12th Armoured Regiment
(The Three Rivers Regiment)1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
Sicily and Italy, 1943 – 1945, Northwest Europe, 1945

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Unit Serial and Arm of Service Flash, 1942 – 1945

Battle Honours: Second World War

Landing in Sicily, Grammichele, Piazza Armerina, Valguarnera, Agria, Adrano, Troina Valley, Sicily, 1943, Termoli, The Gully, Ortona, Cassino II, Gustav Line, Liri Valley, Hitler Line, Trasimene Line, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Monte La Pieve, Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1943-1945, Apeldoorn, North-West Europe, 1945.


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Formation Sign,
1st Army Tank Brigade
and later,
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade

Historical Sketch

The Regiment mobilized The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank), CASF on 01 September 1939. It was redesignated the 12th Army Tank Battalion (The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank)) on 11 February 1941. It embarked for the United Kingdom as the second senior tank battalion of 1st Army Tank Brigade on 19 June 1941. It was redesignated the 12th Army Tank Regiment (The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank)), and landed in Sicily as a part of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade on 10 July 1943. The Regiment was redesignated the 12th Armoured Regiment (The Three Rivers Regiment) on 26 August 1943. It landed in Italy on 24 September 1943 and moved to North-West Europe in March 1945.

Second World War Gallantry Awards

Service # Rank Surname Names Decoration I or P Date
  Lieutenant Colonel CARON Fernand Ludger DSO I 15Apr45
  Captain GRANT Ian MacDonald DSO I 28Jun44
  Major JOHNSON Frank William DSO I 21Apr45
  Major MILLS John Charles Patrick DSO I 23Dec43
  Brigadier BOOTH Eric Leslie DSO + Bar I & I 05Aug43/24Dec43
  Captain ARMSTRONG John Campbell MC I 23Dec43
  Lieutenant FARROW Francis Alfred MC I 28Jun44
  Lieutenant MARASKAS L. MC U/K U/K
  Lieutenant ROBERTS Orval Lealand MC I 24Jul43
  Lieutenant RYCKMAN Robert Willis MC I 15Jul43
  Acting Major SMITH Edward William MC I 18Dec43
  Acting Major WALKER James Rankin MC I 06Oct43
  Lieutenant WALLACE John Francis MC I 06Oct43
  Honorary Captain WILHELM Joseph Lawrence MC I 29Jul43
D71213 Sergeant ALLEN John Augustine MM I 24Jul43
C41332 Corporal CAMPBELL Robert Calvin MM I 06Oct43
H77966 Trooper COLLINS Joseph Wild MM I 06Oct43
B73456 Sergeant FONTAINE Frank James MM I 23Dec43
K53772 Sergeant GALE Cecil Vincent MM I 31Jan44
B79538 Sergeant JACK Roderick MM I 15Oct44
D27039 Sergeant JONES Gwilym Thomas MM I 17Oct44
D36484 Acting Corporal KAY Walter John MM I 29Oct44
B48857 Trooper MEADS William Robert MM I 25May44
D36087 Trooper ST. LOUIS Raoul MM I 25May44

"I" – Immediate award for a specific act of gallantry.
"P" – Periodic Award. Not for a specific act, but can encompass gallant behavior over a period of time or noteworthy service.