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North-West Europe campaign of 1944–45

January 01, 1970

North-West Europe 1944–1945 is a battle honour (more properly known as an honorary distinction)[1] earned by regiments of the British Commonwealth forces during the Second World War that took part in the actions of the northern part of the war's Western Front. The battle honour North-West Europe is suffixed with the year, or years, in which the awarded unit took part in the action.[2]

It refers to the land campaign starting with the 6th June landings in Normandy and ended with Field Marshal Montgomery taking the German military surrender of all German forces in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany and Denmark on Lüneburg Heath in Northwest Germany. The campaign was conducted by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, of which the British 21st Army Group was a component, along with the American 12th and 6th Army Groups. Together, the three army groups comprised the Allied effort on the Western Front which at its longest stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland.

The battle honours for the Second World War were not awarded until 1957/58 by which point some units had amalgamated or been disbanded.

List of units edit

The following units were awarded the battle honour,

Canadian regiments edit

US-Canadian forces edit

British regiments edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Honorary Distinctions or Battle Honours, Grenadier Guards Association, East Kent Branch, accessed and 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn North-West Europe, canadiansoldiers.com, retrieved and archived 29 June 2019.
  3. ^ Battle Honours, Honourable Artillery Company, accessed and 29 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b Battle Honours, Lancashire Infantry Museum, accessed and 30 June 2019.
  5. ^ Lewis Pearce, "Battle honours", appx. A in, Julian Paget, Second to None: The History of the Coldstream Guards 1650 2000, Pen and Sword, 2000 ISBN 9781783379392.
  6. ^ Regimental Battle Honours, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) Regimental Association, accessed and 21 July 2019.
  7. ^ Battle Honours, Airborne Assault: ParaData, accessed 21 July 2019 and 29 June 2019.
  8. ^ Battle honours of the Staffordshire Regiment, The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, accessed and 22 July 2019.
  9. ^ Major James Dunning, A brief history of the Army Commandos (1939-1945), accessed and 22 July 2019.
  10. ^ Museum of the Manchester Regiment: Battle Honours of The Manchester Regiment, Tameside Metropolitan Borough, accessed and 24 July 2019.
  11. ^ Battle Honours The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th LXI, accessed 9 August 2019 and 31 August 2018.
  • Baker, Anthony Battle Honours of the British and Commonwealth Armies 1986. Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 978-0711016002

January 01, 1970
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North West Europe 1944 1945 is a battle honour more properly known as an honorary distinction 1 earned by regiments of the British Commonwealth forces during the Second World War that took part in the actions of the northern part of the war s Western Front The battle honour North West Europe is suffixed with the year or years in which the awarded unit took part in the action 2 It refers to the land campaign starting with the 6th June landings in Normandy and ended with Field Marshal Montgomery taking the German military surrender of all German forces in the Netherlands Northwest Germany and Denmark on Luneburg Heath in Northwest Germany The campaign was conducted by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force of which the British 21st Army Group was a component along with the American 12th and 6th Army Groups Together the three army groups comprised the Allied effort on the Western Front which at its longest stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland The battle honours for the Second World War were not awarded until 1957 58 by which point some units had amalgamated or been disbanded Contents 1 List of units 1 1 Canadian regiments 1 2 US Canadian forces 1 3 British regiments 2 See also 3 ReferencesList of units editThe following units were awarded the battle honour Canadian regiments edit The Toronto Scottish Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Royal Regiment of Canada 1944 1945 2 The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 1944 1945 2 The Essex Scottish Regiment 1944 1945 2 Les Fusiliers Mont Royal 1944 1945 2 The Queen s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada 1944 1945 2 The South Saskatchewan Regiment 1944 1945 2 14th Canadian Armoured Regiment The Calgary Regiment 1945 2 The Elgin Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Royal Montreal Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Lorne Scots Peel Dufferin and Halton Regiment 1944 1945 2 12th Manitoba Dragoons 1944 1945 2 8th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment 14th Canadian Hussars 1944 1945 2 7th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment 17th Duke of York s Royal Canadian Hussars 1944 1945 2 The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa 1944 1945 2 29th Canadian Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment The South Alberta Regiment 1944 1945 2 The New Brunswick Rangers 1944 1945 2 The Lake Superior Regiment Motor 1944 1945 2 The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment of Canada 1944 1945 2 Le Regiment de Maisonneuve 1944 1945 2 The Calgary Highlanders 1944 1945 2 The Royal Winnipeg Rifles 1944 1945 2 The Regina Rifle Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Canadian Scottish Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Queen s Own Rifles of Canada 1944 1945 2 Le Regiment de la Chaudiere 1944 1945 2 The North Shore New Brunswick Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Highland Light Infantry of Canada 1944 1945 2 The Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 1944 1945 2 The North Nova Scotia Highlanders 1944 1945 2 The Lincoln and Welland Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Algonquin Regiment 1944 1945 2 The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Princess Louise s 1944 1945 2 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment 1st Hussars 1944 1945 2 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment The Fort Garry Horse 1944 1945 2 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment 1944 1945 2 21st Armoured Regiment The Governor General s Foot Guards 1944 1945 2 22nd Armoured Regiment The Grenadier Guards 1944 1945 2 28th Armoured Regiment The British Columbia Regiment 1944 1945 2 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment 1944 1945 2 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 1944 1945 2 1st Armoured Car Regiment Royal Canadian Dragoons 1945 2 4th Reconnaissance Regiment 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards 1945 2 The Saskatoon Light Infantry 1945 2 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment The Governor General s Horse Guards 1945 2 The Westminster Regiment Motor 1945 2 The Princess Louise Fusiliers 1945 2 The Royal Canadian Regiment 1945 2 48th Highlanders of Canada 1945 2 The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1945 2 Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry 1945 2 The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 1945 2 The Loyal Edmonton Regiment 1945 2 Royal 22e Regiment 1945 2 The Carleton and York Regiment 1945 2 The West Nova Scotia Regiment 1945 2 The Perth Regiment 1945 2 The Cape Breton Highlanders 1945 2 The Irish Regiment of Canada 1945 2 11th Canadian Armoured Regiment The Ontario Regiment 1945 2 12th Canadian Armoured Regiment The Three Rivers Regiment 1945 2 2nd Armoured Regiment Lord Strathcona s Horse Royal Canadians 1945 2 5th Armoured Regiment 8th Princess Louise s New Brunswick Hussars 1945 2 9th Armoured Regiment The British Columbia Dragoons 1945 2 US Canadian forces edit First Special Service Force 1944 2 British regiments edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items June 2019 Honourable Artillery Company 1944 1945 3 Royal Norfolk Regiment 1944 45 citation needed East Lancashire Regiment 1944 1945 4 South Lancashire Regiment 1944 1945 4 Suffolk Regiment citation needed Coldstream Guards 1944 1945 5 Irish Guards citation needed Grenadier Guards 1944 1945 1 Welsh Guards citation needed 3rd County of London Yeomanry Sharpshooters citation needed Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1944 1945 6 Parachute Regiment 1944 1945 7 South Staffordshire Regiment 1944 8 Army Commandos 1942 1944 in the form of honours granted to the Commandos Association 9 Manchester Regiment New 1st Battalion 1944 1945 10 Gloucestershire Regiment 1944 1945 11 Life Guards Royal Horse GuardsSee also editNorth West Europe campaign of 1940 North West Europe 1942 Battle honour References edit a b Honorary Distinctions or Battle Honours Grenadier Guards Association East Kent Branch accessed and archived 21 July 2019 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn North West Europe canadiansoldiers com retrieved and archived 29 June 2019 Battle Honours Honourable Artillery Company accessed and archived 29 June 2019 a b Battle Honours Lancashire Infantry Museum accessed and archived 30 June 2019 Lewis Pearce Battle honours appx A in Julian Paget Second to None The History of the Coldstream Guards 1650 2000 Pen and Sword 2000 ISBN 9781783379392 Regimental Battle Honours The Duke of Wellington s Regiment West Riding Regimental Association accessed and archived 21 July 2019 Battle Honours Airborne Assault ParaData accessed 21 July 2019 and archived 29 June 2019 Battle honours of the Staffordshire Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment Museum accessed and archived 22 July 2019 Major James Dunning A brief history of the Army Commandos 1939 1945 accessed and archived 22 July 2019 Museum of the Manchester Regiment Battle Honours of The Manchester Regiment Tameside Metropolitan Borough accessed and archived 24 July 2019 Battle Honours The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th LXI accessed 9 August 2019 and archived 31 August 2018 Baker Anthony Battle Honours of the British and Commonwealth Armies 1986 Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 978 0711016002 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title North West 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