Customs and Traditions
Fallen members of the regiment are said to have transferred to the White Battalion.
The regiment's mascot is a wooden Indian named Chief Petawawa-Much, who was taken on strength to replace Little Chief, a massive pewter Indian taken from the roof of a canning factory in Picton prior to the regiment's departure for England in 1939. Little Chief was lost during the Battle of France while the regiment evacuated. An unknown individual, in the interest of securing Chief Petawawa-Much's future, got him a Social Insurance Number.
The Regiment celebrates Pachino Day on 10 July every year with a spaghetti dinner, traditionally served with the cheapest red wine available. This is to commemorate the unit's participation in the landings in Sicily on 10 July 1943 as part of Operation HUSKY.
In the Senior NCO's and Warrant Officers' Mess in Belleville, the footprints of Commanding Officers can be found on the ceiling of the Games Room. After a Change of Command, a pyramid is formed with junior officers on the bottom to hoist the new CO up to the ceiling to make his mark.
The Regimental Colour was stolen from its case in the Belleville Armouries in 1960. The staff for it was laid up with the Queen's Colour at Saint Mary Magdalene Anglican Church in Picton on 4 October 1964. The CO at the time, Lieutenant Colonel Angus Duffy, refused to wear his cap badge after the theft up until his death, as the Colours were his personal responsibility. The Regimental Colour has never been located.
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