P The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 2013


P The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 2013
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : OFDC Cancellation Location: Belleville, Ontario
Gum Type: Pressure sensitive
Photography: Regimental Museum, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
Painting:: Assault on Assoro by Ted Zuber
On March 15, 1920, two old and storied county regiments, The 49th Hastings Rifles and The 16th Prince Edward Regiment were amalgamated to form The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. Unofficially, the latter regiment can trace its origins even to the early 1800s with the formation of early militia regiments by the United Empire Loyalists in Hastings and Prince Edward counties. When the 9th Anti-Tank Regiment (-Self-Propelled) (Argyll Light Infantry) – formerly the 15th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry) Canada – was amalgamated with The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment on September 1, 1954, the Regiment could officially trace its roots to January 16, 1863.
The Regiment has served with distinction and earned many battle honours throughout its history, beginning with North-West Canada 1885 for its service during the North-West Rebellion. It also provided volunteers to fight in the South African (Boer) War.
During the First World War, the Regiment sent troops to fight in Europe. Their valour brought additional battle honours, including Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916, Arras 1917 and 1918, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Amiens, Hindenburg Line and Pursuit to Mons.
In 1939, the Regiment mobilized for the Second World War on December 22. Following landings in Sicily on July 10, 1943, and on the Italian peninsula on September 3, 1943, the Regiment fought in southern Europe until 1945. In March of that year, it moved to northwestern Europe where it fought near Nieuw Milligen, Holland, on April 17, 1945.
By the end of the war, the Regiment held the distinction of winning more battle honours (31) than any other regiment in the Canadian Army. Ten of the many honours it earned during the Second World War appear on its regimental colours. Since that time, volunteers from the Regiment have remained active by serving in Sierra Leone, Egypt, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Somalia, Haiti and Afghanistan.
Nicknamed the “Hasty Ps,” members of The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment also earned the moniker of “Plough Jockeys” during the Second World War, as many had enlisted straight from their homes in rural Ontario. Far from finding the term insulting, the Regiment embraced its new name; to this day, the Regimental Association’s tabloid is titled The Plough Jockey.
Face value PERMANENT™ domestic rate $0.63
Catalog code (Michel) CA 3051
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2684
Catalog code Canada post Product #: 413906111; Yvert et Tellier CA 2928 Stanley Gibbons CA 2984
Series Military
Stamp colour Multicolour
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 1,500,000
Issue date 18/10/2013
Designer Sputnik Design Partners Inc. - Illustration: Sharif Tarabay
Paper type Tullis Russell
Print technique Lithography in 6 colours
Printed by Lowe-Martin
Perforation Simulated perforation (SP)
Height 30.00 mm
Width 40.00 mm
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