Michael,
I've just recently began to follow this thread and your other writings on The Regiment's battle honours and have found them all quite illuminating.
Thank you very much Dan.
This leads me to ask the question; am I correct in thinking that the emblazoned Great War battle honours for The Regiment are as follows:
Ypres 1915, '17, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Ancre Heights, Vimy 1917, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens. Hindenburg Line, Pursuit to Mons
On page 2 in all my back issues of Pro Patria only 9 battle honours are shown in bold type for The Great War. Ypres 1915, '17 is shown in regular type.
That list of 10 is correct.
That wouldn't be the only typo to ever slip into a regimental publication. Another common one regarding battle honours is the erroneous use of a hyphen joining honours granted for two separate years (e.g "1915-'17" instead of "1915, '17"). This error can even be found on the cover of the second volume of the regimental history (for Arras and Scarpe), on the Regimental Memorial (for Arras) and in the Museum (Ypres). Note that the attached photos shows the pre-amalgamation list of emblazoned RCR honours.
PS: Where you at RHQ when NDHQ tried to foist 'Siberia 1918-19' onto The Regiment a few years ago? The PPCLI accepted it to perpetuate the 260th Bn CEF. Apparently we were to perpetuate the 259th Bn. What was the purpose of all that?
I wasn't the Regt Adjt at the time, it occurred a few years previously (about 1992/2 if I am not mistaken). DHH was seeking a means to carry forth the perpetuation of the 259th and 260th Canadian Infantry Battalions and latched onto some method by which they declared a connection to The RCR and the PPCLI. The Regimental Senate of The RCR was not convinced the link was strong enough and turned down the proposal.
