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Régiment de la Chaudière

November 28, 2023

The Régiment de la Chaudière is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 2nd Canadian Division's 35 Canadian Brigade Group and is headquartered at Lévis, Quebec.

Le Régiment de la Chaudière
Regimental badge
Active1869–present
CountryCanada
BranchCanadian Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleLight Infantry
Garrison/HQLévis, Quebec
Motto(s)Latin: Ære perennius (Stronger than bronze)
March"Sambre et Meuse" and "The Longest Day"
EngagementsSecond World War
War in Afghanistan
Battle honoursSee #Battle honours
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefVacant

Insignia edit

The regimental insignia consists of two crossed Vickers machine guns, surmounted by a beaver supporting a fleur-de-lys. Under this is a scroll inscribed with the device Aere perennius meaning 'Stronger than bronze', with a small maple leaf on each end.

Lineage edit

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    Regimental colour (prior to addition of 1812 and Afghanistan honours)

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    Camp flag

Le Régiment de la Chaudière perpetuates three units (1st Battalion, Select Embodied Militia, Dorchester Provincial Light Dragoons and the 1st Lotbinière Division) from the War of 1812 and as such carries Battle Honours which recognize the service of those previous units during the War of 1812 and, in particular, at the Battle of the Chateauguay.

The regiment itself originated in Saint-Anselme, Quebec, on 9 April 1869, as The Provisional Battalion of "Dorchester". It was redesignated as the 92nd "Dorchester" Battalion of Infantry on 12 June 1885. On 1 August 1899, it was amalgamated with the 23rd "Beauce" Battalion of Infantry but retained the same designation. It was redesignated as the 92nd Dorchester Regiment on 8 May 1900; as Le Régiment de Dorchester on 29 March 1920; as The Beauce Regiment on 15 March 1921; as Le Régiment de Beauce on 1 May 1921; and as Le Régiment de Dorchester et Beauce on 1 February 1932. On 15 December 1936, it amalgamated with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC and was redesignated as Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses). It was redesignated as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses) on 7 November 1940; as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière on 1 April 1941; and as Le Régiment de la Chaudière on 24 April 1946. On 1 September 1954, it was amalgamated with Le Régiment de Lévis but retained the same designation.[1]

The 23rd "Beauce" Battalion of Infantry originated in Sainte-Marie, Quebec, on 9 April 1869. On 1 August 1899, it was amalgamated with the 92nd Dorchester Battalion of Infantry.[2]

Le Régiment de Lévis originated in Lévis, Quebec, on 1 December 1902, as the 17th Regiment of Infantry. It was redesignated as Le Régiment de Lévis on 29 March 1920; as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, Le Régiment de Lévis on 12 May 1942; and as Le Régiment de Lévis on 7 November 1945. On 1 September 1954, it amalgamated with Le Régiment de la Chaudière.[3]

The 5th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC originated in Quebec City, Quebec, on 1 June 1919, as the 5th Machine Gun Brigade, CMGC. It was redesignated as the 5th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC on 15 September 1924. On 15 December 1936, it amalgamated with Le Régiment de Dorchester et Beauce.[4]

Lineage chart[5]
18121st Bn, Select Embodied MilitiaDorchester Provincial Light Dragoons1st Lotbinière Div.
1815DisbandedDisbandedDisbanded
1868Independent infy coysIndependent infy coys
1869The Provisional Bn of "Dorchester"The Provisional Bn of "Beauce"
187123rd "Beauce" Bn of Infy
188592nd "Dorchester" Bn of Infy
189992nd "Dorchester" Bn of Infy
190092nd Dorchester Regt
190217th Regt of Infy
19195th MG Bde, CMGC
19201st Bn, Le Régt de Dorchester2nd Bn,[a] Le Régt de Dorchester1st Bn, Le Régt de Lévis2nd Bn,[a] Le Régt de Lévis
19211st Bn, The Beauce Regt2nd Bn, The Beauce Regt
19211st Bn, Le Régt de Beauce2nd Bn, Le Régt de Beauce
19245th MG Bn, CMGC
19321st Bn, Le Régt de Dorchester et Beauce2nd Bn, Le Régt de Dorchester et Beauce
1936DisbandedDisbanded
1936Le Régt de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses)Le Régt de Lévis
1939Le Régt de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses), CASF
1940Le Régt de la Chaudière, CASF
19401st Bn, Le Régt de la Chaudière, CASF2nd (Reserve) Bn, Le Régt de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses)
19412nd (Reserve) Bn, Le Régt de la Chaudière
19421st Bn, Le Régt de Lévis, CASF2nd (Reserve) Bn, Le Régt de Lévis
1943Disbanded
19453rd Bn, Le Régt de la Chaudière, CIC, CAOFLe Régt de Lévis
1946DisbandedLe Régt de la ChaudièreDisbanded
1954Le Régt de la Chaudière
2012

Perpetuations edit

The War of 1812 edit

  • 1st Battalion, Select Embodied Militia
  • Dorchester Provincial Light Dragoons
  • 1st Lotbinière Division

Operational history edit

The Second World War edit

Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses) mobilized Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses), CASF on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as Le Régiment de la Chaudière, CASF on 24 May 1940; and as the 1st Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière, CASF on 7 November 1940. It embarked for Great Britain on 21 July 1941. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, it landed in Normandy, France as a part of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 January 1946.

War In Afghanistan edit

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.[6]

History edit

The regiment mobilized a battalion for the Canadian Active Service Force in 1939. Initially organized as a machine gun battalion, the battalion was sent to England in August 1941. The unit was assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division as a standard rifle battalion and was designated as a reserve battalion during the D-Day landings in June 1944. Le Régiment de la Chaudière came ashore on the second wave at Bernières-sur-Mer after The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, surprising the locals who hadn't expected to find francophone troops in the liberating forces. It was the only French-Canadian regiment to participate in Operation Overlord, and one of the few French-speaking units to come ashore that day alongside the bilingual The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment and the Free-French Commando Kieffer.

The regiment participated in the Battle for Caen, suffering several casualties in the fight at Carpiquet airfield on 4 July 1944.

With the rest of the division, the regiment fought in the Battle of the Scheldt, notably in actions in the Breskens Pocket between 6 October and 3 November 1944.

The unit wintered in the Nijmegen Salient and was again active in the Rhineland fighting in February 1945, and finished the war on German soil in May.

A 2nd Battalion served in the Reserve Army. A 3rd Battalion was raised for the Canadian Army Occupation Force.

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    Infantrymen of the Régiment de la Chaudière, who are wearing British winter camouflage clothing, on patrol, Berg en dal, Netherlands, January 24, 1945

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    Sergeant Léo Major

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    Grave of Sgt Léo Major

Name edit

Citizens in Normandy were surprised to find that soldiers of the Chaudière spoke a type of French very close to that spoken in Normandy, but were puzzled by the regiment's name. In French, chaudière is the word for a water heater or boiler. The regiment was named for the Chaudière River, itself named for the "boiling" of a waterfall on the river.[7]

Battle honours edit

In the list below, battle honours in small capitals were awarded for participation in large operations and campaigns, while those in lowercase indicate honours granted for more specific battles. Those battle honours in bold type are emblazoned on the regimental colour.[8]

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    The regimental colour (prior to addition of 1812 and Afghanistan honours).

War of 1812
  • Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – Défense du Canada
  • Châteauguay[9]

The non-emblazonable honorary distinction Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – Défense du Canada

Second World War
  • Normandy Landing
  • Caen
  • Carpiquet
  • Bourguébus Ridge
  • Faubourg de Vaucelles
  • Falaise
  • The Laison
  • Chambois
  • Boulogne, 1944
  • Calais, 1944
  • The Scheldt
  • Breskens Pocket
  • The Rhineland
  • Waal Flats
  • The Hochwald
  • The Rhine
  • Emmerich–Hoch Elten
  • Zutphen
  • North-West Europe, 1944–1945
South-West Asia

Régiment de la Chaudière museum edit

Régiment de la Chaudière museum
 
LocationLévis Armoury, 10 Arsenal Street, Lévis, QC G6V 4P7 Canada
TypeRegimental Museum

The museum researches, collects, preserves and interprets as many artifacts as possible which illustrate the military life, particularly during the war in Europe, 1944–1945. The museum displays and describes arms, uniforms, equipment and customs of Le Régiment de la Chaudière from its founding and that of its antecedents.[11]

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    Paul Mathieu, DSO, ED from Archives of Museum of Régiment de la Chaudière

Media edit

  • Le Régiment de la Chaudière by Jacques & Armand Ross Castonguay (1983)
  • Le Geste Du Régiment De La Chaudière by Major Armand, Major Michel Gauvin Ross and Georges Lepage (1945)

Order of precedence edit

Preceded by Le Régiment de la Chaudière Succeeded by

Notable people edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Reserve order of battle

References edit

  1. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  2. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  3. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  4. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  5. ^ "Le Régiment de la Chaudière". www.canada.ca. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  7. ^ Canada in the Second World War (Reader's Digest, 1958)
  8. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  9. ^ "Trois nouveaux honneurs de bataille s'ajoutent au drapeau du Régiment de la Chaudière". 11 March 2019.
  10. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  11. ^ A-AD-266-000/AG-001 Canadian Forces Museums –Operations and Administration 2002-04-03

External links edit

  • Web site of Le Régiment de la Chaudière
  • Juno Beach - Le Régiment de la Chaudière on D-Day
 
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The Regiment de la Chaudiere is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army It is part of the 2nd Canadian Division s 35 Canadian Brigade Group and is headquartered at Levis Quebec Le Regiment de la ChaudiereRegimental badgeActive1869 presentCountryCanadaBranchCanadian ArmyTypeLine InfantryRoleLight InfantryGarrison HQLevis QuebecMotto s Latin AEre perennius Stronger than bronze March Sambre et Meuse and The Longest Day EngagementsSecond World WarWar in AfghanistanBattle honoursSee Battle honoursCommandersColonel in ChiefVacant Contents 1 Insignia 2 Lineage 3 Perpetuations 3 1 The War of 1812 4 Operational history 4 1 The Second World War 4 2 War In Afghanistan 5 History 5 1 Name 6 Battle honours 7 Regiment de la Chaudiere museum 8 Media 9 Order of precedence 10 Notable people 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksInsignia editThe regimental insignia consists of two crossed Vickers machine guns surmounted by a beaver supporting a fleur de lys Under this is a scroll inscribed with the device Aere perennius meaning Stronger than bronze with a small maple leaf on each end Lineage edit nbsp Regimental colour prior to addition of 1812 and Afghanistan honours nbsp Camp flagLe Regiment de la Chaudiere perpetuates three units 1st Battalion Select Embodied Militia Dorchester Provincial Light Dragoons and the 1st Lotbiniere Division from the War of 1812 and as such carries Battle Honours which recognize the service of those previous units during the War of 1812 and in particular at the Battle of the Chateauguay The regiment itself originated in Saint Anselme Quebec on 9 April 1869 as The Provisional Battalion of Dorchester It was redesignated as the 92nd Dorchester Battalion of Infantry on 12 June 1885 On 1 August 1899 it was amalgamated with the 23rd Beauce Battalion of Infantry but retained the same designation It was redesignated as the 92nd Dorchester Regiment on 8 May 1900 as Le Regiment de Dorchester on 29 March 1920 as The Beauce Regiment on 15 March 1921 as Le Regiment de Beauce on 1 May 1921 and as Le Regiment de Dorchester et Beauce on 1 February 1932 On 15 December 1936 it amalgamated with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion CMGC and was redesignated as Le Regiment de la Chaudiere Mitrailleuses It was redesignated as the 2nd Reserve Battalion Le Regiment de la Chaudiere Mitrailleuses on 7 November 1940 as the 2nd Reserve Battalion Le Regiment de la Chaudiere on 1 April 1941 and as Le Regiment de la Chaudiere on 24 April 1946 On 1 September 1954 it was amalgamated with Le Regiment de Levis but retained the same designation 1 The 23rd Beauce Battalion of Infantry originated in Sainte Marie Quebec on 9 April 1869 On 1 August 1899 it was amalgamated with the 92nd Dorchester Battalion of Infantry 2 Le Regiment de Levis originated in Levis Quebec on 1 December 1902 as the 17th Regiment of Infantry It was redesignated as Le Regiment de Levis on 29 March 1920 as the 2nd Reserve Battalion Le Regiment de Levis on 12 May 1942 and as Le Regiment de Levis on 7 November 1945 On 1 September 1954 it amalgamated with Le Regiment de la Chaudiere 3 The 5th Machine Gun Battalion CMGC originated in Quebec City Quebec on 1 June 1919 as the 5th Machine Gun Brigade CMGC It was redesignated as the 5th Machine Gun Battalion CMGC on 15 September 1924 On 15 December 1936 it amalgamated with Le Regiment de Dorchester et Beauce 4 Lineage chart 5 18121st Bn Select Embodied MilitiaDorchester Provincial Light Dragoons1st Lotbiniere Div 1815DisbandedDisbandedDisbanded1868Independent infy coysIndependent infy coys1869The Provisional Bn of Dorchester The Provisional Bn of Beauce 187123rd Beauce Bn of Infy188592nd Dorchester Bn of Infy189992nd Dorchester Bn of Infy190092nd Dorchester Regt190217th Regt of Infy19195th MG Bde CMGC19201st Bn Le Regt de Dorchester2nd Bn a Le Regt de Dorchester1st Bn Le Regt de Levis2nd Bn a Le Regt de Levis19211st Bn The Beauce Regt2nd Bn The Beauce Regt19211st Bn Le Regt de Beauce2nd Bn Le Regt de Beauce19245th MG Bn CMGC19321st Bn Le Regt de Dorchester et Beauce2nd Bn Le Regt de Dorchester et Beauce1936DisbandedDisbanded1936Le Regt de la Chaudiere Mitrailleuses Le Regt de Levis1939Le Regt de la Chaudiere Mitrailleuses CASF1940Le Regt de la Chaudiere CASF19401st Bn Le Regt de la Chaudiere CASF2nd Reserve Bn Le Regt de la Chaudiere Mitrailleuses 19412nd Reserve Bn Le Regt de la Chaudiere19421st Bn Le Regt de Levis CASF2nd Reserve Bn Le Regt de Levis1943Disbanded19453rd Bn Le Regt de la Chaudiere CIC CAOFLe Regt de Levis1946DisbandedLe Regt de la ChaudiereDisbanded1954Le Regt de la Chaudiere2012Perpetuations editThe War of 1812 edit 1st Battalion Select Embodied Militia Dorchester Provincial Light Dragoons 1st Lotbiniere DivisionOperational history editThe Second World War edit Le Regiment de la Chaudiere Mitrailleuses mobilized Le Regiment de la Chaudiere Mitrailleuses CASF on 1 September 1939 It was redesignated as Le Regiment de la Chaudiere CASF on 24 May 1940 and as the 1st Battalion Le Regiment de la Chaudiere CASF on 7 November 1940 It embarked for Great Britain on 21 July 1941 On D Day 6 June 1944 it landed in Normandy France as a part of the 8th Infantry Brigade 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and it continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 January 1946 War In Afghanistan edit 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 6 History editThe regiment mobilized a battalion for the Canadian Active Service Force in 1939 Initially organized as a machine gun battalion the battalion was sent to England in August 1941 The unit was assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division as a standard rifle battalion and was designated as a reserve battalion during the D Day landings in June 1944 Le Regiment de la Chaudiere came ashore on the second wave at Bernieres sur Mer after The Queen s Own Rifles of Canada surprising the locals who hadn t expected to find francophone troops in the liberating forces It was the only French Canadian regiment to participate in Operation Overlord and one of the few French speaking units to come ashore that day alongside the bilingual The North Shore New Brunswick Regiment and the Free French Commando Kieffer The regiment participated in the Battle for Caen suffering several casualties in the fight at Carpiquet airfield on 4 July 1944 With the rest of the division the regiment fought in the Battle of the Scheldt notably in actions in the Breskens Pocket between 6 October and 3 November 1944 The unit wintered in the Nijmegen Salient and was again active in the Rhineland fighting in February 1945 and finished the war on German soil in May A 2nd Battalion served in the Reserve Army A 3rd Battalion was raised for the Canadian Army Occupation Force nbsp Infantrymen of the Regiment de la Chaudiere who are wearing British winter camouflage clothing on patrol Berg en dal Netherlands January 24 1945 nbsp Sergeant Leo Major nbsp Grave of Sgt Leo MajorName edit Citizens in Normandy were surprised to find that soldiers of the Chaudiere spoke a type of French very close to that spoken in Normandy but were puzzled by the regiment s name In French chaudiere is the word for a water heater or boiler The regiment was named for the Chaudiere River itself named for the boiling of a waterfall on the river 7 Battle honours editIn the list below battle honours in small capitals were awarded for participation in large operations and campaigns while those in lowercase indicate honours granted for more specific battles Those battle honours in bold type are emblazoned on the regimental colour 8 nbsp The regimental colour prior to addition of 1812 and Afghanistan honours War of 1812 Defence of Canada 1812 1815 Defense du Canada Chateauguay 9 The non emblazonable honorary distinction Defence of Canada 1812 1815 Defense du Canada Second World War Normandy Landing Caen Carpiquet Bourguebus Ridge Faubourg de Vaucelles Falaise The Laison Chambois Boulogne 1944 Calais 1944 The Scheldt Breskens Pocket The Rhineland Waal Flats The Hochwald The Rhine Emmerich Hoch Elten Zutphen North West Europe 1944 1945 South West Asia Afghanistan 10 Regiment de la Chaudiere museum editRegiment de la Chaudiere museum nbsp LocationLevis Armoury 10 Arsenal Street Levis QC G6V 4P7 CanadaTypeRegimental MuseumThe museum researches collects preserves and interprets as many artifacts as possible which illustrate the military life particularly during the war in Europe 1944 1945 The museum displays and describes arms uniforms equipment and customs of Le Regiment de la Chaudiere from its founding and that of its antecedents 11 nbsp Paul Mathieu DSO ED from Archives of Museum of Regiment de la ChaudiereMedia editLe Regiment de la Chaudiere by Jacques amp Armand Ross Castonguay 1983 Le Geste Du Regiment De La Chaudiere by Major Armand Major Michel Gauvin Ross and Georges Lepage 1945 Order of precedence editPreceded byLes Fusiliers du St Laurent Le Regiment de la Chaudiere Succeeded by4e Bataillon Royal 22e Regiment Chateauguay Notable people editSergeant Leo Major DCM Pierre Paul HusNotes edit a b Reserve order of battleReferences edit Canadian Forces Publication A DH 267 003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces Volume 3 Combat Arms Regiments Canadian Forces Publication A DH 267 003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces Volume 3 Combat Arms Regiments Canadian Forces Publication A DH 267 003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces Volume 3 Combat Arms Regiments Canadian Forces Publication A DH 267 003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces Volume 3 Combat Arms Regiments Le Regiment de la Chaudiere www canada ca 2018 10 31 Retrieved 2022 03 12 South West Asia Theatre Honours Prime Minister of Canada Archived from the original on 2014 05 12 Retrieved 2014 05 11 Canada in the Second World War Reader s Digest 1958 Canadian Forces Publication A DH 267 003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces Volume 3 Combat Arms Regiments Trois nouveaux honneurs de bataille s ajoutent au drapeau du Regiment de la Chaudiere 11 March 2019 South West Asia Theatre Honours Prime Minister of Canada Archived from the original on 2014 05 12 Retrieved 2014 05 11 A AD 266 000 AG 001 Canadian Forces Museums Operations and Administration 2002 04 03External links editWeb site of Le Regiment de la Chaudiere Juno Beach Le Regiment de la Chaudiere on D Day nbsp Canada portal nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Regiment de la Chaudiere 46 48 13 N 71 11 02 W 46 80361 N 71 18389 W 46 80361 71 18389 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Regiment de la Chaudiere amp oldid 1163932867, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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