The West Nova Scotia Regiment is a line infantry regiment of the Canadian Army , part of the Primary Reserve , and is part of the 5th Canadian Division 's 36 Canadian Brigade Group . The regiment recruits volunteers from the South-Western part of the province of Nova Scotia and has its headquarters at LFAATC Aldershot , near the community of Aldershot, Nova Scotia .
12-468: Details of the 69th Annapolis Regiment and 75th Lunenburg Regiment were placed called out on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties. The 112th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Great Britain on 23 July 1916. There it provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until 7 January 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by
24-714: A "+" are emblazoned on the regimental colour. 219th Highland Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF The 219th (Highland) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Aldershot, Nova Scotia , the unit began recruiting in early 1916 as part of a four-battalion "Nova Scotia Highland Brigade". The 219th recruited personnel from the counties of Halifax , Lunenburg , Queens , Shelburne, Yarmouth, Digby, Annapolis and Kings. The 85th Battalion ,
36-550: A second Active Force component of the regiment was mobilized for service in the Pacific theatre of operations designated as the 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (The West Nova Scotia Regiment), CASF. Following VJ-Day the battalion was disbanded on 1 November 1945. Individual members of the West Nova Scotia Regiment with Canadian Contingents on United Nations and NATO peacekeeping missions in countries such as
48-402: Is a rank for officers who wear army or air force uniform. It is equivalent to commander for officers who wear navy uniform and is the second-highest rank of senior officer . A lieutenant-colonel is senior to a major or lieutenant-commander , and junior to a colonel or naval captain . The rank insignia for a lieutenant-colonel on air force uniforms is three 1-cm stripes of braid, worn on
60-551: Is perpetuated by The West Nova Scotia Regiment . [REDACTED] This Nova Scotia –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Canadian military history article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This World War I article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada) In the Canadian Forces , lieutenant-colonel (LCol, French: lieutenant-colonel or lcol )
72-401: The 26th Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion was subsequently disbanded on 15 August 1918. The 219th Highland Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Great Britain on 12 October 1916. There it provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until 23 January 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the 17th Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion
84-599: The cuffs of the service-dress jacket, and on slip-ons on other uniforms. On army uniforms, the rank insignia is one pip and a crown. Lieutenant-colonels are addressed by rank and name and thereafter by subordinates as "Sir" or "Ma'am". In the Canadian Army , lieutenant-colonels are often employed as commanding officers of battalion -sized groups, such as infantry battalions, armoured regiments, artillery field regiments, engineer field regiments, signal regiments, field ambulances and service battalions . In
96-431: The first - and senior - unit of the brigade, solicited enlistments from the entire province. Two of the 219th's 'Brigade' counterparts recruited from designated areas of the province. The 185th Battalion raised its complement of soldiers on Cape Breton Island, while the 193rd Battalion canvassed the six counties of northeastern Nova Scotia. The brigade's four battalions trained at Camp Aldershot, near Kentville, throughout
108-562: The former Yugoslavia , Cyprus and the Middle East . The regiment contributed an aggregate of more than 20% of its authorized strength to the various Task Forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014. In the list below, battle honours in capitals were awarded for participation in large operations and campaigns, while those in lowercase indicate honours granted for more specific battles. Those battle honours followed by
120-445: The summer of 1916. After sailing from Halifax on October 13, 1916, to England on RMS Olympic , the 219th Battalion was based at Witley Camp and later relocated to Bramshott. The battalion was absorbed into the 17th Reserve Battalion on January 23, 1917, although a number of men were transferred to the 85th around the same time. The 219th (Highland) Battalion, CEF, had one Officer Commanding, LCol W. H. Muirhead. The battalion
132-546: Was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The West Nova Scotia Regiment, CASF on 7 November 1940. It landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943, and in Italy on 3 September 1943, as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division . On 19 March 1945, the battalion moved with the I Canadian Corps to North West Europe, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 October 1945. On 1 June 1945,
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#1732791891433144-553: Was subsequently disbanded on 15 September 1917. The regiment mobilized as The West Nova Scotia Regiment, CASF for active service on 1 September 1939. The unit then embarked on MS Chrobry for Great Britain on 21 December 1939 arriving in Gourock, Scotland on 29 December 1939. The unit arrived by train from Scotland in the Farnborough / Cove area of Surrey on New Year's Day 1940 and were billeted at Guillemont Barracks . The unit
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