Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal

Badge

Description

A grenade Or enflamed and inscribed with the monogram FMR Gules between in chief the Royal crown proper and in base a scroll Gules inscribed NUNQUAM RETRORSUM in letters Or.

Symbolism

The crown represents service to the Sovereign. The grenade alludes to the original role of fusiliers, who were soldiers specially trained to protect artillery gunners. "FMR" is an abbreviation of a form of the regimental title and "NUNQUAM RETRORSUM" is the motto of the regiment.

Motto

NUNQUAM RETRORSUM (Never backward)

March

"The Jockey of York"

Regimental colour

Camp flag

Battle honours

The War of 1812

DEFENCE OF CANADA – 1812-1815 – DÉFENSE DU CANADA

Honorary Distinction

The non-emblazonable honorary distinction DEFENCE OF CANADA – 1812-1815 – DÉFENSE DU CANADA

North West Rebellion

NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885.

The First World War

YPRES, 1915, '17; FESTUBERT, 1915; SOMME, 1916; ARRAS, 1917, '18; HILL 70; AMIENS;HINDENBURG LINE; PURSUIT TO MONS.

The Second World War

Dieppe; BOURGUÉBUS RIDGE; St. André-sur-Orne; Verrières Ridge-Tilly-la-Campagne; FALAISE; Falaise Road; The Laison; Forêt de la Londe; Dunkirk, 1944; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal; THE SCHELDT; Woensdrecht; South Beveland; THE RHINELAND; The Hochwald; Xanten; THE RHINE; Groningen; Oldenburg; NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1942, 1944-1945.

South-West Asia

AFGHANISTAN

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated in Montreal, Quebec on 18 June 1869, when 'The Mount Royal Rifles' were authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '65th Battalion, Mount Royal Rifles' on 5 November 1869;^{Footnote 2} '65th Regiment "Mount Royal Rifles"' on 8 May 1900;^{Footnote 3} '65th Regiment "Carabiniers Mont-Royal"' on 1 August 1902;^{Footnote 4} 'Les Carabiniers Mont-Royal' on 29 March 1920;^{Footnote 5} and 'Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal' on 15 April 1931;^{Footnote 6} '2nd (Reserve) Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal' on 7 November 1940;^{Footnote 7} and 'Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal' on 15 November 1945.^{Footnote 8}

Perpetuations

‘2nd and 3rd Battalions (City of Montreal) (1812-15)’, ‘Longue-Pointe and Pointe-Claire Divisions (1812-15)’, '69th' and '150th "Overseas" Battalion(s), CEF'

Headquarters Location

Montreal, Quebec

Operational history

North West Rebellion

The battalion was mobilized for active service, under the designation '65th Mounted Rifles, "Mount Royal Rifles"' on 10 April 1885.^{Footnote 9} It served in the Alberta Column of the North West Field Force.^{Footnote 10} The battalion was removed from active service on 24 July 1885.^{Footnote 11}

The First World War

Details of the regiment were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protective duty.^{Footnote 12}

The 69th Battalion, which was authorized on 10 July 1915 as the '69th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF',^{Footnote 13} embarked for Britain on 17 April 1916.^{Footnote 14} The battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until 4 January 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the '10th Reserve Battalion, CEF'.^{Footnote 15} The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.^{Footnote 16}

The 150th Battalion, which was authorized on 22 December 1915 as the '150th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF',^{Footnote 17} embarked for Britain on 29 September 1916.^{Footnote 18} The battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until February 1917, when it was allotted to the 14th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Division in England.^{Footnote 19} On 15 February 1918 its personnel were absorbed by the '10th Reserve Battalion, CEF'.^{Footnote 20} The battalion was disbanded on 29 November 1918.^{Footnote 21}

The Second World War

The regiment mobilized the 'Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, CASF' for active service on 1 September 1939.^{Footnote 22}2 It was redesignated '1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, CASF' on 7 November 1940.^{Footnote 23} It embarked for garrison duty in Iceland with "Z" Force on 1 July 1940, and on 31 October 1940 it was transferred to Britain.^{Footnote 24} The regiment took part in the raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942.^{Footnote 25} It landed again in France on 7 July 1944, as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war.^{Footnote 26} The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 November 1945.^{Footnote 27}

The regiment subsequently mobilized the '3rd Battalion, Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal, CASF' for active service on 12 May 1942.^{Footnote 28} It served in Canada in a home defence role as part of Military District No. 5 and 7th Canadian Infantry Division.^{Footnote 29} The battalion was disbanded on 15 October 1943.^{Footnote 30}

South-West Asia

From 2002 to 2014, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal reinforced various CAF units deployed to Afghanistan.^{Footnote 31}