Shoulder flash Calgary Highlanders of Canada, , 2nd Canadian Infantry Division

embroided on blue felt, starch back

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The regiment mobilized for active service as The Calgary Highlanders, CASF on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Calgary Highlanders, CASF on 7 November 1940. On 27 August 1940, it embarked for Britain. The battalion's mortar platoon took part in OPERATION JUBILEE, the raid on Dieppe, on 19 August 1942. On 6 July 1944, the battalion landed in France as part of the 5th 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 15 December 1945

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  • Shoulder title Calgary Highlanders of Canada, , 2nd Canadian Infantry Division