The Royal Rifles of Canada

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Information
Division (WWII)
Active	1862-1965
Province	Quebec
Type	Rifles
Motto	VOLENS ET VALENS (WILLING and ABLE)
Nickname	-
Modern Unit	Disbanded in 1965
Battles
The Battle of Hong Kong
Fallen
A total of 281 members of The Royal Rifles of Canada are listed in our memorial database. Below 30 random names are displayed. Click here to view all records. Gammack, Keating, Campbell, Mclaughlin, Vigneault, Forsyth, Allen, Sannes, Linn, Breen, Mcclellan, Thompson, Whalen, Antila, Pollock, Moir, Wills, Mann, Beacroft, Clapperton, Benwell, Allen, Gibbs, Lasenba, Aitkens, Todd, Ross, Smith, Trites, Noel
Gallantry Awards
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Titles and Lineage
1862: 8th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada 1877: 8th Battalion "Royal Rifles" 1914: 8th Regiment (Royal Rifles) 1920: The Royal Rifles of Canada 1965: Disbanded
Associations
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Formed in 1862 as the 8th Battalion and renamed the 9th Battaillon in 1900. The unit was re-formed alongside the Les Voltigeurs de Québec in 1920. It was disbanded after World War II, but the regiment's HQ became home to a museum. It was destroyed by a fire in 2008.