The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)

The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
Cap badge of the Royal Canadian Hussars
Active	1877–present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Line cavalry
Role	Armoured reconnaissance
Size	One under-strength regiment (approximately 90 soldiers)
Part of	34 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ	Montreal
Motto(s)	Non nobis sed patria (Not for ourselves, but for our country)
March	"St. Patrick's Day" and "Men of Harlech"
Battle honours	Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – Défense du Canada South Africa, 1900 Mount Sorrel Somme, 1916, '18 Flers–Courcelette Thiepval Arras, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 Hill 70 Ypres, 1917 Passchendaele Bapaume, 1918 Rosières Avre Amiens Scarpe, 1918 Drocourt–Quéant Hindenburg Line Canal du Nord Cambrai, 1918 Valenciennes Sambre France and Flanders 1915–18 Caen Falaise The Laison The Scheldt Breskens Pocket The Rhineland The Rhine Emmerich–Hoch Elten Zutphen Deventer North-West Europe 1944-1945 Afghanistan
Commanders
Current commander	LCol Hlibchuk

The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) (abbreviated as RCH) is an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Primary Reserve in the Canadian Forces. Its primary role consists of obtaining critical information about the belligerent as well as their surrounding terrain. It falls under the command of the 34th Canadian Brigade Group (34 CBG).

The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) trace a direct lineage from the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry formed in the late eighteenth century. The present regiment perpetuates five cavalry and one armoured units: the Royal Montreal Cavalry, the 5th Dragoons, the 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars (6th DCRCH), the 11th Argenteuil Rangers, the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (17th DYRCH), and the 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade.

During the War of 1812, No. 1 Troop of Montreal Cavalry was raised to augment the regular forces and to perform screening and liaison duties. Based on its performance, the force was increased and authorized to assume the title The Royal Montreal Cavalry, which it continued to bear until it was absorbed into the newly formed Canadian Militia in 1855 as the Montreal Squadron of Cavalry. The regiment's first guidon (the oldest in Canada) was presented in 1828 by the Earl of Dalhousie and currently resides in the RCH armoury.

After Canadian Confederation, No. 2 Troop and the Royal Guides Troop of the Montreal Squadron were disbanded leaving No. 1 Troop as the sole militia cavalry unit in Montreal. In 1877, the Dominion government grouped the independent troops positioned along the U.S. border. The 5th Dragoons (5th Provisional Regiment of Cavalry) was formed, the first cavalry regiment in Quebec. In 1879, a second regiment, the 6th Regiment of Cavalry (Hussars), which incorporated No. 1 Troop, detached to become an independent squadron, which in 1898 was redesignated the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars.