Battledress Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Battledress Royal Winnipeg Rifles 1944

Very hard to find battledress tunic of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles – 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. The tunic is in good used condition, shows normal traces of usage, a few minor moth nips. The tunic bears embroidered shoulder titles and printed division patches with three years of service chevrons and the ribbonbar for the France & Germany Star. Maker marked by Top Top Tailors, Toronto and dated 1944 with size 4. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles took part in the first wave on D-Day June 6 1944.
Very interesting regiment.

Certainly one of the most difficult to find of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division!

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles landed in England in September 1940. As part of the 7th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division, the RWR were in the first wave of landings on D Day, 6 June 1944. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles fought throughout the Normandy campaign, fighting in famous battles such as Caen and the Falaise Gap. After helping liberate several of the Channel Ports, the regiment fought to clear the Scheldt Estuary to allow the re-opening of the Antwerp harbour. After helping to liberate the Netherlands, the regiment ended the war preparing to assault the northern German town of Aurich.

Battle Honours:
Normandy Landing
Putot-en-Bessin
Caen
Carpiquet
The Orne
Bourguébus Ridge
Falaise
The Laison
The Seine
Calais
The Scheldt
Leopold Canal
Breskens Pocket
The Rhineland
Waal Flats
Moyland Wood
The Rhine
Emmerich–Hoch Elten
Deventer
North-West Europe, 1944–1945