First World War 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 The Second World War Caen Falaise The Laison The Scheldt Breskens Pocket The Rhineland The Rhine Emmerich–Hoch Elten Zutphen Deventer North-West Europe 1944–1945 War in Afghanistan Afghanistan Notable members James Angus Ogilvy, retail store magnate. Donor of the Ogilvy sword, a trophy given yearly to the officer of the year. James Ross (Canadian businessman), notable for his role in the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway; appointed Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars in 1900; was also a governor of McGill University and president of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Ben Weider, businessman, bodybuilder and Napoleonic historian. LGen ELM "Tommy" Burns, served in the regiment. He was Canada's military representative at the UN on disarmament for many years. Lieutenant-Colonel (Retd) Roman Jarymowycz, O.M.M., C.D., Dean and Director of the Militia Command and Staff Course, serving as an instructor for 15 years. Eric Barry See also The Canadian Crown and the Canadian Forces List of Armouries in Canada Order of precedence Notes and references External links The Royal Canadian Hussars Association Website Royal Canadian Hussars Armoured regiments of Canada Hussar regiments of Canada Military units and formations of Quebec Armoured regiments & units of Canada in World War II Military units and formations established in 1877 1877 establishments in Canada