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The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
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The Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was an infantry regiment of the
Canadian Army during the 20th Century that continued its
service into the 21st.
Lineage
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91st
"Highlanders" formed
on 1 September 1903
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Redesignated 91st Regiment Canadian Highlanders
on 2 July 1904
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Redesignated The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of
Canada on 1 May 1920
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Redesignated Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders) of Canada on 15 October 1920
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Redesignated The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of
Canada (Princess Louise's) on 15 June 1927
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Amalgamated with 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian
Machine Gun Corps (less "C" Company) on 15 December
1936, to become The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
of Canada (Princess Louise's) (M.G.)
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Redesignated The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of
Canada (Princess Louise's) 1 February 1941
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The
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
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Headquarters:
Hamilton, ON
Predecessors: 91st "Highlanders"
Perpetuates: 19th and 173rd Battalions, CEF,
3rd Machine Gun Battalion, CEF, 3rd MG Bn, CMGC
Raised: 1 September 1903
Status on 31 December 1999: Active Militia
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First World War
The regiment contributed materially to the creation of the 16th
Battalion, CEF on its formation in 1914, and one company of the new
"Canadian Scottish" wore the Government tartan kilt of the 91st
Highlanders until the adoption of their own tartan. The 91st also
recruited for the 19th and 173rd Battalions, the former of which
served in teh 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders from 15
September 1915 to the end of the war. The 173rd Battalion provided
reinforcements for the Canadian Corps. The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders adopted the traditions and history of the 3rd Battalion,
Canadian Machine Gun Corps; their history included the award of the
Victoria Cross to Lieutenant H. Mackenzie, DCM, of the 7th Machine
Gun Company, which later became No. 1 Company, 3rd Machine Gun
Battalion, CEF, and was perpetuated by the 3rd Battalion, CMGC after
the war.
 Second World War
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders placed details on active
service on 1 September 1939 for local protective duty, and the
regiment as a whole mobilized on 15 August 1940. The unit served on
garrison duty in Jamaica from September 1941 to May 1942, and
embarked for the United Kingdom on 21 July 1943, where it trained
with the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the 4th Canadian Armoured
Division. The division went ashore in Normandy at the end of July,
and saw action for the remainder of the North-West Europe campaign.
The Argylls were one of three battalions represented in the Canadian
Berlin Battalion at the end of the war, and the active battalion
disbanded on 15 February 1946. A 2nd Battalion served in the Reserve
Army.
Photo at right shows a soldier of the
Canadian Berlin Battalion, which was composed of troops from The
Loyal Edmonton Regiment (1st Canadian Division), Les Fusiliers
Mont-Royal (2nd Canadian Division) and The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) (4th Canadian Division).
Soldier at far right is wearing the insignia of the Argylls. Photo
is from Library and Archives Canada, via Ed Storey.
Battle Honours
The Regiment was awarded Battle Honours
for both World Wars (bold type indicates honours selected for
emblazonment):
Mount Sorrel
Flers-Courcelette
Ancre Heights
Vimy, 1917
Ypres, 1917
Amiens
Drocourt-Quéant
Canal du Nord
Pursuit to Mons
Falaise
St. Lambert-sur-Dives
Moerbrugge
Breskens Pocket
Kapelsche Veer
The Hochwald
Friesoythe
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Somme, 1916, '18
Thiepval
Arras, 1917, '18
Hill 70
Passchendaele
Scarpe, 1918
Hindenburg Line
Cambrai, 1918
France and Flanders, 1915-18
Falaise Road
The Seine, 1944
The Scheldt
The Lower Maas
The Rhineland
Veen
Küsten Canal
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Traditions
- Regimental Alliances
- Regimental Motto
- Official Marches
Uniforms
The regiment adopted Government (Black Watch) tartan upon
creation.
The glengarry worn had red/white/red dicing, with a red toorie
(except pipers, who wore plain black glengarries with red toories).
Insignia
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Cap Badge
The cap badge is described in "Regiments and Corps of the Canadian
Army" as:
Within a wreath of thistles on an
outline of a maple leaf a leopard's head full face, on the
wreath an annulus inscribed "ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND CANADA"; the
crown is superimposed at the top of the annulus, and reflexed
over and under the base of the annulus a scroll bearing the
motto "ALBAINN GU-BRATH".1
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 After
1953 and the introduction of the St. Edward's Crown badges, a new
badge was adopted with the new crown.
A cloth cap badge was also produced for the Combat Field Cap.
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On Combat
Dress, the unit wore the standard olive drab combat title,
with the unit's short form name A&SH OF C embroidered upon
it.
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Notes
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The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian
Army, Queen's Printer, Ottawa,
1964, p.204
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