari
  • 7th/XI Hussars: Steady
  • 12th Manitoba Dragoons: Ubique honor et equis (Latin, "Everywhere honour and equality")
  • 14th Canadian Hussars: Free and Fearless
  • 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Latin, "Shamed be he who thinks evil of it", motto of the Order of the Garter)
  • 18th Canadian Light Horse: Amor patriae (Latin, "For love of country")
  • The Argyll Light Infantry (Tank): Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second to None")
  • The Cape Breton Highlanders: Siol Na Fear Fearail (Gaelic, "Breed of Manly Men")
  • The Elgin Regiment (RCAC): Officium primum (Latin, "Duty First")
  • The Halifax Rifles (RCAC): Cede Nullis (Latin, "Yield To None")
  • King's Canadian Hussars: Vota vita mea (Latin, "My life is devoted")
  • The Manitoba Mounted Rifles: Ut irruant omnes (Latin, "Aggressive in attack")
  • The New Brunswick Regiment (Tank): Paratus pugnare pro patria (Latin, "Always prepared to fight for our country")
  • The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles: Canada and Empire

[edit] Infantry Regiments

  • 6th Fusiliers: Nulla vestigia retrorsum (Latin, "No step backwards")
  • 18th Prescott Battalion of Infantry: Paratus et volens (Latin, "Ready and willing")
  • 43rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force: Ullamh (Gaelic: "Ready
  • 55th Regiment, Megantic Light Infantry: Semper paratus (Latin, "Always ready")
  • 60th Missisquoi Battalion of Infantry: Watch the front, watch weel
  • 80th Nicolet Regiment: Pro aris et focis (Latin, "For our altars and our homes")
  • 84th Battalion, CEF: Rex Vocat
  • 109th Canadian Militia Regiment: Rex vocat (Latin, "The King calls")
  • The Bruce Regiment: Amor patriae (Latin, "For love of country")
  • The Canadian Airborne Regiment: Ex Coelis (Latin, "Out Of The Clouds")
  • The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (M.G.): Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Latin, "Shamed be he who thinks evil of it", motto of the Order of the Garter)
  • The Canadian Guards: A mari usque ad mare (Latin, "From sea even unto sea")
  • The Cumberland Highlanders: Cos Cheum Nach Gabh Tilleadh (Gaelic, "Our footsteps will not allow us to go backwards")
  • The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada: Pervias rectas (Latin, "Constantly alert")
  • The Edmonton Fusiliers: Deum Cole, Regem Serva (Latin: "Worship God, Preserve/Save the King")
  • The Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment): Faugh-a-ballagh (Irish, "Clear the way")
  • The Kent Regiment: Usque Ad Aras (Latin, "Even to the (sacrificial) Altar")[15]
  • The Lambton Regiment: Paratus et fidelis (Latin: "Ready and faithful")
  • The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment:
  • The Manitoba Rangers: Semper paratus (Latin, "Always ready")
  • The Middlesex and Huron Regiment: Defence not defiance"
  • The Midland Regiment: Semper Paratus (Latin, "Always Prepared")
  • The Norfolk Regiment of Canada: Pro patria (Latin, "For country")
  • The North Nova Scotia Highlanders: Cos Cheum Nach Gabh Tilleadh (Gaelic, "Our footsteps will not allow us to go backwards")
  • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment: Pro Jure Constans (Latin, "Faithful For The Right")
  • The Perth Regiment: Audaces Et Cauti (Latin, "Bold And Wary")
  • The Pictou Highlanders: Cuidich'n Righ (Gaelic, "Protect the King")
  • The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment): Quis separabit? (Latin, "Who shall separate?" Motto of the Order of St. Patrick)
  • Le Régiment de Joliette: Quem timebo (Latin, "Whom shall I fear")
  • Le Régiment de Saint-Hyacinthe: Honneur et devoir (French, "Honour and duty")
  • Le Régiment de Québec (Mitrailleuses): Maintiens le droict (Old French, "Maintain the right")
  • The Royal Rifles of Canada: Volens et valens (Latin, "Willing and strong")
  • The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC): In hoc signo vinces (Latin, "In this sign conquer")
  • The Simcoe Foresters: Spectemur agendo (Latin, "Let us be known by our deeds")
  • The Saint John Fusiliers: Semper paratus (Latin, "Always ready")
  • The Victoria and Haliburton Regiment: Where duty leads"
  • Victoria Rifles of Canada: Pro Aris Et Focis (Latin, "For The Altars and Hearths")
  • The Wellington Regiment: Virtutis fortuna comes (Latin, "Fortune is the companion of bravery")
  • The Winnipeg Grenadiers: Adsum (Latin, "I am present")
  • The York Regiment: Fidelis patrice (Latin, "Faithful to the fatherland")

[edit] Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914-1918)

[edit] Other units

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "In 1832, King William IV of England granted the Royal Regiment of Artillery the right to wear on their appointments the royal arms and supporters over a cannon with the motto, 'Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt' (Everywhere Whither Right and Glory Lead). The next year (1833), the order was amended to make clear that 'Ubique' and 'Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt' were two separate mottos." The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery: Customs and Traditions at artillery.net

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