Regina Rifle Regiment

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Primary Reserve unit infantry regiment

The Regina Rifle Regiment is a Canadian infantry regiment renowned for its pivotal role in the D-Day landings during the Second World War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Regina Rifle Regiment canonical 7
Royal Regina Rifles 1
The Regina Rifles 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Primary Reserve unit ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
alliedWith King's Royal Rifle Corps ⓘ
surface form: The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (historical)

The Rifles ⓘ
The Royal Green Jackets (historical) ⓘ
associatedCadetCorps Royal Canadian Army Cadets units in Saskatchewan ⓘ
battleHonour Amiens ⓘ
Caen ⓘ
Falaise ⓘ
Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Normandy Landing ⓘ
North-West Europe 1944–1945 ⓘ
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
surface form: Passchendaele

Pursuit to Mons ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
Rhineland ⓘ
surface form: The Rhineland

Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: The Scheldt

Arras 1917 ⓘ
surface form: Vimy 1917
branch Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army
commemoratedBy Regina Rifle Regiment Museum and archives ⓘ
commemoratedOn Juno Beach Centre exhibits ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
D-DaySector NAN Green sector, Juno Beach ⓘ
engagement World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
garrison Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Regina, Saskatchewan
higherFormationOnD-Day 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
honoraryColonel appointed from local community leaders ⓘ
languageOfService English ⓘ
motto Semper fidelis ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Always faithful ⓘ
nickname The Johns ⓘ
Regina Rifle Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Regina Rifles
notableOperation D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings

Juno Beach ⓘ
surface form: Juno Beach landing
partOf 3rd Canadian Division Support Group ⓘ
perpetuates 195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF ⓘ
46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF ⓘ
58th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF ⓘ
primaryRecruitingArea Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Regina

southern Saskatchewan ⓘ
role light infantry ⓘ
status active ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ
uniformFeature rifle green accoutrements ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Juno Beach → notableUnit → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
Regina Rifle Regiment → nickname → Regina Rifle Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Regina Rifles
The Johns → refersTo → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
The Johns → informalNameFor → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
Regina Rifle Regiment Museum and archives → dedicatedTo → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Regina Rifle Regiment Museum and Archives
Regina Rifle Regiment Museum and archives → operatedBy → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Regina Rifle Regiment Museum and Archives
Regina Rifle Regiment Museum and archives → namedAfter → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Regina Rifle Regiment Museum and Archives
46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF → perpetuatedBy → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
Yorkshire Regiment → alliedUnit → Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Regina Rifles