The colors in the coat of arms of Quebec City possess a heraldic significance.
GOLD symbolizes Strength - faith - justice
- wealth - constancy and splendor.
SILVER = humility
- purity - charity - truth and victory.
AZURE = sovereignty
- majesty - serenity - good reputation - knowledge - clarity and loyalty.
GULES = love - pain - grandeur - courage - generosity
- bravery and intrepidity.
GREEN = hope - revival - abundance - beauty -
freedom and cheerfulness
The ship represents the period when quebec was founded in 1608 by Samuel De
Champlain.
Who came from Honfleur .
It also represents the maritime vocation of quebec with its important seaport.
The full sails symbolizes the strength and courage of the population.
Each of the two keys has its own significance : the key on the right symbolizes
Quebec as the capital
of New - France, of Canada, at the beginning of the English Regime and of
Lower- Canada.
The key on the left represents the Capital of the province of Quebec since
the Confederation.
Together they symbolize the political and municipal history of the City of
Quebec.
The Maple leaf symbolizes the Canadian personality of the city of Quebec and
represents all the Ethnic
elements of its population, along with the patriotic and civic spirit of its
citizens.
The crown, on top of the escutcheon, reminds us that Quebec is a fortified
city and that its founder,
Champlain, also came from a fortified town, Brouage en Saintonge.
Lastly the expression " Don de Dieu feray valoir " (which might
be loosely translated as
" Gift of God shall make us prosper ")
is a testimony of Christian faith symbolizing spiritual, moral and social
virtues of the active
and courageous population of Quebec.
and embodies the ideal of the city, drawn from the source of its foundation.
The Battery has to this day, completed 11 tours of NORTHERN IRELAND since 1964,
4 to BELFAST, 3 to LONDONDERRY, 2 to SOUTH ARMAGH. 1 to BALLYKINLER
and one at the MAZE PRISON.
Nevertheless, the tour that brings pain to the current serving members of the
battery to this day,
is the tour to Londonderry in 1989.
When on the 8th March L/Bdr
Stephen Cummins (Stevie) and Gnr Miles Amos (Amo)
were murdered by a land mine, planted by the IRA.
However that was short lived because in 1994
the Battery deployed to Bessbrook Mill South Armagh,
this was the first tour for some of the Battery at that time, which was not
without its problems from the odd
Mortar attack and shootings but the Battery performed well.
In 1995 & 1996 the regiment completed two
exercises in Cyprus known as Exercise Lion Sun.
This was the first time the Battery had ever worked for the United Nations
and also with different Nationalities.
The Battery was in three locations, One permanent Force Reserve who dealt
with the whole of the Island
and Two troops who manned most of the towers in the British sector of the
Island.
In 1999 and 2000 the Battery deployed on one
of the biggest combined forces training exercise since the Gulf war.
The exercise was formed up of 11 different Nations, which made a total of
almost 70,000 troops.
This all took place on the sands of Egypt, This was the first time for some
of the Battery on exercise from home
but also working on the MLRS equipment.
however the Battery worked well and showed professionalism throughout the
whole of the exercise
and achieved some good training.
The year 2000 saw the sunny sands again but this
time it wasn't the sands of EGYPT but CANADA.
This was the first time the Battery had returned to Canada since 1987, when
Captain Green was
killed in a tragic accident.
Upon their return the Battery held a Memorial service on Quebec Day for the
Late Captain Green and
laid a new Headstone in his Memory.
2001 saw the Battery help out
with a British National problem - " Foot and Mouth epidemic "
For a lot of the men this was one of the hardest jobs
they have done and probably will do in their time
with the Battery.
The year 2002 sees the Battery return to Cyprus
for another tour as UN soldiers, keeping
the peace between the Turks and Cypriot nationalities on the Island, a job
at times which can be no easy task.
Officers Serving with the Battery
According to the 1907/8 Royal Field Artillery Distribution list
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