Royal Winnipeg Rifles

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Canadian Army regiment Primary Reserve unit infantry regiment

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles is a historic Canadian infantry 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 regiment ⓘ
Primary Reserve unit ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
abbreviation R Wpg Rif ⓘ
RWR ⓘ
alliedUnit Rifles (British Army) ⓘ
battleHonour Caen ⓘ
Falaise ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy Landing

Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
surface form: North-West Europe 1944–1945

Rhineland ⓘ
surface form: The Rhineland

Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: The Scheldt
branch Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army
brigade 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
ceremonialChief Anne, Princess Royal ⓘ
ceremonialChiefTitle Colonel-in-Chief ⓘ
city Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Winnipeg
country Canada ⓘ
dateFounded 1883-11-09 ⓘ
DDaySector Mike Sector ⓘ
division 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
garrison Minto Armoury ⓘ
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Winnipeg, Manitoba
landingBeachOnDDay Juno Beach ⓘ
motto Hosti acie nominati ⓘ
mottoEnglish Named by the enemy ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
nickname Little Black Devils ⓘ
originalName 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
North-West Rebellion ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
perpetuates 144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles ⓘ
surface form: 90th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
province Manitoba ⓘ
receivedRoyalDesignation 1935 ⓘ
regimentalMarch Pork, Beans and Hard Tack ⓘ
regimentalQuickMarch The Keel Row ⓘ
regimentalSlowMarch The 90th Regiment March ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
type light infantry ⓘ
uniformFeature blackened buttons and badges ⓘ
rifle green uniforms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winnipeg Grenadiers → associatedWith → Royal Winnipeg Rifles ⓘ
Juno Beach → notableUnit → Royal Winnipeg Rifles ⓘ