Royal Canadian Hussars

The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
	Badge of the Royal Canadian Hussars
Active	Late 18th century–present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Light cavalry
Role	Armoured reconnaissance
Size	Approximately 200 members
Part of	34 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ	Montreal
Nickname(s)	RCH
Motto(s)	Non nobis sed patriae (Latin for 'Not for ourselves, but for our country')
March	"St. Patrick's Day" and "Men of Harlech"
Engagements	War of 1812; Fenian Raids; Second Boer War; First World War; Second World War; War in Afghanistan;
Battle honours	Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – Défense du Canada; South Africa, 1900; Mount Sorrel; Somme, 1916, '18; Flers–Courcelette; Thiepval; Arras, 1917, '18; Vimy, 1917; Hill 70; Ypres, 1917; Passchendaele; Bapaume, 1918; Rosières; Avre; Amiens; Scarpe, 1918; Drocourt–Quéant; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Cambrai, 1918; Valenciennes; Sambre; France and Flanders 1915–18; Caen; Falaise; The Laison; The Scheldt; Breskens Pocket; The Rhineland; The Rhine; Emmerich–Hoch Elten; Zutphen; Deventer; North-West Europe 1944–1945; Afghanistan;
Website	rch.ca/en/
Commanders
Current; commander	LCol Steve Lessard, CD
Colonel-in-Chief	The Princess Royal
Insignia
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The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) (abbreviated as RCH) is an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Primary Reserve in the Canadian Armed Forces. It is one of the oldest cavalry regiments in North America, tracing a direct history to the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry formed in the late eighteenth century. Its Colonel-in-Chief is Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, and its allied regiment is the Queen's Royal Hussars. Its mission consists of supporting the Regular Force in operational deployments, peacetime tasks, and supporting the civilian authorities.