The Calgary Highlanders is a Canadian Army Primary Reserve infantry regiment, headquartered at Mewata Armouries in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The regiment...
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Battle of Walcheren Causeway (category Calgary Highlanders)
reserve in the first week of November, moving into the Nijmegen Salient for the winter. The Calgary Highlanders suffered 64 casualties in the 3 days of...
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of little practical value to the infantry. On 30 December 1941, the Calgary Highlanders introduced "battle drill" to the division. This new type of training...
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bands including the Band of HMCS Tecumseh, the King's Own Calgary Regiment Band, and the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders. There are many...
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separate regiments, The Calgary Regiment (now The King's Own Calgary Regiment) and The Calgary Highlanders. On 15 September 1921, The Calgary Regiment was divided...
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Scottish regiment (redirect from Highlander unit)
Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada The Calgary Highlanders The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa...
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Red The Calgary Highlanders (drummers on feather bonnet only): White The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own): Royal blue The Canadian...
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Cameron Highlanders of Canada The Calgary Highlanders The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) The Toronto...
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of The Calgary Highlanders at the Mewata Armoury. 41 Service Battalion at the former CFB Calgary. 15 (Edmonton) Field Ambulance Detachment Calgary (Canadian...
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Louise's) Canada – The Calgary Highlanders Canada – Cape Breton Highlanders Australia – The Royal Queensland Regiment Australia – The Royal New South...
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Jack Whyte (redirect from Knights of the Black and White)
and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders entitled Eighty Years of Glory: The Regimental Pipes, Drums and Bard of The Calgary Highlanders. The Skystone ISBN 9780735233140...
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etc". Joining the 6th Brigade later that day were the 5th Brigade, with the Calgary Highlanders leading the assault and reporting the "remnants" of two...
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Battle of Verrières Ridge (category Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
the gains made by the Black Watch and Calgary Highlanders were lost to German counterattacks, which inflicted heavy losses on the Highlanders and the...
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10th Battalion (Canadians), CEF (category Calgary Highlanders)
Calgarians: The Story of the 10th Battalion Calgary Highlanders Association Heritage Section, 1995-2006 (Published by the 10th Battalion Calgary Highlanders Association...
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Green Hornet (redirect from Green Hornet, The)
Retrieved 2018-08-26. The Glen, Regimental Newsletter of the Calgary Highlanders Bercuson, David. Battalion of Heroes: The Calgary Highlanders in World War II...
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although the Iceland garrison remained in place until 31 October. The absence of the Mont Royals allowed Odlum to reassign the Calgary Highlanders to the 5th...
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Operation Spring (category Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
battalion had dug in on the objective. On July 25, the Calgary Highlanders attacked May-sur-Orne and Bourguebus Ridge but found that the assembly area of St...
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The Canadian Regimental Badge Book. (Calgary: private publication, 2008) Calgary's Infantry Regiment: A Pictorial History of The Calgary Highlanders by...
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Scruffy Wallace (category Calgary Highlanders soldiers)
teenager and at fifteen joined the 2137 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (The Calgary Highlanders). Wallace joined the Dropkick Murphys in 2003 and first...
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anniversary celebrations of The Calgary Highlanders. The original target date for the memorial was Remembrance Day 2010. The Calgary Soldiers' Memorial Committee...
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Great Highland bagpipe (redirect from The Great Highland Bagpipe)
down the beach playing his pipes under fire. The Calgary Highlanders had company pipers play during the unit's first battle in Normandy in July 1944,...
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the crossing of the Rhine. The Calgary Highlanders went into action for the first time at Hill 67 in Normandy with company pipers playing; it was the...
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Harold Marshall (sniper) (category Calgary Highlanders soldiers)
sniper sergeant who served in the Second World War with the Calgary Highlanders' Scout and Sniper Platoon. On 30 January 1942 the Hamilton Spectator mentioned...
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Passchendaele (film) (redirect from Dark Descent of the Forgotten Empress)
grandfather". Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-15. "Passchendaele". www.paulgross.org. "The Calgary Highlanders". www.calgaryhighlanders...
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Infantry) The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada The Royal Westminster Regiment The Calgary Highlanders Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke The Seaforth...
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commemorations. The Calgary Highlanders commemorate the Battle of Kitcheners' Wood with an annual freedom of the city parade. In some countries, such as the United...
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Battle of Kitcheners' Wood (category Calgary Highlanders)
backing surrounded by the title CANADIAN SCOTTISH. The Calgary Highlanders and Winnipeg Light Infantry, both of whom perpetuated the 10th Battalion (Canadians)...
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41 Canadian Brigade Group (category Organizations based in Calgary)
Headquartered in Calgary Units under command: The South Alberta Regiment The Edmonton Fusiliers The Edmonton Regiment The Calgary Highlanders The Calgary Regiment...
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Mark Tennant (category Calgary Highlanders officers)
Artillery. He soon transferred to The Calgary Highlanders with the rank of Private. Tennant was appointed quickly to the position of Platoon Sergeant Major...
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R. B. Bennett (redirect from Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary and Hopewell)
A., Calgary's Infantry Regiment: A Pictorial History of the Calgary Highlanders, Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 2024, p.40 The Authentic...
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