Cap badge Cameron Highlanders of Canada WW2 , 2nd Canadian Division

white metal construction,marks Birks , both lugs intact

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The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 3rd Canadian Division's 38 Canadian Brigade Group and is headquartered at the Minto Armoury in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the oldest highland regiment in Western Canada.

The regiment mobilized the The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, CASF for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, CASF on 7 November 1940. It embarked for Great Britain on 12 December 1940. The battalion took part in OPERATION JUBILEE, the Dieppe Raid, on 19 August 1942. It returned to 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. The overseas battalion disbanded on 30 November 1945.

  • Dieppe, 19 August 1942+
  • BOURGUÉBUS RIDGE
  • St. André-sur-Orne+
  • Verrières Ridge-Tilly-la-Campagne+
  • Falaise+
  • Falaise Road
  • The Laison
  • Forêt de la Londe+
  • Dunkirk, 1944+
  • The Scheldt
  • Woensdrecht+
  • South Beveland
  • The Rhineland+
  • The Hochwald+
  • Xanten+
  • The Rhine
  • Groningen
  • Oldenburg
  • North-West Europe, 1944–1945


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