The Nova Scotia Highlanders (also known as North Novies, North Novas) is an infantry regiment in the primary reserve of the Canadian Army. It is part...
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Highlanders and 189 LAA RCA Battery to form 1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North). Founded in 1936 as The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (M...
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The Cape Breton Highlanders is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It was established in 1871, merged into The Nova Scotia Highlanders in 1954...
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The 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 85th Battalion...
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The 246th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
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Nova Scotia (also known as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) is a Canadian province located in Canada's Maritimes. The region was initially occupied by Mi'kmaq. The...
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The Province of Nova Scotia was heavily involved in the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). At that time, Nova Scotia also included present-day New...
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September 1915 – 4 January 1917 The 17th Battalion, CEF is perpetuated by the Nova Scotia Highlanders. The battalion was awarded the following battle honours:...
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community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British...
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The history of Nova Scotia covers a period from thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day...
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Glengarry Highlanders The Nova Scotia Highlanders The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own) The Essex and Kent Scottish 48th Highlanders of...
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The Pictou Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army from 1871 until it was amalgamated into the Nova Scotia Highlanders in 1954. Founded...
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The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF (also known as "MacKenzie Battalion", "Master Raiders", "Raiding Battalion") was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary...
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in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland...
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Scottish regiment (redirect from Highlander unit)
Regiment) The Cape Breton Highlanders The Nova Scotia Highlanders The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada The Seaforth...
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George Isaac Smith (redirect from George Smith (Nova Scotia))
Isaac Smith, Newspaper clipping, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders "N.S. re-elects Liberals, PC's gain eight seats". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1949....
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Normandy massacres (category Nova Scotia Highlanders)
As the Germans began their counterattack near the villages of Villons-les-Buissons and Anisy, elements from the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Sherbrooke...
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amalgamated with The Colchester and Hants Regiment to form The North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Originated on 6 April 1871, in Amherst, Nova Scotia, as the Cumberland...
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The 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with 72nd...
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Ardenne Abbey massacre (category Nova Scotia Highlanders)
soldiers from the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the 27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment), were shot in the back of the head. This...
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(Cape Breton Highlanders) Battalion, CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916. Based in Broughton, Nova Scotia, the unit began recruiting during the winter of...
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The West Nova Scotia Regiment is a line infantry regiment of the Canadian Army, part of the Primary Reserve, and is part of the 5th Canadian Division's...
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The 106th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Truro, Nova Scotia, with...
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was transferred to the 17th Reserve Battalion, CEF, the Nova Scotia Highlanders, affiliated with the Scottish Seaforth Highlanders. The 17th was at Bramshott...
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Fusiliers Mont-Royal The Princess Louise Fusiliers The Royal New Brunswick Regiment The West Nova Scotia Regiment The Nova Scotia Highlanders The North Shore (New...
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CFS Debert (category Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan)
was a Canadian Forces station located in Debert, Nova Scotia. It was most recently used during the Cold War as a communications facility and was home...
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5th Canadian Division (category Commons link is the pagename)
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador; as well as some units in Kingston, Ontario. The division is recognized by the distinctive...
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regiments, e.g. the 48th Highlanders of Canada, the Nova Scotia Highlanders, and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, as well as the officers, warrant...
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John Hamm (category Members of the Order of Nova Scotia)
October 2014, John Hamm was appointed the Honorary Colonel for the 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders (North) for the next three years. One of his most...
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September 1944 and was taken hours later by the North Nova Scotia Highlanders that landed in Normandy, as part of the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry...
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