The Royal Winnipeg Rifles (R Wpg Rif) are a Primary Reserve one-battalion infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Nicknamed the "Little Black Devils"...
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The Winnipeg Rifles is a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Rifles are members of the Canadian Junior Football League and play their...
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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Canada – The Brockville Rifles Canada – The Royal Winnipeg Rifles Canada – The Royal Regina Rifles Australia – 11th/28th...
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144th (Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. A. W. Morley. This battalion is perpetuated by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Attestation...
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The 203rd (Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the...
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Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (1966–2007) Canada - The Brockville Rifles Canada - The Royal Winnipeg Rifles Canada - The Royal Regina Rifles New Zealand...
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Clifford Chadderton (category Royal Winnipeg Rifles)
York Rangers. He enlisted on 15 October 1939, serving with The Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Non-Permanent Active Militia. Chadderton rose from non-commissioned...
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William Nassau Kennedy (category Royal Winnipeg Rifles officers)
1885) was the second Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1875 to 1876. He was the first commander of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Kennedy was born in Newcastle...
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190th (Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. G. K. Watson. This battalion is perpetuated by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Canadian...
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1940. The Germans were facing forces from the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, the Regina Rifles, the Queen's Own Rifles, the 3rd Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment, and the...
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The 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF, also known by the nickname of The Little Black Devils of Canada, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian...
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The 90th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force. The 90th Battalion was authorized...
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07:35. Several assault companies—notably those of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada—took heavy casualties in the opening minutes...
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the Château de Vaux. The village was ‘liberated' by 'D' Company, Royal Winnipeg Rifles just after 10 AM (Paris Time, The ‘Little Black Devils' clearing...
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recipients who lived on same block on Pine Street (now Valour Road) in Winnipeg: Leo Clarke, Frederick Hall and Robert Shankland Born in the Dominion of...
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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada is a Primary Reserve regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces, based in Toronto. The regiment is part of 4th Canadian Division's...
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coming from Victoria area, the Regina Rifles from the Regina area, and the Royal Winnipeg Rifles from the Winnipeg area, while the 9th Brigade was known...
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Andrew Mynarski (category Royal Winnipeg Rifles soldiers)
1940, Mynarski joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, a militia unit, but only served a short time before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)...
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ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Royal-Winnipeg-Rifles.pdf Accessed 01.02.2018 War Diary: The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Ashore Graye-sur-Mer: Page 5, 6 Tue...
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David Greyeyes Steele (category Royal Winnipeg Rifles officers)
(1944). After VE Day he served as an intelligence officer with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles during the occupation of Germany. He played soccer in the 1946 Inter-Allied...
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amalgamated with The Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Originated on 1 April 1912, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the 106th Regiment, Winnipeg Light Infantry. Redesignated...
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there were two named battalions. Several regiments of Canadian Mounted Rifles (mounted infantry) were converted to regular infantry battalions and served...
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Battle of Kitcheners' Wood (category Royal Winnipeg Rifles)
regiment directly on the oakleaf. The WLI were absorbed into the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in 1955 and the WLI badge fell out of use. The acorn and oak leaf...
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1981. Jenkins was raised in the Souris region. He served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and saw combat with the Canadian Scottish Regiment in World War...
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Minto Armoury (category Royal Winnipeg Rifles)
historic structure in the West End of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The armoury is currently the home base of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders...
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Advance Credit Corporation, and served as an army captain in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. He was married to Allison Malcolm. Molgat was first elected to...
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Tasmania Regiment Royal Victoria Regiment Royal Welsh Royal Western Australia Regiment Royal Westminster Regiment Royal Winnipeg Rifles Ruahine Regiment...
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CFS Debert (category Royal Canadian Air Force stations)
Battalion, Canadian Scottish Regiment (June 1940 – August 25, 1941) Royal Winnipeg Rifles (July 1940 – August 1941) The Regina Rifle Regiment (September 1940...
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Colonel-in-chief (section Line Infantry and Rifles)
Foresters — Anne, Princess Royal Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) — Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Royal Winnipeg Rifles — King Charles III Essex...
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Frederick Coppins (category Royal Winnipeg Rifles soldiers)
died. Coppins' medals are located in a collection at the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba. A paving stone commemorating Coppins was unveiled...
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