Sherbrooke Hussars The Sherbrooke Hussars is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces . Sherbrooke Regiment . The Sherbrooke Regiment was initially formed in 1866 as the Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry , becoming the 53rd ( Sherbrooke ) Battalion in 1867 . The regiment perpetuates the Frontier Light Infantry as well as the 1st and 4th battalions of the Eastern Township District ( 1812 - 1815 ) from the War of 1812 . As a result the regiment carries the Theatre Battle Honour , Defence of Canada 1812 - 15 , in recognition of the service rendered by the Frontier Light Infantry at the Battle of Lacolle Mills ( 1814 ) . The regiment provided volunteers for the 12th Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 . The following year , it provided the bulk of the 117th ( Eastern Townships ) Battalion , CEF , formed initially as a mounted unit , but quickly converted to infantry . This battalion became the first Empire unit to provide the King ' s Guard at Buckingham Palace in London . The 117th was then broken up to provide reinforcements for several other Canadian units in France . In 1920 , the Sherbrooke Regiment was reformed with two battalions – the 1st Battalion perpetuated the traditions of the 117th CEF . In 1940 , parts of the regiment amalgamated with Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke to form the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment ( 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment ) which was an armoured regiment , while the Sherbrooke Regiment continued as infantry . After the end of the Second World War , The Sherbrooke Regiment re - roled as armour , becoming the 12th Armoured Regiment ( Sherbrooke Regiment ) , perpetuating the traditions of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers . In 1958 , the number was dropped , and the regiment became The Sherbrooke Regiment ( RCAC ) , before , in 1965 , it amalgamated with the 7th / XI Hussars to become the Sherbrooke Hussars . 7th / XI Hussars . The 7th / XI Hussars was formed in 1936 through the amalgamation of the 7th Hussars and XI Hussars . In 1940 , 400 of its men were mobilised as infantry with the 1st Battalion , Royal Rifles of Canada . The regiment itself became the 16th ( Reserve ) Armoured Regiment , before being disbanded in 1943 , with its personnel absorbed by the 5th Canadian Armoured Division . In 1946 , the regiment was raised again , perpetuating the 16th Armoured Regiment , as 16th Reconnaissance Regiment ( 7th / XI Hussars ) . The regiment converted to armour in 1954 , and became simply the 7th / XI Hussars in 1958 , before amalgamating with the Sherbrooke Regiment to form the Sherbrooke Hussars . World War I . Details of the 53rd Sherbrooke Regiment were placed on active service for local protective duty on 6 August 1914 . The 5th Regiment , Canadian Mounted Rifles , CEF was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 18 July 1915 , arriving in France on 24 October 1915 , where it fought as part of the 2nd Brigade Canadian Mounted Rifles until 3 January 1916 . The Regiment was converted to infantry and became part of the 8th Infantry Brigade , 3rd Canadian Division . The regiment was redesignated the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion , CEF on 24 December 1915 . The battalion fought in France and Flanders until the end of the Great War and was disbanded on 30 August 1920 . The 117th Battalion , which was authorized on 22 December 1915 as the 117th Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force and embarked for Britain on 14 August 1916 . It provided reinforcements for units in the field until 8 January 1917 when its personnel were absorbed by the 23rd Reserve Battalion , CEF , with the battalion being disbanded on 30 August 1920 . The Second World War . The Sherbrooke Regiment mobilized the No . 1 General Base Depot , Canadian Active Service Force , on 1 September 1939 , which embarked for Britain on 25 January 1940 where it provided guards for vulnerable points until disbanded on 6 July 1940 . The regiment then , in conjunction with Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke , mobilized The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment , CASF , for active service on 24 May 1940 . It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion , The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment , CASF , on 7 November 1940 , then as the 1st Battalion , The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment , CASF , on 15 November 1940 and upon conversion to an armoured regiment , as the 27th Armoured Regiment ( The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment ) , CAC , CASF , on 26 January 1942 and 27th Armoured Regiment ( The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment ) , RCAC , CASF on 2 August 1945 . The regiment served ocverseas initially in Newfoundland from 13 August 1941 to 15 February 1942 , and embarked for Britain on 27 October 1942 . On the afternoon of 6 June 1944 it landed on Juno Beach in Normandy , France as a unit of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and it continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war . The overseas regiment was disbanded on 15 February 1946 . The most famous regimental artifact is " Bomb " is a Sherman III or M4A2 Sherman Tank , registration T152656 . This tank survived from D - Day to VE - Day without being knocked out . Such battlefield longevity is remarkable because of the high casualty rate amongst front line combat equipment . Bomb ' s crewmembers , originally Troopers A . W . Rudolph , " Red " Fletcher , Trooper J . W . ( Tiny ) Hall , Lance - Corporal R . ( Rudy ) Moreault and Sergeant Harold Frutter , crew commander , kept the tank in service , despite firing over 6000 rounds and surviving at least one enemy shell impact . Frutter was wounded in Jul 1944 and one other man were replaced in Normandy by Lieutenant Paul Ayriss and Trooper Ken Jeroux . Lieutenant J . W . Neill replaced Ayriss in August 1944 , and was later awarded the Military Cross . Two more officers to command Bomb were Lieutenant Walter White who was wounded in April 1945 and Lieutenant Earnest Mingo who replaced him until war ' s end . The tank and crewmembers Rudolph , Moreault and Hall were the subject of a Canadian Army Film and Photographic Unit production entitled , " Green Fields Beyond " ( number 2090 ) in 1945 . See YouTube ( Nov 2012 ) http : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = pVnq9VILgws & feature = youtu . be The tank was on display at the Champs de Mars park , Queen Boulevard North , Sherbrooke , Quebec and in Sept 2011 was relocated to the front lawns of the William Street Armoury , 315 William Street , Sherbrooke , Quebec . In July 1940 , the 7th / 11th Hussars contributed about half its officers and men to The Royal Rifles of Canada which fought in Hong Kong . From the elements not sent overseas , an armoured squadron was mobilized as the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade Headquarters Squadron ( 7th / 11th Hussars ) CASF ( 1941 ) . This subunit was disbanded overseas in 1943 and personnel were reassigned . The 7th / 11th Hussars mobilized an armoured squadron designated known as the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade Headquarters Squadron ( 7th / 11th Hussars ) , CASF , for active service on 27 February 1941 . This unit departed Canada for the United Kingdom on 9 October 1941 . The squadron was disbanded on 1 January 1943 and its personnel absorbed by Headquarters , 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade . Battle honours . Defence of Canada – 1812 – 1815 , Mount Sorrel , Somme 1916 , Flers - Courcelette , Ancre Heights , Arras 1917 – 1918 , Vimy 1917 , Hill 70 , Ypres 1917 , Passchendale , Amiens , Scarpe 1918 , Hindenburg Line , Canal du Nord , Cambrai 1918 , Valenciennes , Sambre , France and Flanders 1915 – 1918 , Normandy Landing , Authie , Caen , The Orne , Bourguebus Ridge , Faubourg de Vaucelles , Saint - André - sur - Orne , Falaise , Falaise Road , Clair Tizon , The Laison , Antwerp - Tournout , The Scheldt , The Lower Maas , The Rhineland , The Hochwald , Xanten , The Rhine , Emmerich - Hoch Elten , Zutphen , Deventer , North - West Europe 1944 - 1945 , Honorary Distinction Hong Kong 1941 Expanded history . This Reserve Force regiment was formed on 21 September 1866 in Melbourne , Quebec , when the Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry was authorized to be formed . It was redesignated the 53rd Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry on 15 March 1867 . On 22 March 1867 , it was reorganized as two separate battalions designated the 53rd Melbourne Battalion of Infantry and the 54th Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry . It was redesignated as the 53rd Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry on 10 May 1867 and then the 53rd Sherbrooke Regiment on 8 May 1900 . Following the Great War , the Regiment was renamed The Sherbrooke Regiment on 29 March 1920 and re - roled as a machine gun battalion as The Sherbrooke Regiment ( MG ) on 15 December 1936 . Several other changes of name took place during the Seconnd World War as Regiment was designated The Sherbrooke Regiment on 1 February 1941 , the 2nd ( Reserve ) Battalion , The Sherbrooke Regiment on 7 November 1940 . The Regiment changed from infantry to armour , becoming the 12th Armoured Regiment ( Sherbrooke Regiment ) , RCAC on 1 April 1946 , then The Sherbrooke Regiment ( 12th Armoured Regiment ) on 4 February 1949 and The Sherbrooke Regiment ( RCAC ) on 19 May 1958 . On 15 February 1965 , the Sherbrooke Regiment was amalgamated with the 7th / 11th Hussars and redesignated The Sherbrooke Hussars . The 7th / 11th Hussars originated in Sherbrooke , Quebec on 21 September 1866 , when the Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry was authorized to be formed . It was redesignated the 53rd Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry on 15 March 1867 . On 22 March 1867 , it was reorganized as two separate battalions , designated the 54th Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry and the 53rd Melbourne Battalion of Infantry . It was redesignated as the 54th " Richmond " Battalion of Infantry on 10 May 1867 and the 54th Richmond Regiment on 8 May 1900 . It was converted to cavalry and redesignated the 11th Hussars on 1 August 1903 . On 1 April 1936 , it was amalgamated with the 7th Hussars and redesignated as the 7th / 11th Hussars . It was redesignated the 2nd ( Reserve ) Regiment , 7th / 11th Hussars on 27 February 1941 , then the 16th ( Reserve ) Armoured Regiment , ( 7th / 11th Hussars ) on 1 April 194 and then the 16th Reconnaissance Regiment ( 7th / 11th Hussars ) , RCAC on 1 April 1946 following the Second World War . It was redesignated the 7th / 11th Hussars ( 16th Reconnaissance Regiment ) on 4 February 1949 , then as the 7th / 11th Hussars ( 16th Armoured Regiment ) on 1 September 1954 and finally the 7th / 11th Hussars on 19 May 1958 . On 15 February 1965 , it was amalgamated with The Sherbrooke Regiment ( RCAC ) to form the Sherbrooke Hussars .