Battle Honours
The Strathconas have been awarded the following battle honours:
- South Africa 1900–01
- First World War: Festubert 1915, Somme 1916, ’18, Cambrai 1917, ’18, St. Quentin, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1915–18
- Second World War: Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Torrice Crossroads, Gothic Line, Pozzo Alto Ridge, Italy 1944–45, IJsselmeer, North-West Europe, 1945
- Korea, 1951–53
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—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)