Commonwealth, only one regiment of foresters exist – The Grey and Simcoe Foresters of the Canadian Army. The Canadian Foresters have had a unique history that...
33 KB (3,065 words) - 21:08, 31 October 2024
The 157th (Simcoe Foresters) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. On 30 November 1915, the 35th Regiment...
6 KB (852 words) - 02:14, 29 May 2024
amalgamated with The Grey Regiment to form The Grey and Simcoe Foresters. Originated on 14 September 1866, in Barrie, Canada West, as the 35th Simcoe Battalion...
7 KB (518 words) - 04:38, 1 November 2024
the Grey Regiment (31st Regiment of Infantry) to become the present-day The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (G&SF), Canadian Army. The Sherwood Foresters'...
46 KB (4,977 words) - 09:33, 15 August 2024
Major J.R. and Captain E.J. Fuller. "The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, A Concise Regimental History." Barrie: The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, 2008 ISBN 0-9683546-1-0...
2 KB (237 words) - 00:15, 6 June 2024
Grey and Simcoe Foresters Pakistan - 13th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment Royal Navy - HMS Nottingham Mercian Regimental Handbook. "Worcestershire and Sherwood...
9 KB (778 words) - 09:20, 16 September 2024
Thomas William Holmes (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Armoury, being the Grey County home of The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, was renamed the "Tommy Holmes, VC, Memorial Armoury." "No. 30471". The London Gazette...
8 KB (1,079 words) - 13:15, 7 January 2025
with the Simcoe Foresters to form the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. Originated on 14 September 1866, in Owen Sound, Canada West, as the 31st Grey Battalion...
10 KB (833 words) - 23:27, 27 December 2023
Major J.R. and Captain E.J. Fuller. "The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, A Concise Regimental History." Barrie: The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, 2008 ISBN 0-9683546-1-0...
3 KB (465 words) - 19:01, 2 January 2024
CFB Borden (category Simcoe County)
Collingwood companies of the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), CEF (perpetuated today by The Grey and Simcoe Foresters), under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel...
22 KB (2,317 words) - 02:37, 28 December 2024
CFS Debert (category Buildings and structures in Colchester County)
Battalion, The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (August 7, 1941 – February 7, 1942) Lake Superior Regiment (August 11, 1941 – February 5, 1942) The Irish Regiment...
26 KB (3,006 words) - 08:10, 8 November 2024
Colonel-in-Chief of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters 1977– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Communications and Electronics Branch 1982– : Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Regina...
49 KB (2,708 words) - 20:48, 3 December 2024
31 Canadian Brigade Group (category Military units and formations of Canada in World War II)
Cambridge, Kitchener, and Chatham. The Grey and Simcoe Foresters also provide support to the 4th Canadian Division as part of the Arctic Response Company...
8 KB (531 words) - 00:14, 23 October 2024
Barrie (category Populated places on Lake Simcoe)
the Second World War in 1939, citizens of Barrie volunteered for service overseas with The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, the Royal Canadian Navy and the...
85 KB (6,945 words) - 23:38, 5 December 2024
248th Battalion, CEF (category Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force)
The 248th Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. Joseph Hilliard Rorke. The battalion is perpetuated by The Grey and Simcoe Foresters....
1 KB (135 words) - 19:41, 10 July 2024
Alfred B. Thompson (category Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III)
lieutenant. (In December 1936, The Simcoe Foresters were amalgamated with The Grey Regiment to form The Grey and Simcoe Foresters.) Thompson ultimately resigned...
26 KB (3,190 words) - 11:37, 20 May 2024
Regiment The Royal Canadian Regiment 4th Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada The Grey and Simcoe Foresters The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton...
9 KB (870 words) - 18:27, 12 February 2024
Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada The Grey and Simcoe Foresters The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)...
7 KB (677 words) - 16:34, 9 August 2023
respective brigade groups. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles The Grey and Simcoe Foresters The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment The Royal New Brunswick Regiment...
3 KB (285 words) - 15:41, 29 January 2024
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade (category Military units and formations disestablished in the 1940s)
Battalion (The Halifax Rifles), and the 26th Army Tank Battalion (The Grey and Simcoe Foresters). Equipped with Ram II tanks, in the autumn of 1942 the brigade...
10 KB (932 words) - 14:13, 21 August 2024
Owen Sound (section Geography and climate)
Barrie) that are home to The Grey and Simcoe Foresters Primary Reserve Infantry regiment, as well as various cadet corps. The Owen Sound area has several...
49 KB (4,246 words) - 02:31, 16 December 2024
in the '60s". The Toronto Star. Retrieved March 10, 2020. Canada in the Cold War Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History Page The Grey and Simcoe Foresters...
15 KB (899 words) - 07:10, 8 November 2024
Governor General's Foot Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadiers Grey and Simcoe Foresters Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Hauraki Regiment Hawke's...
8 KB (699 words) - 20:07, 9 February 2024
June 1990. The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, Owen Sound, Ontario, 1983 The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own) The Lorne Scots...
83 KB (9,811 words) - 00:43, 11 December 2024
1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak (redirect from The US-Canadian Outbreak)
1990). Nevertheless, in the hours following the event, soldiers from "B" and "F" Companies, The Grey and Simcoe Foresters and from Canadian Forces Base...
57 KB (4,840 words) - 20:04, 6 January 2025
Mercian Regiment (redirect from Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords))
The Royal Victoria Regiment. Allied regiment. Canada – 4th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. Allied regiment. Canada - The Grey and Simcoe Foresters....
31 KB (2,605 words) - 23:11, 7 November 2024
buttons retained the gold colour used by the CF greens. In 2015, this was changed to pearl grey rank insignia and silver buttons. In 2017 the Canadian Special...
69 KB (6,448 words) - 14:25, 25 November 2024
St. Thomas Anglican Church (Shanty Bay, Ontario) (category Buildings and structures in Simcoe County)
Bay, the village the church is in. Lieutenant-Colonel O'Brien raised the 35'th Simcoe Foresters, who will later become the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. their...
4 KB (463 words) - 18:57, 19 October 2023
"Reconstruction of the Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury". Public Services and Procurement Canada. Retrieved 26 December 2020. "Swearing-in at the Les Fusiliers...
104 KB (3,144 words) - 01:25, 25 October 2024
significance and to visit the Grey and Simcoe Foresters, for which she their current colonel-in-chief. The Princess Royal and her husband Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence...
115 KB (12,750 words) - 02:21, 8 January 2025