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1775 |
Saunders'
Horse |
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1783? |
disbanded
in New Brunswick |
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1825 |
first of
seven independent troops formed |
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1848.04.04 |
New Brunswick
Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
formed by regimentation of independent troops,
the first volunteer cavalry regiment in British North America |
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1869.04.30 |
incorporated
into Canadian Militia; recognised until ca. 1980 as the founding
date of the regiment, and the basis for precedence |
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- No. 1 Troop at Hampton
- No. 2 Troop at Assekeag
- No. 3 Troop at Apohaqui
- No. 4 Troop at Upham
- No. 5 Troop at Johnstown
- No. 6 Troop at Shediac
- No. 7 Troop at Springfield
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1872.05.31 |
8th Regiment
of Cavalry |
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1884.07.18 |
8th Princess
Louise's New Brunswick Regiment of Cavalry
(named for Princess
Louise, wife of the Governor
General) |
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1892.08.19 |
8th Princess
Louise's New Brunswick Hussars |
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1920 |
reconstituted
in Militia with HQ at Hampton |
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- A Squadron at Sussex
- B Squadron at Springfield
- C Squadron at Sackville
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1941.04.01 |
5th (Reserve)
Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars) |
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1949.02.04 |
8th Princess
Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars (5th Armoured Regiment) |
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1957.01.29 |
1/8th Canadian
Hussars (Princess Louise's)
newly formed Permanent Force component |
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2/8th Canadian
Hussars (Princess Louise's)
redesignated Militia component |
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1960.01.01 |
8th Canadian
Hussars (Princess Louise's) |
8th Canadian
Hussars (Princess Louise's) |
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ca. 1980 |
DND
officially recognised 1848 as founding date without changing precedence |
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1993 |
Regular
and Reserve components merged to form first Total Force armoured
regiment in Canadian Army with RHQ at Moncton: |
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- HQ Sqn at Moncton
- A Sqn at CFB Gagetown
- B Sqn at Sussex
- C Sqn at Sackville
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| History
(Links) & War Service |
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8th
Canadian Hussars (Army site) |
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5th
Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars),
by Chris Johnson (RCAC in World War II) |
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8th
Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
133rd Anniversary Parade, by Paul D. Handel (ANZAC Steel) |
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8th
Canadian Hussars [Regular Force] Deployment and Service
[1957-present] |
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Cadets: |
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560
RCArmyCC [8th Cdn Hussars (Princess Louises)],Moncton, NB |
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1180
RCACC [8th Canadian Hussars], Moncton, NB |
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1535
RCArmyCC [8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louises)], Shediac,
NB |
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2550
RCACC [8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)], Harvey, NB |
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2859
Colonel John Saunders Cadet Corps, Sussex, NB |
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3006
RCACC [8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)], Dieppe, NB |
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8th Canadian Hussars [Militia]
Deployment and Service: |
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Biography
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Victoria
Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference) |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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The Great War: Mount
Sorrel, Somme 1916, France and Flanders 1915-161
The Second World War: Liri
Valley, Melfa Crossing,
Ceprano, Gothic Line, Montecchio, Tomba di Pesaro, Coriano,
Lamone Crossing, Misano Ridge, Conventello-Comacchio, Italy
1944-45, Ijsselmeer,
Defzijl Pocket, North-West Europe 1945
1. awarded for services of 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles
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Badges: |
Armorial Description:
A knotted surcingle inscribed CANADIAN HUSSARS - PRINCESS LOUISE'S,
surmounted by the Coronet of HRH Princess Louise; in the centre
of the surcingle, the Roman numeral VIII, and below, a scroll bearing
the motto REGI PATRIAQUE FIDELIS. |
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Motto: |
Regi patriaque
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the Crazy Eights |
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Marches: |
The 8th Hussars |
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Miscellaneous
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Regimental
Journal: |
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Full Histories:
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How, Douglas. The 8th Hussars :
a history of the regiment. Sussex, N.B. : Maritime Pub.,
1964. |
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Crook, E. D.; Marteinson, J. K. (eds.)
A Pictorial history of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess
Louise's). [s.l.] : 8th Canadian Hussars Regimental
Association, 1973. |
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MacDonald, G.H. The 8th Canadian
Hussars (Princess Louise's), 1962-1987. [s.l.] :
8th Canadian Hussars, 1987. |
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