The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada

The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. Prince Andrew, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family, acts as Colonel-in-Chief. Previously, this post was held by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

Formerly known as the Highland Light Infantry of Canada, the unit merged with the Royal Scots Fusiliers of Canada. (The latter regiment was reorganized after the Second World War as the 54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA. Years later it was designated as infantry once again and took back its old name, Royal Scots Fusiliers of Canada.) RHFC has numerous battle honours from both of the World Wars, all won in North-West Europe. RHFC continues to exist to this day with companies in Cambridge and Kitchener, and is a unit of 31 Canadian Brigade Group, headquartered in London, Ontario.

Normandy Landings

The regiment participated in the D-Day landings, disembarking at Juno Beach on June 6 1944 with the rest of the 9th Brigade, which consisted of the The Highland Light Infantry, the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, and The North Nova Scotia Highlanders. These regiments were not in the first wave assault, but landed later in the morning and advanced through the lead brigades. The 9th Brigade belonged to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.

Cpl. Grubb and Cpl. Pagnacco were the first WIA from RHFC since the end of the Second World War. They were both wounded during Operation Medusa in September 2006 in the Panjwaye District of Afghanistan. Cpl. Pagnacco was wounded by friendly fire from an American A-10 Thunderbolt II on September 4, 2006.

Alliances

*GBR - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

Lineage

ee also

*List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage

Order of precedence