The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment

The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
Badge of the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
Active	1905 - Present
Country	Canada
Branch	Militia
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Light Infantry
Size	One Battalion
Part of	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ	The Armoury Thunder Bay, Ontario
Nickname	Lake Sups
Motto	Inter Pericula Intrepidi (Fearless in the Face of Danger)
March	Hielan' Laddie
Engagements	World War I World War II
Insignia
Tartan	McGillivray
Abbreviation	LSSR

The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment is located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and is part of 38 Canadian Brigade Group. The unit was raised in response to the second Riel Rebellions, and was originally known as the 96th Algoma Rifles. Also known as the "Lake Sups" (pronounced soups), the regiment was active during World War II. During which, the regiment, then known as The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) or LSR(M), mobilized a Motor (motorized infantry) battalion for the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division.

The LSR(M) and 28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment) were the only Canadian land based units to score a naval victory during the Second World War. On November 5, 1944, the units sank a number of German ships in the port of Zijpe.^[1] The units sank three German ships and destroyed a fourth.^[2] The ships were reportedly destroyers, one of which was damaged by mortar fire - one legend suggests a mortar round fired by the infantry made its way down the smokestack of one of the ships. The ship's bell from one of the sunken vessels was recovered, and is located in the Officer's Mess of The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own).

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 Afghanistan. The regiment has lost one soldier, Cpl Anthony "T-Bone" Boneca on July 9, 2006, fighting Taliban insurgents during Operation Zahar ("sword") in Zhari District, Kandahar Province.

Contents 1 Regimental information 2 Battle honours 3 Perpetuated regiments 4 References 5 Further reading 6 Alliances 7 Order of precedence

Regimental information

Armoral description

A maple leaf 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, six maple leaves.

Official abbreviation

Lake Sup Scot R

Tartan

MacGillivary

Battle honours

First World War

• YPRES, 1915
• YPRES, 1917
• PASSCHENDAELE
• Fustubert, 1915
• AMIENS
• MOUNT SORREL
• Scarpe, 1918
• SOMME, 1916
• Drocourt-Queant
• Flers-Courcelette
• HINDENBURG LINE
• Ancre Heights
• Canal du Nord
• Arras, 1917
• Arras, 1918
• CAMBRAI, 1918
• VIMY, 1917
• VALENCIENNES
• HILL 70
• France and Flanders, 1915–1918

Second World War

• FALAISE
• THE HOCHWALD
• Falaise Road
• Veen
• The Laison
• TWENTE CANAL
• Chambois
• FRIESOYTHE
• THE SCHELDT
• KUSTEN CANAL
• THE LOWER MAAS
• Bad Zwischenahn
• THE RHINELAND
• NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944–1945

Perpetuated regiments

The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment perpetuates the following regiments:

• The Provisional Battalion of Rifles
• 96th District of Algoma Battalion of Rifles
• 96th Algoma Rifles
• 96th The Lake Superior Regiment
• 52nd, 94th and 141st Battalions, CEF
• The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)

References

1. ^ "Canadian Military Heritage" (Government of Canada site), CHAPTER 6 Turning Point – 1943, Into Holland.
2. ^ History of the British Columbia Regiment, Department of National Defence web page

Further reading

• Stanley, George F.G., In the Face of Danger: The History of the Lake Superior Regiment (1960)

Alliances

•  United Kingdom - The Royal Anglian Regiment
•  Australia - 5th/6th Battalion, The Royal Victorian Regiment

Order of precedence

Preceded by The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)

The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment

Succeeded by The North Saskatchewan Regiment

Canadian Army Infantry Regiments The Royal Canadian Regiment • Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry • Royal 22e Régiment • Governor General's Foot Guards • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada • The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada • Les Voltigeurs de Québec • The Royal Regiment of Canada • The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) • The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment • The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment • The Lincoln and Welland Regiment • The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada • The Grey and Simcoe Foresters • The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) • The Brockville Rifles • Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal• The Princess Louise Fusiliers • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders • Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent • Le Régiment de la Chaudière • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • The West Nova Scotia Regiment • The Nova Scotia Highlanders • Le Régiment de Maisonneuve • The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa • The Royal Winnipeg Rifles • The Essex and Kent Scottish • 48th Highlanders of Canada • Le Régiment du Saguenay • The Algonquin Regiment • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) • The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment • The North Saskatchewan Regiment • The Royal Regina Rifles • The Rocky Mountain Rangers • The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada • Royal Westminster Regiment • The Calgary Highlanders • Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke • The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada • The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) • The Royal Montreal Regiment • The Irish Regiment of Canada • The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own) • Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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