Fort Garry Horse

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Canadian Army unit Primary Reserve unit armoured regiment

The Fort Garry Horse is a historic Canadian armoured regiment renowned for its pivotal role in the D-Day landings during the Second World War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian Army unit → Primary Reserve unit → armoured regiment →
affiliation	Cadet units in Manitoba →
alliance	NATO (through Canadian Armed Forces) →
battleHonour	Amiens → Arras 1917 → Caen → Cambrai 1917 → Falaise → Hindenburg Line → Normandy 1944 → North-West Europe 1944–1945 → Somme 1916 → The Rhineland → The Scheldt → Ypres 1917 →
ceremonialChief	Colonel-in-Chief, The Princess Royal (Anne) →
conflict	First World War → Second World War → War in Afghanistan →
country	Canada →
dateFounded	1912 →
dressUniformColour	green →
equipment	armoured fighting vehicles →
garrison	Winnipeg, Manitoba →
hasPredecessor	34th Fort Garry Horse → Fort Garry Horse (First World War cavalry unit) →
hasSubunit	A Squadron, Fort Garry Horse → Regimental Headquarters, Fort Garry Horse →
headdress	black beret →
honoursAndAwards	multiple battle honours from First and Second World Wars →
location	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada →
militaryBranch	Canadian Army →
motto	Facta Non Verba →
nickname	The Garrys →
notableFor	participation in D-Day landings on Juno Beach → service as a Canadian armoured regiment in major 20th-century conflicts →
notableOperation	D-Day landings → Normandy campaign → North-West Europe campaign →
partOf	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps →
perpetuates	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF) → Fort Garry Horse (CEF) →
regimentalMarch	The Garryowen →
role	armoured reconnaissance → armoured regiment →
translationOfMotto	Deeds Not Words →
type	reserve armoured reconnaissance regiment →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fort Garry Horse ("Fort Garry Horse (First World War cavalry unit)") →	hasPredecessor
Juno Beach →	notableUnit
Fort Garry Horse ("Fort Garry Horse (CEF)") →	perpetuates