Sherbrooke Hussars
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The Sherbrooke Hussars is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces.
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[edit] Sherbrooke Regiment
The Sherbrooke Regiment was initially formed in 1866 as the Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry, becoming the 53rd (Sherbrooke) Battalion in 1867. The regiment provided volunteers for the 12th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914. The following year, it provided the bulk of the 117th (Eastern Townships) Battalion, CEF, formed initially as a mounted unit, but quickly converted to infantry. This battalion became the first Empire unit to provide the King's Guard at Buckingham Palace in London. The 117th was then broken up to provide reinforcements for several other Canadian units in France.
In 1920, the Sherbrooke Regiment was reformed with two battalions - the 1st Battalion perpetuated the traditions of the 117th CEF. In 1940, parts of the regiment amalgamated with Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke to form the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment (27th Canadian Armoured Regiment) which was roled as an armoured regiment, while the Sherbrooke Regiment continued as infantry.
After the end of the Second World War, The Sherbrooke Regiment re-roled as armour, becoming the 12th Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Regiment), perpetuating the traditions of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers. In 1958, the number was dropped, and the regiment became The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC), before, in 1965, it amalgamated with the 7th/XI Hussars to become the Sherbrooke Hussars.
[edit] 7th/XI Hussars
The 7th/XI Hussars was formed in 1936 through the amalgamation of the 7th Hussars and XI Hussars. In 1940, 400 of its men were mobilised as infantry with the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada. The regiment itself became the 16th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment, before being disbanded in 1943, with its personnel absorbed by the 5th Canadian Armoured Division.
In 1946, the regiment was raised again, perpetuating the 16th Armoured Regiment, as 16th Reconnaissance Regiment (7th/XI Hussars). The regiment converted to armour in 1954, and became simply the 7th/XI Hussars in 1958, before amalgamating with the Sherbrooke Regiment to form the Sherbrooke Hussars.
[edit] Battle honours
Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917-1918, Vimy 1917, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Passchendale, Amiens, Scarpe 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai 1918, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1915-1918, Normandy Landing, Authie, Caen, The Orne, Bourguebus Ridge, Faubourg de Vaucelles, Saint-André-sur-Orne, Falaise, Falaise Road, Clair Tizon, The Laison, Antwerp-Tournout, The Scheldt, The Lower Maas, The Rhineland, The Hochwald, Xanten, The Rhine, Emmerich-Hoch Elten, Zutphen, Deventer, North-West-Europe 1944-1945, Honorary Distinction Hong Kong 1941
[edit] Alliances
United Kingdom - The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)- United Kingdom - The Royal Anglian Regiment
[edit] Order of precedence
| Preceded by: The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) |
The Sherbrooke Hussars | Succeeded by: 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice) |
