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The St. Thomas
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1st Regiment
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formed with HQ at London, Ont., by regimentation
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20 Mar. 1856 as The St. Thomas Troop of Volunteer Militia
Cavalry; redesignated 25 Jan. 1867 as 2nd Troop,
The London and St. Thomas Squadron of Cavalry.
- No. 2 Troop at London, raised 24
July 1866 as 1st Troop of Volunteer Militia Cavalry of
London; redesignated 25 Jan. 1867 as 2nd Troop,
The London and St. Thomas Squadron of Cavalry.
- No. 3 Troop at Mooretown, formed
31 May 1872 by redesignation of Mooretown Mounted
Infantry Company of 27th
Lambton Battalion of Infantry.
- No. 4 Troop at Kingsville, raised
12 Apr. 1872 as The Kingsville Troop of Cavalry.
- No. 5 Troop at Bayfield, raised 23
May 1872 as The Bayfield Troop of Cavalry.
- No. 6 Troop at Stratford, raised
7 June 1872 as The Stratford Troop of Cavalry. Disbanded
2 June 1874.
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1st Hussars |
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1914.08.06 |
contributed
vol sqn (badged 1 Hussars) to Canadian
Light Horse for service in France |
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raised
7th Canadian Mounted Rifles |
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1941.04.01 |
6th (Reserve)
Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) |
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1949.02.04 |
1st Hussars
(6th Armoured Regiment) |
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1958.05.19 |
1st Hussars |
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C
Squadron formed at Sarnia |
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- D Squadron at London and Sarnia
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South Africa
1900
The Great War:
The Second World War: Normandy
Landing, Putot-en-Bessin,
Le Mesnil-Patry, Caen, The Orne, Bourgebus Ridge, Faubourg
de Vaucelles, Verrieres Ridge-Tilly-la-Campagne, Falaise,
Falaise Road, Quesnay Wood, The Laison, Chambois, Calais 1944,
The Lower Maas, The Rhineland, The Hochwald, Apeldoorn,
Bad Zwischenahn, North-West Europe 1944-45
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Guidon central device: the White Horse
of Hanover over a Coronet surrounded by the name "FIRST HUSSARS".
All are within the National Wreath and ensigned with the Royal Crown.
Beneath is the Regimental Motto "HODIE NON CRAS". In the first canton
the abbreviated name of the Regiment "1H"; in the second and third
canton, the White Horse of Hanover; in the fourth canton the cipher
of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Emblazoned are 17 of the regiment's
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1967.07.05 presented
by HM Queen Elizabeth II at Parliament Hill, Ottawa (lad up 1993
at Regimental Museum) |
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1993.06.13 presented
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troops (1856-72): blue (hussar tunics with yellow braid); facings:
buff; headdress: brown busby with buff bags and white plume.
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