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Le Régiment de Ste. Hyacinthe
 
Québec, Canada  
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons
  Badges and Uniforms

  Colonel-in-Chief
  Honorary Colonels
 Traditions
 Alliances
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time Reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency
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  Titles and Lineage
1866.06.08 independent company formed at Saint-Hyacinthe
1869 three companies formed at Saint-Pie, Saint-Simon and Sorel
1871.03.24 St. Hyacinthe Provisional Battalion of Infantry
formed with HQ at St. Hyacinthe by regimentation of four independent companies:
 
  • No. 1 Company at St. Hyacinthe, raised 8 June 1866
  • No. 2 Company at St. Pie, raised 1869
  • No. 3 Company at St. Simon, raised 1869
  • No. 4 Company at Sorel, raised 1869; disbanded 1 Jan. 1898
1879.12.12 84th "St. Hyacinthe" Battalion of Infantry
two new coys raised:
 
  • No. 5 Company at St. Hyacinthe
  • No. 6 Company at Arthabaskaville; moved 16 Nov. 1888 to Acton Vale; disbanded 1 Jan. 1898
1897.07.01 all companies consolidated in Saint-Hyacinthe
1900.05.08 84th St. Hyacinthe Regiment
1914-1918 90 members volunteered for service with overseas units and 40 fought in front lines with 13th Battalion CEF, 14th Battalion CEF, 22nd Battalion CEF, and 5th Battalion CEF
1920.04.01 Le Régiment de Saint-Hyacinthe
1921.03.01 reorganised without CEF perpetuation:
 
  • 1st Battalion
  • 2nd (Reserve) Battalion
1939.09.01 details placed on active service for local protective duty
1942.01.03 reorganised for war:
 
  • 1st Battalion, mobilised 3 Jan. 1940; disbanded 14 Jan. 1946
  • 2nd Battalion, formed 3 Jan. 1940 in Reserve Army, providing reinforcements to active service units
1944-1945 some members served overseas in Le Royal 22e Régiment, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Le Régiment de la Chaudière and Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
1948? reconstituted in Militia from Reserve Battalion
1956.02.02 6th Battalion, Le Royal 22e Régiment
1963.11.09 6e bataillon, Le Royal 22e Régiment (Saint-Hyacinthe)
 
  • Compagnie A at St. Hyacinthe
  • Compagnie B at Drummondville, raised 1968
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Regiments
6e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment (Ste. Hyacinthe) (R22R site)
6e bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment (Ste. Hyacinthe), by Mike Bobbitt (The Unofficial Canadian Army Home Page)
[1st Battalion] Deployment and Service:
 
Colour Key: War service Overseas service Home service
  1870 Fenian war two coys mobilised for frontier defence at Saint-Armand, Phillipsburg and Pigeon Hill
       
  1914.08.13 mobilised for local defence
  1919? demobilised
       
  1942.01.03 mobilised at Ste. Hyacinthe
  1943.03 Newfoundland
  1944.09 Quebec
  1946.01.14 disbanded
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

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1. by union with Royal 22e Regiment in 1954, the regiment shared all battle honours in common.
  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
Record of Colours:
  Uniforms and Badges
   
Badges:
1956: badges of Royal 22e Régiment
Uniform: scarlet; facings: blue
   
   
     
   
   
  Colonel-in-Chief Index of Royal Colonels
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  Honorary Colonels
     
  Traditions
 
Motto: Honneur et devoir
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Freedoms:
Marches: Vive la canadienne
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Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
  Alliances Introduction to Alliances

The Manchester Regiment

1938-1958
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  Bibliography How To Find Books
Regimental Journal:
Full Histories:
Castonguay, Jacques. Les bataillons et the dépôt du Royale 22e Régiment : vingt ans d'histoire, 1945-1965. Quebec : Royal 22e Regiment, 1974.