County Council's coat of arms, however, displays not one but three red roses, on gold piles on a red background. The arms have been official since 1903. Military use From the nineteenth century the red rose was part of the badge of a number of units of the British Army recruiting in the county. During the First World War, the rose was worn by 55th (West Lancashire) Division; their motto was "They win or die, who wear the Rose of Lancaster". When the division was reformed in 1920, it maintained the rose as its insignia. The cap badge of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, formed in 2006, features the rose. The Saskatoon Light Infantry of the Canadian Army also incorporated the red rose into the design of their cap badge and regimental buttons, due to an alliance with the York and Lancaster Regiment of the British Army. International use The Canadian city of Montreal has a Lancastrian rose in the top right hand corner of its flag, representing the city's historical English community. The U.S. City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, known as "Red Rose City", uses the Lancastrian rose as its seal, and in its flag. See also Royal Badges of England Wars of the Roses White Rose of York Tudor rose References External links Lancashire villages homepage concerning the rose 55th (West Lancashire) Territorial Roses Symbols Wars of the Roses Rose of Lancaster, Red Heraldic charges Lancashire