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4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

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The 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards is an inactive armoured regiment of the Canadian militia. [1]

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Adrano

Adrano (Adranu), ancient Adranon, is a town and comune in the province of Catania on the east coast of Sicily.

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Aldershot Garrison

Aldershot Garrison, also known as Aldershot Military Town, is a major garrison in South East England, located between Aldershot and Farnborough in Hampshire.

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Allied invasion of Sicily

The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Italy and Nazi Germany).

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Battle of Mont Sorrel

The Battle of Mont Sorrel (Battle of Mount Sorrel, Battle of Hill 62) was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the British Second Army and three divisions of the 4th Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres, Belgium, from 2 to 13 June 1916.

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Battle of Troina

The Battle of Troina was an important battle that took place between 31 July and 6 August 1943, as part of the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (French: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Casal di Principe

Casal di Principe (Campanian: Casale 'e Principe or simply Casale) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about southwest of Caserta.

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Eighth Army (United Kingdom)

The Eighth Army was a field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns.

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Enna

Enna (Sicilian: Castrugiuvanni; Greek: Ἔννα; Latin: Henna and less frequently Haenna) is a city and comune located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towering above the surrounding countryside.

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Fox Armoured Car

The Fox Armoured Car was a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle produced by Canada in the Second World War.

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God Bless the Prince of Wales

"God Bless the Prince of Wales" (Ar Dywysog Gwlad y Bryniau) is a patriotic song written to mark the occasion of the marriage of the future King Edward VII to Alexandra of Denmark.

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Gothic Line

The Gothic Line (Gotenstellung; Linea Gotica) was a German defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II.

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Greater Napanee

Greater Napanee is a town in Southeastern Ontario, Canada, approximately west of Kingston and the county seat of Lennox and Addington County.

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Harry Wickwire Foster

Major General Harry Wickwire Foster (April 2, 1902 – August 6, 1964) was a senior Canadian Army officer who commanded two Canadian divisions during World War II.

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Herbie

Herbie the Love Bug is a fictional sentient anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Walt Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug.

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Hitler Line

The Hitler Line was a German defensive line in central Italy during the Second World War.

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Hussar

A hussar was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Eastern and Central Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, originally Hungarian.

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Italian Campaign (World War II)

The Italian Campaign of World War II consisted of the Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe.

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Kingston, Ontario

Kingston is a city in eastern Ontario, Canada.

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Liri

The Liri (Latin Liris or Lyris, previously, Clanis; Greek: Λεῖρις) is one of the principal rivers of central Italy, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea a little below Minturno under the name Garigliano.

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Men of Harlech

"Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" (in Welsh: Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech) is a song and military march which is traditionally saidFuld, James J., The Book of World-famous Music: classical, popular, and folk, Dover, 5th ed.

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Miglionico

Miglionico (Lucano: Megghiuòneche) is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in Basilicata, southern Italy.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai).

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Motta Montecorvino

Motta Montecorvino (Pugliese: A Mottè) is a town, comune (municipality), former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the province of Foggia in the Apulian region of southeast Italy.

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Naviglio Grande

The Naviglio Grande is a canal in Lombardy, northern Italy, joining the Ticino river near Tornavento (23 km south of Sesto Calende) to the Porta Ticinese dock, also known as the Darsena, in Milan.

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North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45

North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945 is a battle honour earned by regiments in the Commonwealth forces during the Second World War.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Operation Baytown

Operation Baytown was an Allied amphibious landing on the mainland of Italy that took place on 3 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy, itself part of the Italian Campaign, during the Second World War.

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Operation Goldflake

Operation Goldflake was the administrative move of I Canadian Corps (in essence, all Canadian combatant units) and the British 5th Infantry Division from Italy to Northwestern Europe during the Second World War.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Otter Light Reconnaissance Car

The Otter Light Reconnaissance Car (known officially by the British as Car, Light Reconnaissance, Canadian GM (R.A.C.) was a light armoured car produced by Canada during the Second World War for British and Commonwealth.

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Picton, Ontario

Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in South Eastern Ontario, Canada, roughly 160 km east of Toronto.

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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (Louise Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Province of Canada

The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC; Corps blindé royal canadien) is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army, including regular and reserve force regiments.

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Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps (Corps d'infanterie royal canadien) is the infantry corps of the Canadian Army and includes regular and reserve force regiments.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.

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South Frontenac, Ontario

South Frontenac is a township in Frontenac County in eastern Ontario, Canada.

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Supplementary Order of Battle

In Canada, a regiment is placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle when the need for the regiment's existence is no longer relevant.

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Tavullia

Tavullia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro.

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William Garnet "Bing" Coughlin

William Garnet "Bing" Coughlin – Canadian World War II cartoonist – was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on October 7, 1905.

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Wilmot, Ontario

The Township of Wilmot is a rural township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

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1st Canadian Division

The 1st Canadian Division is an operational command and control formation of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, based at CFB Kingston.

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4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles

The 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the 4th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF and embarked for Britain on 18 July 1915.

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4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

The 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards is an inactive armoured regiment of the Canadian militia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Princess_Louise_Dragoon_Guards

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