Le Régiment de Maisonneuve

Great War
Mount Sorrel
Cote 70
Somme, 1916
Ypres, 1917
Arras, 1917
Amiens
World War II
Crete de Bourguebus
Woensdrect
Faubourg De Vaucelles
Beveland sud Maltot
Chaussee De Walcheren
Crete de Verrieres
Tilly-la-Campagne
La Rhenanie
Le Reichswald
Falaise
Le Hochwald
Route de la Falaise
Xanten
Foret De La Londe
Gronigen
Dunkerque, 1944
Oldenburg
Anvers
Canal De Turnhout
Nord-Ouest De L'Europe 1944-1945
l'Escaut

History

1880 - The regiment was founded by Lieutenant-Colonel Julien Brosseau VD and bears the name of the 85th Infantry Battalion.

1914 - The Great War the unit recruits volunteers who are assigned to new units as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Corps and also recruits for the 85th Battalion, who along with other units were merged to create the first infantry unit francophone CEC, the Royal 22e Régiment.

1920 - The 85th Battalion (now Regiment circa 1900) is restructured and renamed the Regiment de Maisonneuve, in memory of the founder of Montreal.

1939 - World War II begins and the Regiment is honoured to be chosen to be part of the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. The Regiment is sent overseas to England.

1940 - The King's Shropshire Light Infantry,a British regiment is officially affiliated with Maisonneuve Regiment.

1962 - The city of Montreal accord the regiment the freedom of the City as well as the right to bear arms on its regimental flag.a tradition of the unit assigned to the Regiment of the city, it was normal that it could indicate proudly.

1980 - The unit is celebrating its centenary and publishes on this occasion its history.

1983 - On November 1, Maisonneuve Regiment is transferred to the District Number 2 in Quebec, having been part of District Number 1 for many years.

1991 - on September 1, Maisonneuve Regiment is transferred to the new district Number 1.

1994 - The Regiment is affiliated Maisonneuve in July to HMCS Montreal, the new frigate of the Canadian Navy.

1997 - The Regiment Maisonneuve has been consolidated under the new restructuring the 34 Brigade Group of Canada.

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Canadian Army Infantry Regiments
In Order of Precedence

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) • The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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History

Alliances

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Order of precedence