Sherbrooke Hussars
{{Short description|Canadian military unit}}
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| unit_name = The Sherbrooke Hussars
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| dates = 1965–present
| country = Canada
| branch = Canadian Army
| type = Line cavalry
| role = Armoured
| size = One regiment
| command_structure = 35 Canadian Brigade Group
| garrison = {{lang|fr|{{nobr|315, rue William}}, {{nobr|Sherbrooke (Québec)}}}}, temporarily relocated to 700 Woodward Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec
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| motto = {{langnf|la|In hoc signo stabilitas|In this sign, stability}}In hoc signo vinces
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| march = "Regimental March of the Sherbrooke Hussars"
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The Sherbrooke Hussars is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
The regiment was formed in 1965 by amalgamation of the 7th/11th Hussars with the Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC).
It perpetuates the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment of the Second World War.
History
=The Sherbrooke Regiment=
The Sherbrooke Regiment was initially formed on 21 September 1866 in Melbourne, Quebec as the Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry, becoming the 53rd (Sherbrooke) Battalion in 1867. The regiment perpetuates the Frontier Light Infantry as well as the 1st and 4th battalions of the Eastern Township District (1812–1815) from the War of 1812. As a result, the regiment carries the battle honour Defence of Canada 1812–15, in recognition of the service rendered by the Frontier Light Infantry at the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814).
On 22 March 1867, it was reorganized as two separate battalions designated the 53rd Melbourne Battalion of Infantry and the 54th Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry. It was redesignated as the 53rd Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry on 10 May 1867 and then the 53rd Sherbrooke Regiment on 8 May 1900
The regiment provided volunteers for the 12th Battalion, CEF in 1914. The following year, it provided men to the 117th (Eastern Townships) Battalion, CEF. After proceeding overseas the 117th was broken up to provide reinforcements for several other Canadian units serving France.
In 1920, the Sherbrooke Regiment was reformed with two battalions – the 1st Battalion perpetuated the traditions of the 117th CEF.
Following the Great War, the regiment was renamed The Sherbrooke Regiment on 29 March 1920 and re-roled as a machine gun battalion as The Sherbrooke Regiment (MG) on 15 December 1936
In 1940, parts of the regiment amalgamated with Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke to form the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment (27th Canadian Armoured Regiment). Initially an infantry regiment, it was converted to an armoured regiment, later part of 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. The Sherbrooke Regiment remained in Canada and trained as infantry.
After the end of the Second World War, The Sherbrooke Regiment re-roled as armour, becoming the 12th Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Regiment), The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC). In 1965, it amalgamated with the 7th/11th Hussars to become The Sherbrooke Hussars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/arm-bli/SH-eng.asp|title = Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments - ARMOUR REGIMENTS - THE SHERBROOKE HUSSARS|date = 9 November 2004}}
=7th/11th Hussars=
{{Main|7th/11th Hussars}}
The 7th/11th Hussars was formed in 1936{{Cite web |title=7th/11th Hussars |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/regiments/cavalry/7th11thhussars.htm |access-date=2021-11-25 |website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}} through the amalgamation of the 7th Hussars{{Cite web |title=7th Hussars |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/regiments/cavalry/7thhussars.htm |access-date=2021-11-25 |website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}} and 11th Hussars.{{Cite web |title=11th Hussars |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/regiments/cavalry/11thhussars.htm |access-date=2021-11-25 |website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}} In 1940, 400 men of the 7th/11th Hussars were mobilized as infantry with the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada. It was redesignated the 2nd (Reserve) Regiment, 7th/11th Hussars on 27 February 1941. The regiment itself became the 16th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment, before being disbanded in 1943, with its personnel absorbed by the 5th Canadian Armoured Division of I Canadian Corps.
Brigade Headquarters of 5 Canadian Armoured Brigade was nicknamed "Headquarters Squadron (7th/11th Hussars)", and saw service in the Italian and Northwest Europe campaigns. Two HQ Sqn (7th/11th Hussars) members received periodic MBEs for their wartime service, Captain Robert Rutherford was brigade reconnaissance officer, and Squadron Serjeant (sic) Major Cecil Raven was de facto HQ RSM.{{cite web | url=https://nationalpost.remembering.ca/obituary/robert-rutherford-1065385411 | title=Remembering the life of Robert RUTHERFORD 1922 - 2018 }}
In 1946, the regiment was raised again in Canada, as 16th Reconnaissance Regiment (7th/11th Hussars), RCAC on 1 April 1946, redesignated the 7th/11th Hussars (16th Reconnaissance Regiment) on 4 February 1949. It converted to armour as the 7th/11th Hussars (16th Armoured Regiment) on 1 September 1954 and finally the 7th/11th Hussars on 19 May 1958.
On 15 February 1965, it was amalgamated with The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC) to form the Sherbrooke Hussars.Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
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= Sherbrooke Hussars =
File:Sherbrooke Hussars guidon.jpg
The Canadian Army doctrine changed in the 1950s from mobilizing units in Canada for overseas service, to maintaining standing forces in Europe. As a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation signatory, Canada's focus was to support first the 27th Infantry Brigade in Germany and later 4th Canadian Mechanized Brigade. The role of reserve units changed to training individual soldiers to augment the regular force.{{cite web |url=http://www.seanmmaloney.com/articles/i0012.html |title=Sean M Maloney.Com - War Without Battles: Canada's NATO Brigade in Germany 1951-1993 |accessdate=2014-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617104011/http://www.seanmmaloney.com/articles/i0012.html |archivedate=2013-06-17 }}
On 15 February 1965, the 7th/11th Hussars was amalgamated with The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC). The Sherbrooke Regiment's Sherman tanks were returned to stores. Regimental headquarters was established in Sherbrooke, with 'A' and 'B' Squadrons. Personnel from outlying areas were encouraged to commute for training.
On 5 July 1967, Queen Elizabeth II presented a new guidon on Parliament Hill in the presence of thousands of spectators.{{cite web | url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2996279 | title=BAnQ numérique }}{{Cite web|url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2996271|title = BAnQ numérique}}{{Citation |title=A Royal Visit 1967 | date=5 July 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHeJ-NfPO0 |access-date=2023-08-25 |language=en}} An editorial in The Sherbrooke Daily Record declared it a, "... a proud moment, too, for the people of Sherbrooke whose heritage includes the distinguished exploits of this military unit."{{cite web | url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/299642 | title=BAnQ numérique }} Likewise in the spirit of Centennial projects that marked the country's 100th birthday was the Sherbrooke Hussars' Centennial Guard. Throughout the Eastern Townships in August, a 35-man platoon of soldiers performed 1860's style Fort Henry Guard inspired drill with period Snider Enfield rifles and bayonets.{{cite web | url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2996423 | title=BAnQ numérique }}
During the decades that followed, members of The Sherbrooke Hussars deployed on Exercise Reforger 'call-outs' to Germany, including a formed Jeep light armoured reconnaissance troop attached to the 8th Canadian Hussars. Other operational deployment included individuals on United Nations missions in Middle East UNEF and UNDOF as support trades, such as drivers, Cyprus UNFICYP as peacekeepers, and extensively in the Former Yugoslavia UNPROFOR. A member of the regiment, Corporal David Galvin, attached to 12eRBC, was killed when his Cougar armoured car rolled over on 29 November 1993.{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/166091507144/10155476280877145 |archive-date = 2022-04-30| url = https://www.facebook.com/LeCanadasesouvient/photos/a.175232087144.120582.166091507144/10155476280877145/?type=3&theater |title = Le Canada se Souvient on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}Accessed 30 March 2023 {{Cite web|url=http://www.honourthem.ca/masterDetail.cfm?ID=86651|title = Tribute to CPL David Joseph Patrick Galvin| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215121239/http://www.honourthem.ca/masterDetail.cfm?ID=86651 | archive-date=15 December 2018 }} Several members of the regiment served in Afghanistan, including at least one soldier who was wounded by an improvised explosive device.{{Cite web|url=http://militarymomathome.blogspot.ca/2007/08/composition-of-joint-task-force.html|title=Military Mom at Home: COMPOSITION OF JOINT TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN (JTF AFG)|date=27 August 2007}} Although individual contributions were significant, the regiment did not meet the detailed criteria for the Afghanistan theatre honours. Elsewhere, personnel served in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.[http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/issues/55/2010-03-08-10.pdf Olympic moment in Haiti] lookoutnewspaper.com March 2010 p. 15
Reserve units in Canada face constant challenges of personnel attraction and retention. Often an employer will be reluctant to allow a reservist to leave their job to attend extended training courses or an operational deployment. One effort to reward cooperative employers has been through public recognition through the Canadian Forces Liaison Council. In 2005, the Most Supportive Employer in Quebec was the federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration on behalf of their employee, Captain Simon Hallé of the Sherbrooke Hussars.CANFORGEN 040/05 VCDS 010/05 221305Z FEB 05 "CFLC NATIONAL RESERVE FORCE EMPLOYER SUPPORT AWARDS"
National Defence budgets have always set the tone for training and recruiting tempo. For example, in April 2010, both the Sherbrooke Hussars and les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke were required to reduce their operating funds by 40% in the middle of their training year.{{cite web |url=http://list.plcom.on.ca/pipermail/defenceweekday/2010-April/000590.html |title=[Defenceweekday] Final, 2010-04-12 |accessdate=2014-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140921232854/http://list.plcom.on.ca/pipermail/defenceweekday/2010-April/000590.html |archivedate=2014-09-21 }}
In 2019, the regiment perpetuates its Eastern Township roots as a bilingual unit in the Army Reserves. As a member of the Armoured Corps, the Sher H trains for, among other things, mounted reconnaissance, convoy escort and vehicle checkpoint establishment using the TAPV and G Wagen. Its unofficial motto is "see without being seen".
Through the Strengthening the Army Through the Reserves (StAR) project, it will be assigned a mission task,{{Cite web|url=http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/news-publications/national-news-details-no-menu.page?doc=backgrounder-strengthening-the-army-reserve-through-mission-tasks/jgb8dbj5|title = Backgrounder | Backgrounder: Strengthening the Army Reserve through Mission Tasks|date = 26 April 2018}} which is still in the analysis stage, to acquire chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) detection expertise. Two additional Regular Force cadre were posted to Sherbrooke to facilitate the capacity. Other units across Canada have been assigned significant mission tasks in three strategic approaches. Currently validated missions include force protection, convoy escorts, Arctic response company groups, and territorial battalion groups; newly identified missions like infantry platoons, reconnaissance, direct fire support, assault pioneers, mortars, influence activities, persistent surveillance system, and long-haul trucking; and exploring future missions such as assault troop, light urban search and rescue, light engineer bridging, cyber threats.
The Sherbrooke Hussars has used a variety of operational vehicles:
- Cougar AVGP (Armoured Vehicle General Purpose);
- Canadian made GMC M135 {{frac|2|1|2}}-ton Cargo ("Deuce and a Half");
- Canadian made Dodge M37 {{frac|3|4}}-ton truck;
- the M38A1 {{frac|1|4}}-ton truck, the M151A2 {{frac|1|4}}-ton truck; and the Volkswagen Iltis {{frac|1|4}}-ton truck;
- Canadian made M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck known as the MLVW;
- Canadian-produced standard transmission, 12v, 4x4, 1-ton Dodge Power Wagon W200 trucks differing slightly from the American Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle series;
- various {{frac|1|1|4}}-ton GM commercial vehicles Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle;
The current service vehicle is the Mercedes G-Wagen {{frac|1|2}}-ton truck, and the operational support vehicle is the MilCots commercial pattern extended cab 4x4 truck. There are six assigned for the echelon as fuel can hauler, ammo truck, squadron sergeant major's resupply and canteen, 1st line mechanic, and administration sergeant in place of the retired LSVW. In fall 2017, the transition to a new vehicle began, the TAPV, 18-ton Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle.{{cite web |last1=Lambie |first1=Gordon |title=A new ride for the Sherbrooke Hussars |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/sherbrooke-record/20170928/281479276608953 |via=PressReader |publisher=The Sherbrooke Record |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804123026/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/sherbrooke-record/20170928/281479276608953 |archive-date=Aug 4, 2020 |language=en |date=28 Sep 2017 |url-status=live}}
Perpetuations
= War of 1812 =
- Frontier Light Infantry and 1st and 4th battalions of the Eastern Township District (1812–1815)
= Great War =
- 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF{{cite web |title=5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF |url=http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/na-Canada/warformed/cav-cef/005cmr.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125015419/http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/na-Canada/warformed/cav-cef/005cmr.htm |archive-date=25 January 2008 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=www.regiments.org:80}} is perpetuated by The Sherbrooke Hussars, through the 7th/11th Hussars as explained below
- 117th (Eastern Townships) Battalion, CEF is perpetuated by The Sherbrooke Hussars
- 163rd Battalion (French-Canadian), CEF is perpetuated by Les Fusiliers de SherbrookeA AD 267 000 AF 003 The Insignia and Linkages of the Canadian Forces, Vol 3 Part 2, Infantry Regiments.
Eastern Townships' military legacies
The guidon of The Sherbrooke Hussars has, at its centre bottom, the device of the Royal Rifles of Canada{{Cite web |date=9 November 2018 |title=Royal Rifles of Canada |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/infantry-regiments/royal-rifles.html}} to denote the honorary distinction battle honour for Hong Kong.
Formation of Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment
The Sherbrooke Regiment mobilized the No. 1 General Base Depot, Canadian Active Service Force, on 1 September 1939, which embarked for Britain on 25 January 1940 where it provided guards for vulnerable points until disbanded on 6 July 1940. The city-based regiment then, in conjunction with Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, mobilized The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment, CASF, for active service on 24 May 1940. In later years, a well-regarded senior officer described the Fusiliers in those years as perhaps the most unusual regiment in the army. While it later became entirely English-speaking, at that time it had French-speaking Catholics in two companies and English-speaking Protestants in the other two. The adjutant was Jewish. The commander could not speak French while at least one of the senior officers could not speak English.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tank-ace-captain-radley-walters-began-stellar-career-at-normandy/article24093726/?fb_ref=Default|title = Tank Ace began stellar career at Normandy}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/le-projet-memoire|title=Le Projet Mémoire | l'Encyclopédie Canadienne|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}
It was redesignated as the "1st Battalion, The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment, CASF", on 7 November 1940, then as the "1st Battalion, The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment, CASF", on 15 November 1940 and upon conversion to an armoured regiment, as the "27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment), CAC, CASF", on 26 January 1942 and "27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment), RCAC, CASF" on 2 August 1945. In the case of the overseas unit 'Fusilier' is always in the singular. The regiment served overseas initially in Newfoundland from 13 August 1941 to 15 February 1942, and embarked for Britain on 27 October 1942. After selection as a tank regiment, The "Sherbrookes" as they called themselves became part of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade.{{Cite web|url=https://servicepub.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/the-evolution-of-the-reconstituted-2nd-canadian-armoured-brigade-independent-1943/|title=The Evolution of the Reconstituted 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade (Independent), 1943|date=3 December 2014}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/d-day/canadian-army-units-in-the-normandy-landings/|title = Canadian Army units in the Normandy landings| newspaper=Juno Beach Centre |date = 28 March 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/2457:jim-jones/|title = The Memory Project | the Canadian Encyclopedia}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/1699:marcel-montpetit/|title = The Memory Project | the Canadian Encyclopedia}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/178:george-mann/|title = The Memory Project | the Canadian Encyclopedia}}
Rather than detail all other units raised in the Sherbrooke area, it is worth highlighting the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Sherbrooke Regiment which was designated on 7 November 1940. Across Canada, Non-Permanent Active Militia units formed a recruiting base and community focus. For example, during the Great War (1914–1918) replacement soldiers were formed into new battalions for the front. LCol Bertram Dawson Lyon (1905–1986) was already a long-serving Militia officer when he was named Commanding Officer in 1943. Typical of the expectations of the community, he supported his family through his business and also served in the Militia. When war broke out, he volunteered for active service with the Sherbrooke Regiment, and shipped out for England with the 27th Armoured. He was seriously injured in training in 1942, and repatriated to Canada as unfit for duty. However, his experience was put to use as Commanding Officer of the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion from 1943 to 1946.The Record, 27 July 2018, page 7 (Sherbrooke, Quebec, article by J-M Dubois and Gérard Coté, https://www.pressreader.com/canada/sherbrooke-record/20180727/281633896035734)
Lieutenant-Colonel Melville "Mel" Burgoyne Kennedy Gordon (1905–1974){{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Melville-Gordon/6000000043133483885|title=Melville Burgoyne Kennedy Gordon|date=7 September 1905 }} was commanding officer from 1943 to 1945. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1926, and was in their Canadian Officers' Training Corps from 1922 to 1924. He was commissioned as a lieutenant to the Governor General's Body Guard in 1924, where he served until 1928. That year he changed affiliation to the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards in Ottawa, where he rose to captain and major. From 1931 Gordon practiced law in Ontario and Quebec, and returned to the legal profession after the war. In 1941 as a trained major, Gordon was posted to the 12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment) at Camp Borden, Ontario. He was officer commanding "B" Squadron in Canada and in England until January 1943. At that time, Gordon was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and given command of the 27th Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment).
Not every soldier who enrolled in the SFR in 1940 was necessarily still on strength on 6 June 1944. With each change of arm of service from infantry to tank to armoured, the establishment expanded or contracted. Individual soldiers were examined by selection boards for their suitability or willingness to serve in the new role. Commanders paid close attention to medical standards to remove soldiers and officers who were unfit or unlikely to fully recover from accidents or illness. Some men preferred to stay in the infantry left the unit. In other cases, officers, NCOs and man whose language skills limited their employment in what became an English-speaking unit were sent to Depot. In return, replacements were taken on strength continuously, and trained in the new skills. The cycle was almost continuous.
Similar to the expectation on the soldiers and officers to excel, there was command pressure on the unit to form into a competent functioning and efficient fighting regiment. Virtually nonstop visits, inspections, testing, competitions, training courses and schools, and interminable exercises drilled the lessons into all ranks. For example, there were timed contests to load the tanks onto the LSTs and improvements were identified, such as when it was most practical to drive the tanks in reverse and who should give directions. In the beginning the exercises were learn-as-you-go with debriefs and learning conferences in the evenings or afterwards. Anyone called out for failing to improve could expect to be relieved or replaced. In the UK, neutral umpires monitored exercises and interjected changes or casualties to test reactions.
Armoury and training areas
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William Street Armoury
315 William St, Sherbrooke, Quebec |1908, although parts of the central structure date from the 1830s |Canada's Register of Historic Places; Recognized{{snd}} 1991 Register of the Government of Canada Heritage BuildingsAccessed 5 August 2022 not Archived, https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=216911&type=bien{{Cite web |title=COLLECTION : Images (21570) |url=http://www.histoiresherbrooke.ca/list_sheets.php?uid=4921&category_uid=7&start=5160 |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.histoiresherbrooke.ca}}In French accessed 5 August 2022, https://web.archive.org/web/20220430235753/https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/continuite/1986-n32-33-continuite1050886/17948ac.pdf | Housing The Sherbrooke Hussars and 52nd Field Ambulance. The front facing portion is the former Sherbrooke Court House, convenient to the adjacent former Winter Street Prison. The layout is a central hallway with two former courtrooms behind the front façade, offices beyond, quartermaster in the basement and a mess on the entire second floor. A large steel gable-roof drill hall is nested behind the offices, and is accessible from a large door on Winter Street. |
On November 17, 1950 the 7th/XIth Hussars and the Sherbrooke Regiment acquired "McBain's Farm," acknowledging its former owner Henry McBain, at the corner of Hamel Road South and Quebec Route 220 in St-Elie-d'Orford.Michel Litalien, Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, 1910-2010: L’épopée d’une institution des Cantons-de-l’Est, Productions G.G.C. ltée, 1567, rue King Ouest, Sherbrooke, Québec, 2010 Hangars and a hardstand were built for the regiment's Sherman tanks. Its open spaces, overgrown farm fields, sand pits, brush and forested areas provided excellent off-road opportunities for trainee drivers. Over the years many Basic Training courses dug defensive trench lines and waited in the gloom of dawn to repel blank-firing attacks, and practised compass marches through the swamps. In the late 2000s, when land values had made McBain's attractive to developers, a land swap was made for a 73-hectare open field 8 km further west along Quebec Route 220, named Rutherford to acknowledge First War Victoria Cross winner Charles Rutherford. It is managed as a field training area by the Regular Force garrison at Farnham.
The question of maintenance on the William Street Armoury was asked of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his town-hall visits in January 2017. In mid-February, the MP for Sherbrooke, Pierre-Luc Dusseault, sent a letter to the Minister of National Defence defending the institution of both armouries in Sherbrooke as historic buildings deserving of conservation, and signalling that the William Street Armoury is the one apparently in the poorest state of repair.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estrieplus.com/contenu-manege_militaire_william_pierre_luc_dusseault_marie_claude_bibeau-1355-41230.html|title=Pierre-Luc Dusseault défend la pérennité des manèges militaires de Sherbrooke - ACTUALITÉS - EstriePlus.com | Journal d'actualité Web | Sherbrooke | Estrie.|date=8 February 2017|website=www.estrieplus.com}}
The outgoing commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel L-B Dutil, said that moving the four regiments to the Belvedere Street Armoury was unlikely to proceed, "With the growth of the reserves, with the new vehicles that have arrived, and with other factors, it means that this option may not be the best, ... (translated from French)." He also mentioned a visit in December 2017 by the Minister of National Defence, who acknowledged rushing a decision was not in anyone's interests.[https://www.infomedia.gc.ca/forces/en/2018/05/28/212290100 Forces] infomedia.gc.ca {{dead link|date=September 2023}}
Media in mid-June 2021 reported the William Street Armoury, which has sections built between 1839 and 1841, was found unsafe and would shortly be condemned. Indications were the two occupying units will have one year to move. This news came only months after orders in March to close the Belvédère Street armoury, home of the Fusiliers de Sherbrooke and the 35th Signal Regiment, which had only two months notice to evacuate. All four reserve units in Sherbrooke were abruptly looking for housing, either by saving one or both buildings or by building a brand-new building.{{cite web |url=https://www.latribune.ca/actualites/sherbrooke/le-manege-militaire-william-condamne-51298ddb00d4b4af5e3ecae292d00c1e |title=Le manège militaire William condamné |website=www.latribune.ca |date= 12 June 2021|access-date=14 June 2021}} Late in 2021, both armouries had been evacuated and barricaded, citing unsafe conditions within. Public and media interest in the buildings' future remained high. Suspicions were raised that the four units would eventually be housed in a single facility outside the central core of Sherbrooke.{{Cite web |last=Brochu |first=Tommy |date=2021-11-15 |title=Le manège William jugé dangereux sera bientôt évacué |url=https://www.latribune.ca/2021/11/16/le-manege-william-juge-dangereux-sera-bientot-evacue-83638b1ee88ac3ab28372fb4b8e3a4c6/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=La Tribune |language=fr}}
Following the urgent evacuation of the William Street Armoury, the regiment moved to temporary quarters at 700 Woodward Street Sherbrooke, Quebec J1G 1W3
On 2 December 2022, then-Minister of National Defence Anita Anand announced a two-prong effort. The Department of National Defence, will restore the William Street Armoury and renovate the Belvédère Street Armoury. Community members reaffirmed the importance of the building as downtown architecture and integral to the sense of place felt by Reservists. Minister Anand stated the Department will work with heritage consultants and the City of Sherbrooke to restore the William Street Armoury in a manner that preserves its historical value. She explained an additional or third location will be acquired to accommodate the increasing needs of Sherbrooke's Reservists.accessed 17 March 2024 https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2022/12/defence-minister-anita-anand-announces-decision-to-restore-sherbrookes-william-street-armoury-and-to-renovate-its-belvedere-street-armoury.html
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Alliances
- {{GBR}} – The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
- {{GBR}} – The Royal Anglian Regiment
Battle honours
Battle honours in small capitals are for large operations and campaigns and those in lowercase are for more specific battles. Bold type indicates honours authorized to be emblazoned on the regimental guidon.
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{{term|War of 1812}}
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{{smallcaps|Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – {{lang|fr|Défense du Canada}}}}
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The non-emblazonable honorary distinction {{smallcaps|Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – {{lang|fr|Défense du Canada}}}}
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{{term|First World War}}
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- {{smallcaps|Mount Sorrel}}
- {{smallcaps|Somme, 1916}}
- Flers–Courcelette
- Ancre Heights
- {{smallcaps|Arras, 1917, '18}}
- Vimy, 1917
- {{smallcaps|Hill 70}}
- {{smallcaps|Ypres, 1917}}
- Passchendaele
- {{smallcaps|Amiens}}
- Scarpe, 1918
- {{smallcaps|Hindenburg Line}}
- Canal du Nord
- Cambrai, 1918
- {{smallcaps|Valenciennes}}
- {{smallcaps|Sambre}}
- {{smallcaps|France and Flanders, 1915–18}}
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{{term|Second World War}}
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- {{smallcaps|Normandy Landing}}
- Authie
- {{smallcaps|Caen}}
- The Orne
- {{smallcaps|Bourguébus Ridge}}
- Faubourg de Vaucelles
- St. André-sur-Orne
- {{smallcaps|Falaise}}
- Falaise Road
- Clair Tizon
- The Laison
- Antwerp–Turnhout Canal
- {{smallcaps|The Scheldt}}
- The Lower Maas
- {{smallcaps|The Rhineland}}
- The Hochwald
- Xanten
- {{smallcaps|The Rhine}}
- Emmerich–Hoch Elten
- Zutphen, Deventer
- {{smallcaps|North-West Europe, 1944–1945}}
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Honorary distinction: the badge of the Royal Rifles of Canada, with the year-date 1941, was awarded as an honorary distinction to the 7th/11th Hussars for significantly reinforcing the Royal Rifles of Canada during Battle of Hong Kong{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/arm-bli/SH-eng.asp|title=THE SHERBROOKE HUSSARS|author=Government of Canada, National Defence|website=Official Lineages Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments - ARMOUR REGIMENTS |date=9 November 2004|language=en|access-date=2017-11-20}}
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The regiment did not contribute sufficient forces to meet the minimum level of 20 per cent of effective strength to qualify for the theatre honour “Afghanistan".Accessed 14 June 2022, https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2014/05/south-west-asia-theatre-honours.html
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When the William Street Armoury was closed in 2022 pending an architectural review, the regimental guidon which is normally kept under glass in the Officer's Mess, was displayed at Sherbrooke City Hall.
Honorary appointments
Honorary colonelsprivate record, Sherbrooke Hussars Officers Mess, printed invitation, New Year's Levée 1 January 2015
- The Sherbrooke Regiment and The Sherbrooke Hussars
- Colonel Edward Bruen Worthington, CMG VD 1937
- Colonel (Brigadier-General) J.H. Price, CC, OBE, MC, ED 1968
- Colonel Douglas Bradley
- Colonel Thomas Garfield Gould, MC
- Colonel J. Garneau, CD 2006
- Colonel (Lieutenant-General retired) Paul Addy, CMM, CD
- Colonel (Maître) Sylvestre
- Colonel David Rothschild
- The 7th/11th Hussars
- Major-General the Right Honourable J. E. B. Seely, CB, CMG, DSO 1920
Honorary lieutenant-colonels
- The Sherbrooke Regiment and The Sherbrooke Hussars
- Lieutenant-Colonel C.J. McCuaig 1913
- Lieutenant-Colonel E.B. Worthington 1926
- Lieutenant-Colonel A.A. Munster 1937
- Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Lloyd Penhale 1958
- Lieutenant-Colonel (Brigadier-General) J.H. Price, CC, OBE, MC, ED
- Lieutenant-Colonel D. Bradley
- Lieutenant-Colonel D. Ross
- Lieutenant-Colonel J. Garneau CD 1991
- Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques F. Girardin CD 2006
- Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Vaillancourt
- Lieutenant-Colonel (Maître) Sylvestre
- Lieutenant-Colonel David Rothschild
- The 11th Hussars
- Colonel (Brigadier-General the Honourable) C.M. Nelles, CMG, RO 1921
Commanding officers and regimental sergeant majors
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Commanding officers
- Lieutenant Colonel John Blue (not to be confused with another serving officer Harry Blue)
- Lieutenant Colonel Jack Hawkins
- Lieutenant Colonel Jim Strickland (1967)
- Lieutenant Colonel Maurice "Moe" Jackson
- Lieutenant Colonel Ross Bishop (1976)
- Lieutenant Colonel Allan Marshall
- Lieutenant Colonel Gary Connors
- Lieutenant Colonel John Murray
- Lieutenant Colonel Alain Martineau, CD (to 1993)
- Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Garbutt, CD (from 1993)
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Braun (to 2000)
- Lieutenant Colonel Warren Sanderson (2000 to 2003)
- Lieutenant Colonel Alain Martineau (to 2008)
- Lieutenant Colonel Luc Tremblay (from 2008)
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Lamoureux (12eRBC) (2013 to 2015); subsequently commanding officer of Canadian Army Influence Activities Task Force in Kingston, ON (2015); Director of Army Reserve in Ottawa (2022)
- Lieutenant Colonel Louis-Benoit Dutil (2015 to 2018)CANARMYGEN 017/15 COMD CA 035/15
- Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Éric Beaudoin (2018–2021), former commanding officer of Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke (2005 to 2010)CANFORGEN 153/18 COMD CA 19/18 171430Z SEP 18, CANADIAN ARMY RESERVE UNIT CO AND RSM APPTS APS 2018
- Lieutenant Colonel Paul Langlais, CSM, MSM, CD, (2021–present), former commanding officer of Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke (2002–2005) and The Royal Montreal Regiment (2011–2015)
Regimental sergeant majors
- RSM Oxford
- RSM Moore
- Chief Warrant Officer George Lavigne
- Chief Warrant Officer Garth Bishop (1970)
- Chief Warrant Officer Ernie Kirby
- Chief Warrant Officer B.P. Bourque (1976)
- Chief Warrant Officer Jim Oakley
- Chief Warrant Officer Ryan Quinn
- Chief Warrant Officer Denis Gauthier
- Chief Warrant Officer Jeff George
- Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Galvin
- Chief Warrant Officer Brian Rowell (2002–04)
- Chief Warrant Officer Jacques Madore (2004–2008)
- Chief Warrant Officer Éric Decubber (2008–11)
- Chief Warrant Officer Sebastian Landry
- Master Warrant Officer J.S.B.M. (Mathieu) Giard (2015–18), promoted chief warrant officer and appointed regimental sergeant major of 2 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group
- Chief Warrant Officer David Lapalme-Robitaille (2018–2021)
- Chief Warrant Officer Justin Dohler (2021–2024)CANFORGEN 038/21 C ARMY 003/21 301219Z MAR 21
Notable Sherbrookes
- Hon. David Price, P.C. MP [Sherbrooke Regiment 1959 – 1965] – elected Member of Parliament for Compton Stanstead. Elect Progressive Conservative 2 June 1997 to 13 September 2000; sat as Liberal 14 September to 27 November 2000; reelected 27 November 2000 to 27 June 2004 (7 years 26 days). Mayor of Lennoxville (1989–97) and Counsellor for the Borough of Lennoxville in Sherbrooke (2009 to 2017).
- Brigadier-General Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters CMM, DSO, MC, CD,
- Major (Retd) Edson Warner, CD QM5 [Sherbrooke Regiment, Sherbrooke Hussars 1949 – 1973] – Canadian Olympian, rifle and pistol shooter, member of Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame, Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Target Rifle and Service Rifle Halls of Fame.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-18 |title=Edson Warner Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/edson-warner-1.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/edson-warner-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 }}Accessed 12 February 2022, https://www.cafconnection.ca/National/Programs-Services/For-Military-Personnel/Military-Sports/CAF-Sports-Awards/CAF-Sports-Hall-of-Fame/Warner,-Edson.aspx
Order of precedence
Sixth of 18 Canadian reserve armoured regiments.
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Notes and references
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Further reading
- The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, an illustrated history, by John Marteinson and Michael R McNorgan, published by the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association, 2000. {{ISBN|1-896941-17-6}}
- The Postwar Sherman in Canadian Service by Rod Henderson, Service Publications, Ottawa, 2012 {{ISBN|978-1894581-76-9}}
- 'Hughes, David The British Armies in World War Two: An Organisational History Volume Six: The Canadian Army (The Nafziger Collection, Inc., West Chester, OH, 2003) {{ISBN|1-58545-105-3}}
- Lieutenant-Colonel H.M. Jackson, The Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured Regiment), (n.p., 1958). Limited print run.
- Garneau, Grant, The Royal Rifles of Canada in Hong Kong, 1941–1945, Baird O'Keefe Pub Inc, (Sherbrooke, 2001), {{ISBN|9781894439053}}
- List of military operations in the West European Theater during World War II by year#Western Front
- Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Volume III, THE VICTORY CAMPAIGN
- The Operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945 by CP Stacey [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/docs/Victory_e.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221111225/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/docs/Victory_e.pdf |date=21 December 2020 }}
- War Diaries held by Library and Archives Canada "27th Armoured Regiment" reels 14823 (1940 and 1941), 14824 (1940 and 1941); 14825 (1942 and 1943), 14826 (1943 and 1944), 14827(1943 and 1944), 14828 (1944 and 1945), 14829 (1945) and 14830 (1945). Not digitized or available on line as of May 2018.
External links
- {{official website}}
- [http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/1771:t.-garry-gould/ Audio recording of Normandy veterans Gary Gould]
- [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/arm-bli/SH-eng.asp Armoured lineages and official history]
- [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/doc/aafer-rbagc-ann-1c.pdf Order of Precedence]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141021010336/http://www.museedelaguerre.ca/cwm/games/armwar/units/11jsfreng.shtml Canadian War Museum]
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