Voltigeurs de Québec
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Les Voltigeurs de Québec is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. It is at the Quebec City Armoury in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The name of the regiment commemorates another older French-speaking Canadian militia light infantry unit, the Canadian Voltigeurs (raised in 1812 and disbanded in 1815). The founder of the Canadian Voltigeurs, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry, was the father of the two men who raised Les Voltigeurs de Québec. The regiment was formed in March 1862, with its headquarters in Quebec City, by the amalgamation into a regiment of eight independent volunteer militia rifle companies. The first of these companies was originally raised in December 1861. Between 1862 and 1867 these companies were frequently disbanded, reformed and renumbered. In 1942 it provided an armoured regiment.
Les Voltigeurs de Québec | |
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Active | 7 March 1862–present |
Country |
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Branch | Canadian Army |
Type | Rifles |
Role | Light infantry |
Size | One battalion |
Part of | 35 Canadian Brigade Group |
Garrison/HQ | 805, avenue Wilfrid-Laurier, Québec |
Motto(s) | Force à superbe mercy à foible (Middle French for 'Violence to the strong, mercy to the weak') |
Colours | None (rifle regiments have no colours) |
March | "Les Voltigeurs de Québec" |
Engagements | |
Battle honours | See #Battle honours |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lieutenant-colonel Bernard Pettigrew |
Honorary colonel | Olivier Desmarais |
Notable commanders | Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de Salaberry |
The regiment has provided soldiers for service with the United Nations and NATO in places like the Golan Heights, Cyprus, the former Yugoslavia, Egypt, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Haiti.