Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC) is a Primary Reserve armoured cavalry regiment of the Canadian Army.

Active in all aspects of the day-to-day life of Outaouais residents, the unit is the only francophone military presence in the area.

The creation of the Hull Regiment also coincided (on 7 August 1914) with the acceptance by Great Britain of the Canadian Government's offer to pay all the costs of a military contingent.

The regimental records show that the unit enrolled 2,108 men, who were subsequently distributed to a variety of battalions, including the 22nd, 38th, 41st and 57th.

And while the war had generated even greater demand, the cargoes needed were increasingly scarce as a result of German submarine attacks.

As was only to be expected after such a murderous war, enthusiasm waned significantly, a state of mind that was only exacerbated by equipment shortages and the need to meet in cramped, inadequate quarters.

Detachments of the Regiment were assigned to mount guard at points considered vulnerable to saboteurs, specifically Rockcliffe Aerodrome and the Residence of the Governor General.

Many members of the regiment enrolled in the active Army and initially served as instructors in numerous training camps, including in Saint Jérôme, Quebec and in Cornwall, Ontario.

The Regiment was at the time under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dollard Ménard, DSO, CD a hero of the Dieppe raid.

Although Kiska was 4,500 km from Vancouver, the enemy presence caused considerable concern in Canada and the United States.

The blockade and the bombing nonetheless did not succeed in dislodging the enemy, and the Americans decided to attack the islands directly.

The 13th Brigade was chosen to participate in the invasion of Kiska, comprising, in addition to Le Régiment de Hull, the Canadian Fusiliers, the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Rocky Mountain Rangers.

The Regiment nonetheless had to stay on the island until January 1944, during which time the soldiers were subjected to the worst weather conditions endured by the Canadian Army anywhere, throughout its entire history.

Many members of the 1st battalion of Le Régiment de Hull were nonetheless involved in fighting on the continent of Europe as reinforcements for other Canadian regiments, an honour for which some paid with their lives.

Twelve years later, on 19 May 1958, the regiment adopted its current name: Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC).

At almost the same time, the Regiment formed the "Y" Troop to reinforce the armoured squadron of the 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade in Europe.

Members of Le Régiment de Hull are no exception to the rule: many of them have had an opportunity to participate in missions in Cyprus, Israel, Haiti and the former Yugoslavia.

Members most recently served in the former Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Israel, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti.

Alongside their colleagues in the Regular Force, the members of the regiment in 1988 shared the honour of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to "blue helmets" throughout the world.

[7] The battle honour was presented to the unit on October 14, 2017, during a ceremony presided by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, J. Michel Doyon.

On October 16, 1982, the colours were paraded for the last time and laid to rest, displayed to the public at la Maison du Citoyen, in Hull, Quebec.

The regiment's badge figures prominently and incorporates two rams, recalling the unit's service in the infantry, and two fleurs-de-lys, symbolizing its francophone status.

Over the course of its history, the Régiment de Hull has won the following trophies: As early as 1923, the Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Rodolphe Girard, had dreamed of a proper armoury.

Finally, thanks to the perseverance of Régiment de Hull Commanding Officers and to the combined efforts of the civilian, religious, political and military authorities of the day, the first subsidies for what was to become the Salaberry Armoury were voted by Parliament on 18 February 1937, in large measure due to the efforts of the MP for Hull, Alphonses Fournier, QC.

The Salaberry Armoury stands at the intersection of Taché and Saint-Joseph Boulevards, on an enormous lot donated by Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Hadley, VD, the Commanding Officer of Le Régiment de Hull from 1927 to 1931.

Six months later, on 28 January 1939, less than a year before the declaration of hostilities with the Third Reich, His Excellency Lord Tweedsmuir, presided over the official opening of Salaberry Armoury.