14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
| The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) | |
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The King's Own Calgary Regiment Cap Badge
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| Active | 1910 – present |
| Country | Canada |
| Branch | Primary Reserve (Militia) |
| Role | Armoured Reconnaissance |
| Size | Regiment |
| Part of | 41 Canadian Brigade Group |
| Garrison/HQ | Calgary |
| Nickname(s) | The King's Own or The KOCR |
| Patron | George VI of Canada |
| Motto(s) | Onward! |
| Colours | Oxford and Cambridge Blue |
| March | "Colonel Bogey" |
| Anniversaries | St. George's Day |
| Equipment |
Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle |
| Engagements |
World War I World War II |
| Battle honours |
YPRES, 1915 |
| Website | kingsown |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
LtCol Chris Hunt |
| Colonel-in-Chief | HM The Queen |
| Abbreviation | KOCR |
Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle
Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon
MILCOT
C7
C6
YPRES, 1915
FESTUBERT, 1915
Mount Sorrel
Somme, 1916
Ancre Heights
Ancre, 1916
ARRAS, 1917, '18
Vimy, 1917
Hill 70
Passchendaele
AMIENS
Scarpe, 1918
Drocourt-Quéant
Hindenburg Line
Canal du Nord
VALENCIENNES
France and Flanders, 1915–18
Dieppe
SICILY, 1943
Motta Montecorvino
San Leonardo
The Gully
CASSINO II
Gustav Line
Pignataro
LIRI VALLEY
Aquino
TRASIMENE LINE
AREZZO
Advance to Florence
Cerrone
ITALY, 1943-1945
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1942, 1945
The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC), (The King's Own or The KOCR), is a Canadian Army armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve. Headquartered at the Mewata Armoury in Calgary, Alberta, the KOCR is a part-time reserve unit of 3rd Canadian Division's 41 Canadian Brigade Group.
The regiment currently operates the Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV), Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon and militarized Chevrolet Silverado's, known as the MILCOTS (or colloquially as the "Milverado").
On a shield Argent a cross Gules surmounted by a maple leaf in autumnal tints charged with a bison statant on a mound, on a chief the local landscape at sunset all proper, the shield ensigned by the Royal Crown, supported dexter by a horse, sinister by a steer, adorned beneath with a rose between shamrocks and thistles all proper, the whole set upon three scrolls Or, the upper one inscribed with the motto ONWARD and the two below inscribed KING'S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT in letters Azure.
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