Fusiliers of Sherbrooke

History

Fusiliers of Sherbrooke

At the end of the XIXe century the companies of Milice of Quebec were still present in the cities and villages of many Cantons. The first regiment originating in Sherbrooke was formed in 1867. But, it is in 1910 qu' a French Canadian regiment is organized. Founded by Doctor J. Ferdinand Rioux, the 54e regiment of the Police officers of Sherbrooke was ordered by Doctor Pantaléon Pelletier at the time of the official authorization.

In 1914, the 54e regiment offers its services in the defense of England following the declaration of war to Germany, on August 4th. The 54e Régiment involved and provided approximately 900 men for the active service within other units of the Canadian Task force. Because of its contribution to the effort of war which was worthy of mention, it withdrew from it the honor of war of the battle with Amiens.

In 1940, at the time of the Second world war, the formation of a regular regiment composy, “ The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment ”, a fusion of two regiments of militiamans, comes to reinforce the Canadian troops of overseas and constitutes by the fact even the first bilingual regiment of Canada. It is only later that this unit is sent in on the continent of Europe in the capacity as combat unit. Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment unloads in Normandy on the head of bridge established in sector Canadian English to fight the first battle of tanks on the ground of France. The members of this regiment led the first tanks Canadian in the town of Caen and the first to to make irruption in Falaise. One grants to their credit approximately a hundred and fifteen German tanks put out of combat. The following honors are reproduced on the regimental flag: the unloading of Normandy, Authie, Caen, peak of Bourguébus, Cliff, the Scheldt, the Rhineland, Xanten, the Rhine and Zutphen.

In 1942, the 1st Battalion of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke of the Forces active is formed for the service with the country. After having remained in Sherbrooke, Debert (Nova Scotia) and as a Colombia-British, the 1st Battalion is sent in Great Britain in January 1945, where it was dismantled shortly after his arrival. During this time, the original unit of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke became the 2nd Battalion of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke (Reserve) and especially used to recruit and involve elements for the servif credit.

Since the end of the Second world war, the missions of peace of the United Nations marked the history of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke by the participation of some their members. (Bosnia, Haiti, .......)

A monument for peace is set up in front of the military horse-gear to underline the participation of Estriens in the maintenance missions of peace.

The Horse-gear has also a military museum which establishes the link with its past and sees with the development of the Estrien inheritance. Later on, the museum wants to make a permanent exposure inside the horse-gear thus taking an active share to the development of the project of the city of the rivers. It is possible to visit it the Tuesday evening between the month September and April.

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1910: Founded as “a 54th Regiment " Police officers of Sherbrooke" ”
1920: Renamed “the Police officers of Sherbrooke” and organized in regiment with two battalions; 1st battalion (perpetuates the 163rd " Overseas" Batallion, CEF) formed part about battle of the militia activates nonpermanent while the 2nd battalion (without affiliation CEF) formed part about battle of the Reserve.
1933: Renamed “the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke”
1936: Dissolution of the 2nd battalion (Reserve)
1940: Renamed “the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke (Reserve)”
1942: Renamed “2nd (Reserve) Battalion, Fusiliers of Sherbrooke”
1946: Renamed “the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke”

1940: Formation of “Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, CASF”, for the active service, resulting from the amalgamation of elements of the “Fusiliers of Sherbrooke” and the “Sherbrooke Regiment (Gun Machine)”
1940 Renamed “1st Battalion, The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment”
1942: Renamed “27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment), CAC, CASF”
1942: Formation of the “1st Batallion, Fusiliers of Sherbrooke, CASF” for the active service of territorial defense.
1945: Dissolution of the “1st Batallion, Fusiliers of Sherbrooke, CASF” in Great Britain
1946: Dissolution of “27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment), RCAC, CASF”

Drive

Except when in full-time service, the members of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke work part-time since they are above all, of the citizen-soldiers. In a general way, they are of service one evening per week, Tuesday and up to two ends of the week per month, at the time of exercises in shift or training sessions to the military horse-gear of the street Belvedère, general headquarter of the regiment sherbrookois. The annual period of drive most active goes from June to August whereas the majority of the Fusiliers are engaged in various military operations or, of the training courses professional.

Music of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke

The regimental music, which had ceased its activities in the Seventies, was revived with the beginning of the year 1990 pennies the impulse of the lieutenant-colonel Pierre Véronneau, then ordering Regiment. With a manpower with the very restricted departure, lieutenant Serge Bélanger, first musical director of this music, provided the foundations of what it is today.

In 1996, the captain Sylvain Side taken direction of this music which now makes the pride of its regiment and the Sherbrookoise community. It counts today more than one about thirty musicians of the area. The majority are students, in music like in others disciplines.

With its general-purpose repertory, this music shows its know-how on several occasions, in particular during making of command, regimental ceremonies of change of color and any other engagement soldiers and civils.

Currency

" Right to the goal "

Description of the badge

The crown superimposes a grenade gold on the body of which a bordered ring carries the inscription in gilded letters “the FUSILIERS OF SHERBROOKE”, surmounted by a beaver to the naturalness, superimposed on a Feuille of maple of color gold. The unit rests on a listel gold with the inscription “RIGHT WITH the GOAL” in letters sands.

Regimental walk

City-queen ( Queen City ), title given in the honor of Sherbrooke, city-queen of the Cantons of the East. This remarkable walk was composed by the captain Sylvio Lacharité, officer of the regiment and well-known type-setter in Quebec and abroad. In 1982, it was named member of the Ordre of Canada.

Affiliated regiment

The Riffles (to be come)

Honors of battle

First World War 1914-1918

Amiens*

Second world war 1944-1945

Unloading of Normandy *
Authie *
Caen *
the Flowering ash
Peak of Bourgébus*
Suburb of Vaucelles
Saint-Andre-on-Flowering ash
Cliff *
Road of the Cliff
Clearly Tizon
the Connection
Channel of Antwerp-Turnhout
the Scheldt *
the Low-Meuse
the the Rhineland *
the Hochwald
Xanten *
the the Rhine *
Emmerich-Holen Elten
Zutphen*
Deventer North-western
of Europe, 1944-1945

These honors of battle are found on the regimental devoted flag.

Honorary colonels

since 2001, the Bgén Jean-Luc Bomber, CD
1938-1974 Collar John Samuel Bourque, VD, CD
1974-1982 Collar Gaetan Side, MBE, ED
1983-1996 Mgén John J. Dunn, CM, CD
1996-2001 Collar Pierre H. Massé, CD, ADC

Honorary lieutenant-colonels

since 2004, the Lcol Wilfred Morin
1910-1917 Lt-Collar Louis Hubert Olivier
1934-1942 Lt-Collar (Collar) Emile Rioux
1942-1973 Lt-Collar Charles Codère, CD, VD
1974-1980 Lcol Claude Genest
1980-1983 Lcol Ernest L. Furrier, EM, CD
1983-1986 Lcol Roland Savoy, CD
1986-1989 Lcol Henri Forgues-Lapointe, CD
1989-1996 Lcol Refusals Woods, OC
1996-2004 Lcol Louis Lagassé, CM

Commanders

since 2005, the Lcol Eric Beaudoin
1908 Mr. Ferdinand Rioux, founder of the regiment
1910-1912 Lt-Collar Pantaléon Furrier
1912-1917 Lt-Collar (Collar) Emile Rioux, VD
1917 Lt-Collar Arthur Genest
1917-1922 Lt-Collar (Collar) Emile Rioux, VD
1923 Lt-Collar Pierre Edmond Bélanger
1924-1928 Lt-Collar (Collar) Valmore Olivier, VD
1928-1931 Lt-Collar (Collar) John Bourque, VD, CD
1932-1937 Lt-Collar (Collar) Léopold Knight, ED
1937-1942 Lt-Collar Emile Lévesque, ED
1942-1946 Lt-Collar Alphonse Genest, ED
1946-1947 Lt-Collar Aime Biron, ED
1947-1950 Lt-Collar Sarto Roy
1950-1952 Lt-Collar Gaetan Side, MBE, ED
1952-1954 Lt-Collar Roland Codère, ED
1954-1957 Maj Ernest Furrier, EM, CD
1957-1960 Lt-Collar Richard Crépaud, CD, ADC
1960-1963 Lt-Collar (Mgen) John Dunn, CM, CD, ADC
1963-1967 Lt-Collar Bernard Codère, CD, ADC
1967-1970 Lcol Jacques Dubé, CD
1970-1972 Lcol Jean Denoncourt, CD
1972-1975 Lcol Massed Pierre, CD, ADC
1975-1978 Lcol François-Xavier Chagnon, CD
1978-1981 Lcol Marcel Lapointe, CD
1981-1984 Lcol (Bgen) Jean-Luc Bomber, CD
1984-1987 Lcol Jean Gauthier, CD, ADC
1987-1990 Lcol (Bgen) Louis Denis Furrier, CD
1990-1993 Lcol Pierre Véronneau, CD
1993-1995 Lcol Alain Denis, CD
1995-1998 Lcol Bernard Pelletier, CD
1998-2000 Lcol Gaetan Lefebvre, CD
2000-2002 Lcol Jean Gauthier, CD
2002-2005 Lcol Paul Langlais, CD, ADC

The steel regimental ones

Since 2007 Adjuc Michel Christmas
1927-1929 WO I Philibert Boisse
1929-1931 WO I Maurice Gingues
1931-1934 WO I Ubald Pigeon
1934-1937 WO I Amable Bilodeau
1937 WO I Raymond Simard
1937-1940 WO I Ernest Furrier
1940-1942 WO I Gerard Genest
1942-1946 WO I Ubald Pigeon
1946-1947 WO I Maurice Lessard
1947-1948 WO I Rene Roy
1948-1950 WO I Henri De Léséleuc
1950-1953 WO I Paul Leclerc
1953-1965 WO I Paul-Henri Lessard
1965-1968 WO I Guy Office
1968-1972 Adjuc Breton Guy
1973-1978 Adjuc Louis Fortier
1978-1980 Adjuc Luc Side
1980-1982 Adjuc Andre Rancourt
1982-1986 Adjum Guy Bergeron
1986-1993 Adjuc François Guerin
1993-1997 Adjuc Jean Guilbeault
1997-1999 Adjuc Governed Savard
1999-2003 Adjuc Simon Market
2003-2007 Adjuc Pierre Lefebvre

External bond:

Official site of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke
Site about the cross of the Fusiliers of Sherbrooke
Fusiliers of Sherbrooke on army.ca

27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment); IN

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