The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

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Canadian Army unit Primary Reserve regiment infantry regiment

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada is a historic Canadian Army Reserve infantry regiment renowned for its prominent role in the D-Day landings during the Second World War.

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Surface form Occurrences
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian Army unit ⓘ
Primary Reserve regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Crown in right of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Crown
associatedCity Toronto ⓘ
battleHonour D-Day ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944

North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: North-West Europe 1944–1945

Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
surface form: Passchendaele

Somme 1916 ⓘ
Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
surface form: Vimy 1917
branch Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army
ceremonialChief Anne, Princess Royal ⓘ
ceremonialChiefTitle Colonel-in-Chief ⓘ
colors rifle green ⓘ
component Canadian Army Primary Reserve ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
D-DaySubsector Nan White ⓘ
dateFounded 1860 ⓘ
foundedBy William Dillon Otter ⓘ
garrison Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
hasMuseum The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives ⓘ
higherFormationOnD-Day 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
landingSectorOnD-Day Juno Beach ⓘ
languageOfOperation English ⓘ
locationFounded Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Province of Canada
march House of Braganza ⓘ
surface form: Braganza
motto In Pace Paratus ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation In Peace Prepared ⓘ
museumLocation Casa Loma ⓘ
surface form: Casa Loma, Toronto
nickname QOR ⓘ
notableEngagement Juno Beach ⓘ
surface form: Juno Beach landings
participatedIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
Fenian Raids ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Korean 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

peacekeeping operations ⓘ
role light infantry ⓘ
reserve infantry ⓘ
type rifle regiment ⓘ
uniformFeature blackened buttons and badges ⓘ
rifle green beret ⓘ

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

Canadian Army (pre‑1968) → notableUnit → The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Juno Beach → notableUnit → The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ⓘ