Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment
The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment was a World War II Canadian armoured regiment created in 1940 with officers and men from two Militia regiments in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The name is a blend of Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, a francophone infantry unit, and the Sherbrooke Regiment, an English-speaking machine gun unit.
The most prominent former member of the SFR is Sidney Radley-Walters. The (second) most important artifact from WWII, after the guidon, is Sherman Tank "Bomb". This M4A2 Sherman (according to census number T152656 this number was assigned to a Sherman 111 or M4A2) tank landed in Normandy on D-Day, served on the front lines throughout the campaigns from June 1944 to May 1945 in Germany without being destroyed or knocked out. It was returned to Canada after the war, and has been a strong reminder of the sacrifices of the regiment.
The unit was demobilized in 1946 and its battle honours shared equally by the two predecessor units, but its armoured corps lineage carried forward by the present-day The Sherbrooke Hussars.